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Big Tech is in the hot seat on Capitol Hill
Congress is holding hearings this week with Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google on Capitol Hill.
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France finds a way to tax big tech
France passed a law to impose a 3% tax on tech companies providing services to French users.
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Run like Naruto and storm Area 51...or not
Nearly 400,000 people signed up to attend a Facebook event to storm Area 51.
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White House holds meeting about 5G policy
On the same day of the social media summit, the White House was also talking about 5G.
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What exactly is Amazon Prime Day?
Amazon Prime Day started as 20th birthday celebration for the online retailer. Fast forward to 2019, and it's become a worldwide phenomenon.
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Deepfakes: harmless, dangerous, and out of our ...
The innovation of Deepfake software is outpacing developers trying to detect it.
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Amazon space race
One small step for an internet provider, one giant step for Amazon, who's looking to provide global internet access from space.
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There's a 5G revolution in Europe
Europe may not be leading the 5G revolution, but they're not far behind.
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Apple kills it's entry-level Macs
To make room for its newer line of notebooks, Apple gets rid of its cheapest and smallest MacBooks
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Instagram combats bullying with A.I.
Instagram rolls out new A.I. feature to stop users from posting hurtful comments
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Permission denied — but some Android apps are s...
Researchers discover over 1,000 Android apps accessing user data without permission
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Social media summit snubs two industry giants
White House may be pulling a Mean Girls and excluding Facebook and Twitter from its social media summit this Thursday.
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White House to hold social media summit
White House announced it would hold a social media summit ahead of 2020 election
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Sandberg says Facebook's civil rights task forc...
Sheryl Sandberg is making Facebook's internal civil rights task force permanent
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Astronomers detect mysterious signals from deep...
Russian scientists discover new fast radio bursts from beyond the Milky Way
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Apple acquires self-driving car startup
Apple acquires self-driving car start up, Drive.ai., reminding us that they want in on the autonomous vehicle game.
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Tesla's developing batteries in a secret lab
Guess what? Tesla has a secretly been developing its own batteries. Where you might ask? In a secret lab, of course!
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Facebook to hand over identity data to France
Facebook to hand over identity data of users suspected of hate speech
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Methane on Mars could point to signs of life
NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, finds large amounts of methane on the Red Planet
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