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Wednesday May 22, 2019. 10:00 PM
Ireland's data protection watchdog has launched an investigation into Google's collection of personal data for the purpose of online advertising. From a report: 'A statutory inquiry pursuant to section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018 has been commenced in respect of...
<p> Amir Goldstein has a use case for a feature that could be called a "lazy file reflink", he said, though it might also be described as "VFS-level snapshots". He went through the use case, looking for suggestions, in a session at the 2019 Linux Storage, Filesystem, and...
Enlarge / This is the only Mario Kart Tour closed beta image we're officially allowed to share. (credit: Nintendo) Nintendo's first racing game for smartphones, Mario Kart Tour, is barreling like a red shell toward a free-to-play launch on iOS and Android later this year....
NEWS ANALYSIS: SixFifty Privacy, provided by Palo Alto law firm Wilson Sonsini, is all about automating processes to comply directly with the new state regulation.
There's a long list of chemicals you can't put in cosmetics in Europe that are found widely on American store shelves—often from the same companies. Oliver Milman reports on 'enfeebled' U.S. regulators' inability to do anything about ingredients considered potentially...
Snapdragon giant 'strangled competition' and forced others to pay unfair fees Qualcomm abused its monopoly on critical chip patents for decades, a US federal judge in California said on Wednesday in a decision with radical implications for the cellphone market.…
There have been eleven main Mortal Kombat games. Can you believe it? The 90s were that long ago. Since then the fighting game has become a gory institution as colorful ninjas and sorcerers […] The post ‘Mortal Kombat 11’ Kharacter Guide: Kabal appeared first on Geek.com.
Vanity Fair just posted a huge cover story about Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker chock full of new details and Annie Leibovitz set photos getting us hyped for what’s supposed to be […] The post No One Cares About The Knights of Ren in ‘Star Wars: The Rise...
Earth is known for its stormy weather, including powerful hurricanes and loud thunderstorms. Interestingly enough, other planets also have intense lightning, rain, and storm clouds. And, to help you see what this fascinating […] The post Take a Virtual Tour of the Solar...
In a new paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, a team from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business found that people look more favorably on exploiting workers (making do 'extra, unpaid, demeaning work') if the workers are 'passionate' about their...
The US joins China, the European Union, and South Korea, in ruling that Qualcomm violated laws in how it licenses its smartphone chips.
The Procedurally-Generated Dog Simulator is a fun illustration of pathfinding and cellular automata. All you do is walk around a cave, being followed by a single-pixel pup who is liable to get distracted by treats or scared off by skateboarders. Once I'm bored with it, I'll...
A new device fingerprinting technique can track Android and iOS devices across the Internet by using factory-set sensor calibration details that any app or website can obtain without special permissions. From a report: This new technique -- called a calibration...
Polygamy cult known for ritualized child rape believed to have bought property, begun construction of underground compound in Northern Minnesota. Polygamist and convicted felon Seth Jeffs, brother of convicted pedophile Warren Jeffs who's serving life plus 20 for child...
UK mobile carrier EE announced its plans to launch 5G in the UK on Wednesday. The network will be switched on on May 30, with the first 5G phones available to preorder from today. From a report: EE's initial 5G rollout will focus on six cities (London, Cardiff, Edinburgh,...
Amazon's shareholder resolutions on climate change and facial recognition technology didn't pass. Here's why they matter anyway.
Tiffany Cabán is a 31 year old, Democratic Socialist, queer, Latinx public defender in New York City, who is running a grassroots campaign for the District Attorney's office in Queens; she's secured backing from the Democratic Socialists of America and Alexandria...
Bad actors have been seeking opportunities to take advantage of unsophisticated netizens or unprotected organizations since the dawn of the World Wide Web, but today’s bad actors are in a class by themselves. Nation-state actors, often operating through a vast network of...
Never say never as reseller veteran returns to reselling land with reseller buy Phil Doye, the former majority owner of Kelway who sold the business to CDW for $431m, is dipping into his cash pile to slurp public sector reseller SBL.…
Two Amazon shareholder proposals about the company's controversial facial recognition technology failed to pass Wednesday, following a concerted push by civil rights groups and activist investors. From a report: One proposal would have banned Amazon from selling its...
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