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West Virginia Plans to Allow Mobile Voting for Disabled People in 2020 Race

West Virginia Plans to Allow Mobile Voting for Disabled People in 2020 Race

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West Virginia Plans to Allow Mobile Voting for Disabled People in 2020 Race While e-voting still has a lot of the U.S. nervous and fretting about cybersecurity concerns, West Virginia is planning to roll out the mobile voting technology to even more residents. Governor Jim Justice aims to sign a bill next week requiring that all counties provide an online ballot option to voters with…Read more... Go to Source
Ring Drops a Major App Update, Placing Privacy and Security Settings Front and Center

Ring Drops a Major App Update, Placing Privacy and Security Settings Front and Center

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Ring Drops a Major App Update, Placing Privacy and Security Settings Front and Center Ring has begun pushing out an update to its phone app with the aim of consolidating all of its security settings, a likely response to general privacy concerns, as well as more specific ones about “hackers” who’ve hijacked in-home camera feeds in recent months.Read more... Go to Source
Vine Successor Byte Will Dole Out Its Entire Ad Revenue to Creators Based on Views

Vine Successor Byte Will Dole Out Its Entire Ad Revenue to Creators Based on Views

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Vine Successor Byte Will Dole Out Its Entire Ad Revenue to Creators Based on Views After going live on iOS and Android last week, Vine’s successor, Byte, has dropped some more information that “partner program” it’s been teasing since launch, basically its plan to get users paid. None too soon, I’d wager, given the app—a video platform for six-second looping clips—has already become overrun with …Read more... Go to Source
Lindsey Graham Is Quietly Preparing a Mess of a Bill Trying to Destroy End-to-End Encryption

Lindsey Graham Is Quietly Preparing a Mess of a Bill Trying to Destroy End-to-End Encryption

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Lindsey Graham Is Quietly Preparing a Mess of a Bill Trying to Destroy End-to-End Encryption Top Trump ally and consistent encryption scaremonger Senator Lindsey Graham is working on a bill that could coerce tech companies to stop providing end-to-end encryption by threatening them with massive legal liability, The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2019 (or EARN IT…Read more... Go to Source
Instagram Wipes Independent Developer’s Work in the Name of Copyright Protections

Instagram Wipes Independent Developer’s Work in the Name of Copyright Protections

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Instagram Wipes Independent Developer's Work in the Name of Copyright Protections Social media companies tend to take up copyright issues only when a) mitigating the pain in the ass of takedown notices and b) ensuring users keep reposting memes. Instagram has erred cautiously on the side of supporting potential infringers for the latter reason, so we found it curious when TorrentFreak reported that…Read more... Go to Source
FCC Says ‘One or More’ Phone Carriers Illegally Shared Location Data, Fueling Black Market Sales

FCC Says ‘One or More’ Phone Carriers Illegally Shared Location Data, Fueling Black Market Sales

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FCC Says 'One or More' Phone Carriers Illegally Shared Location Data, Fueling Black Market Sales In letters addressed to oversight lawmakers on Friday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that his agency’s nearly two-year investigation into the unauthorized sale of consumers’ phone location data had finally come to an end.Read more... Go to Source
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Jalopnik I Got A 20-Second Ride In A Rolls-Royce So Here's My Review  |Jezebel My Surreal, Disturbing, Entirely Unsurprising Night at an Iowa Trump Rally  |The Root The Big Payback: Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade and Matthew Cherry Give Hair Love to Student Told to Cut Dreadlocks to Walk at Graduation  |The A.V. Club The best movies of Sundance 2020  |Read more... Go to Source
Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr Are Under Investigation For Allowing Minors

Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr Are Under Investigation For Allowing Minors

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Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr Are Under Investigation For Allowing Minors Online dating is a hellscape, but the U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee is fed up with just how shitty apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr have been with regard to their users’ safety and privacy. Yesterday, it launched a new investigation into dating apps for doing an inadequate job of screening for…Read more... Go to Source
Delta and American Cancel All Flights to China for Months as Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 213

Delta and American Cancel All Flights to China for Months as Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 213

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Delta and American Cancel All Flights to China for Months as Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 213 Delta and American airlines will cancel all flights to and from China as the confirmed death toll from the new coronavirus hits 213 and the number of confirmed cases reaches almost 10,000 worldwide, with over 100,000 more patients under medical observation.Read more... Go to Source
YouTuber Gives Fake Award to Far Right Activist Who Calls Greta Thunberg an ‘Autistic Fucking Wench’

YouTuber Gives Fake Award to Far Right Activist Who Calls Greta Thunberg an ‘Autistic Fucking Wench’

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YouTuber Gives Fake Award to Far Right Activist Who Calls Greta Thunberg an 'Autistic Fucking Wench' YouTuber Josh Pieters has revealed that he pranked far right British commentator Katie Hopkins by flying her to Prague and presenting her with a fake award. Hopkins, who is frequently retweeted by President Trump and was recently suspended on Twitter, was awarded with the Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy,…Read more... Go to Source
Don’t give Apple your MONEY – Mac Pro Upgrade Adventure

Don’t give Apple your MONEY – Mac Pro Upgrade Adventure

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If You’re Going to Buy Her Lingerie for Valentine’s Day, Buy It From One of These Brands

If You’re Going to Buy Her Lingerie for Valentine’s Day, Buy It From One of These Brands

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If You’re Going to Buy Her Lingerie for Valentine’s Day, Buy It From One of These Brands At the risk of mixing cultural metaphors, Valentine’s Day is the Super Bowl of men buying lingerie for their significant others. Christmas and Hanukkah are celebrated with family, usually, making sexy undergarments a less-than-ideal gift, while anniversaries call for nostalgic presents rather than romantic ones. As…Read more... Go to Source
It Grows

It Grows

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It Grows Evil had a great holiday season: Amazon now has over 150 million Prime subscribers, the company announced in Q4 2019 numbers released on Thursday. The massive growth numbers sent the company’s market cap surging to over $1 trillion and made CEO Jeff Bezos an estimated $13.2 billion in a matter of minutes.Read more... Go to Source
Plague Big Opportunity, Rat Says

Plague Big Opportunity, Rat Says

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Plague Big Opportunity, Rat Says Commerce Department ghoul Wilbur Ross gloated about his belief the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in China is good for JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! in an appearance on Fox Business on Thursday morning, even as the confirmed number of cases and deaths keep rising and experts worry of sustained global spread.Read more... Go to Source
The First Reactions to Birds of Prey Praise Its High-Energy Action and Fun Characters

The First Reactions to Birds of Prey Praise Its High-Energy Action and Fun Characters

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The First Reactions to Birds of Prey Praise Its High-Energy Action and Fun Characters Birds of Prey doesn’t open for another week and a half, but critics who got an early peek at the much-anticipated adventures of the fantabulous Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and company are taking to social media to share their first impressions. We’ve rounded up a batch of them up for your convenience!Read more... Go to Source