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T-Mobile says close of Sprint deal delayed until 2020 (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/29/2019 - 07:58Mayor Buttigieg calls Facebook’s political ad policy a ‘mistake’ (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/24/2019 - 17:07Chat Diagnosis: Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/14/2019 - 06:43California outlines ways to comply with upcoming privacy law
Companies must notify CA residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people’s identities before releasing data. CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced draft regulations that also spell out ways people can ask for their personal information to be deleted from company databases. The rules are being drafted to implement a landmark state privacy law that takes effect in Jan. The law allows CA residents to learn what information companies hold on them, request deletion and opt out of the sale of their personal information.
China criticizes Apple for app that tracks Hong Kong police (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 12:58House Judiciary Committee requests documents from defunct startup for Facebook files (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 11:20European Court of Justice: Active consent’ required for cookie storage (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 10:43Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 10:42Can a new space race connect the world to the internet?
More than a dozen companies have asked US regulators for permission to operate constellations of satellites that provide internet service. Not all are aimed at connecting consumers, but some have grand and global ambitions. It’s a huge potential market. And there’s the obvious benefit on the ground: Not having internet access makes it difficult or impossible to apply for many jobs, for kids to do homework, for people in remote areas to get medical care, and to participate in the global economy. But this new wave of spaced-based internet faces hurdles.