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From Ailes to Trump: Meet Bill Shine, Trump’s new image man (Associated Press)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 11:16Google tracks your movements, like it or not
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. Many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used a privacy setting that says it will prevent Google from doing so. For the most part, Google is upfront about asking permission to use your location information. An app like Google Maps will remind you to allow access to location if you use it for navigating.
Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 16:23New Homeland Security center to guard against cyberattacks (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 15:31China denies Qualcomm-NXP delay linked to U.S. tariff dispute (Associated Press)
Submitted by Kip Roderick on Thu, 07/26/2018 - 14:02New California law requires voter data breach reporting (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 07:57President Trump's rallies get extensive airtime on Fox News
President Donald Trump’s campaign-style rallies have found a receptive audience at Fox News Channel, which unlike the other cable news networks often carries his speeches live and in their entirety. Four times in the past few weeks, Fox has set aside its usual prime-time programming to air the president speaking live to supporters at events in South Carolina, Minnesota, North Dakota and West Virginia. The network also promised live coverage of a Trump rally July 5 in Montana, where Sen Jon Tester (D-MT) faces a tough fight for re-election.
California Supreme Court: Yelp can't be ordered to remove posts
A divided California Supreme Court has ruled that online review site Yelp.com cannot be ordered to remove posts against a San Francisco (CA) law firm that a judge determined were defamatory. The 4-3 ruling came in a closely watched case that internet companies warned could be used to silence online speech. A San Francisco judge determined the posts against attorney Dawn Hassell’s firm were defamatory and ordered Yelp in 2014 to remove them. A second judge and a state appeals court upheld the decision.
Facebook: 800K users may have had bug unblock blocked people
Facebook says more than 800,000 users may have been affected by a bug that unblocked people they previously had blocked. The company said that the bug was active between May 29 and June 5. While the person who was unblocked by this bug could not see content users shared with their friends, they could have seen things that were posted to a wider audience. Facebook says the problem has been fixed. It’s the second software bug in less than a month that the company has notified users about.