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Facebook’s algorithm change had an impact on politicians, but not the ones you think (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 15:31California State Senate Approves Strict Data Breach Law (Fast Company)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 17:58Family claims Amazon Echo recorded their private conversation, sent it to random person (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 05/24/2018 - 13:35The Wi-Fi industry wants to bring you better, cheaper gear–maybe
While mesh Wi-Fi systems can saturate every corner of your home in speedy wireless coverage, they’re also expensive and mostly proprietary. Prices for these systems start at around $250–more than three times what the average consumer spends on a wireless routerp–and if you want to switch to another router maker’s software and services, you have to replace the entire system. Recently, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced a wireless standard called EasyMesh that’s supposed to solve these problems.
Cellphone companies may be selling your exact location in real time (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 10:30If America really wants to drain the swamp, take a good look at AT&T
If you know anything about AT&T’s history, its relationship with Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen shouldn’t be too surprising. The company has an army of lawyers at its disposal, is hair-trigger litigious, and is no stranger to backroom dealing in the Capitol. During 2017, the company paid $16,780,000 to 31 lobby firms, according to government filings.
Here’s how to see if you used one of the 200 suspended Facebook apps (Fast Company)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 05/14/2018 - 11:13Municipal Broadband: Urban Savior Or Gentrification’s Wrecking Ball?
The case for city-operated broadband is compelling. It offers comparatively fast service. It’s celebrated as a means by which to preserve net neutrality.
At F8, Zuckerberg reiterates Facebook’s commitment to election integrity
Mark Zuckerberg kicked off his keynote by explaining Facebook’s plans to protect the integrity of elections in the United States and abroad. He also recapped moves the company has made to boost transparency in election ads–things like requiring anyone buying a political ad produce government identification to prove they are who they are, and requiring that political ads on Facebook have a higher degree of transparency than print, radio, or TV ads. That, of course, is meant to get in front of Congress’s proposed Honest Ads Act.