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Citing national security, Russia just blocked access to servers necessary to run the encrypted email service ProtonMail and the anonymized web browser Tor.

Russia Blocks Access to ProtonMail

By Dan Robitzski

The European Commission just published a report saying that Facebook, Google, and Twitter have all been too lax on their pledge to fight fake news.

EU: Facebook, Google, Twitter Failed to Fight Fake News

By Dan Robitzski

TikTok, the video-sharing social media app, agreed to pay a $5.7 million FTC fine for illegally storing data on pre-teen users.

FTC Slams TikTok With Record Fine For Spying on Pre-Teens

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook's content moderators work under grueling conditions and are often traumatized by the videos they have to watch and remove.

Facebook Mods Are so Traumatized They’re Getting High at Work

By Dan Robitzski

The Lunary Library, a backup copy of human knowledge, is on its way to the moon, where it will serve as an archive in case things go wrong on Earth.

Israeli Moon Lander Is Carrying a Vast Backup of Human Knowledge

By Dan Robitzski

During a recent interview with law professor Jonathan Zittrain, Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly insisted against all evidence that Facebook promotes privacy.

Mark Zuckerberg Insists That Facebook Promotes Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

Trump Calls For “6G,” Which Doesn’t Exist

Trump Calls For “6G,” Which Doesn’t Exist

By Dan Robitzski

The Bangladeshi government is scrubbing the internet of porn. But it's also monitoring people's personal social media accounts for provocative images.

Bangladesh Declares “War on Pornography,” Blocks TikTok

By Dan Robitzski

The United States Has One Last Chance to Restore Net Neutrality

The United States Has One Last Chance to Restore Net Neutrality

By Dan Robitzski

India’s Government Blames Facebook’s WhatsApp for Mob Violence

India’s Government Blames Facebook’s WhatsApp for Mob Violence

By Dan Robitzski

According to the Pew Research Center, more Americans now get their news from social media than do from traditional printed newspapers.

For News, Americans Now Officially Prefer Social Media to Newspapers

By Dan Robitzski

Researcher presents ways hackers could manipulate today's SATCOM to affect the aviation, maritime, and military industries.

Hackers Find Earth’s Satellite Communication Systems Aren’t All That Secure

By Kristin Houser

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Science & Energy

New Backscattered Radio Signal Transmits Data 2.8 Kilometers with Minimal Power

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Science & Energy

New Mini-Antennae Could Pave the Way for Brain-Computer Interfaces

By Patrick Caughill

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Ron Howard: “More Than Ever, Science Is Changing Our Lives”

By Patrick Caughill

Coding: The New Cornerstone of Education?

Coding: The New Cornerstone of Education?

By Sarah Marquart

Witness the Launch of Ethereum: ‘the World Computer’

From Quarks to Quasars

Witness the Launch of Ethereum: ‘the World Computer’

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An Advance May Double the Capabilities of Fiber Optics

By Angelie Hawks

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Google is bringing free Wi-Fi to New York, and soon the world!

Precursor to Mind-Reading Technology, Researchers Reconstruct Sentences From Decoded Brain Activity

Precursor to Mind-Reading Technology, Researchers Reconstruct Sentences From Decoded Brain Activity

Chinese AI Surpasses Human in IQ Test

Science & Energy

Chinese AI Surpasses Human in IQ Test

SpaceX Continues Ambitious Plan for Internet Satellites in Space

SpaceX Continues Ambitious Plan for Internet Satellites in Space

Breakthrough Technique Uses RF Signals to Power Devices

Breakthrough Technique Uses RF Signals to Power Devices

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Novel polarization forms promise to radically increase data speeds

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5G cellphone wireless speeds of 1 terabit per second accomplished in lab

By Andrew Johnson

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Li-Fi achieves 224-Gbps data transmission speeds with room-scale coverage

By Andreea Popescu

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The world’s largest ever satellite constellation will make high speed internet available to billions

By Oana Stefanescu

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Baidu Announces Breakthrough In Speech Recognition, Claiming To Top Google And Apple