Senators aim to give internet companies doctor-like duties to protect our data
Consumers are increasingly entrusting online services with all kinds of personal data — but that trust has been repeatedly abused
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Author: Devin Coldewey
Samsung’s dual-screen folding phone is very strange and probably doomed
Let me just say that I love the idea of a folding phone/tablet device. I was a Courier fanboy when
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Subterranean drone mapping startup Emesent raises $2.5M to autonomously delve the deep
Seemingly every industry is finding ways to use drones in some way or another, but deep underground it’s a different
Read moreSupreme Court denies broadband industry petition to scrub favorable net neutrality court decision from history
The Supreme Court today offered moral support for net neutrality activists and a soft setback for the current FCC’s agenda
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Is it legal to post a ‘votie’ in your state? Check this map
The 2018 midterm elections are tomorrow and in addition to exciting changes to the political landscape, the day promises to
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NASA’s prolific planet-hunter Kepler has finally earned its retirement
After nine years of service, half a million stars surveyed, and thousands of planets discovered around those stars, NASA’s astonishingly
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The space pen became the space pen 50 years ago
Everyone knows about the space pen. NASA spent millions on R&D to create the ultimate pen that would work in
Read moreFCC resorts to the usual malarkey defending itself against Mozilla lawsuit
Mozilla filed a lawsuit in August alleging the FCC had unlawfully overturned 2015’s net neutrality rules, by among other things
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At 10 trillion frames per second, this camera captures light in slow motion
Light is the fastest thing in the universe, so trying to catch it on the move is necessarily something of
Read moreTake ten seconds now to make sure you’re registered to vote
Fellow citizens! An important election is approaching, and you should vote in it. But are you registered? Are you sure?
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