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Zuckerberg To Visit DC To Discuss Internet Regulations
Zuckerberg To Visit DC To Discuss Internet Regulations
September 18, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify on Capitol Hill once again. Zuckerberg is scheduled “to meet with policymakers and talk about future internet...

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Amazon Wants Satellites To Provide Broadband In Remote Areas
Amazon Wants Satellites To Provide Broadband In Remote Areas
July 05, 2019  |  Innovation

To provide broadband to tens of millions of users who don’t currently have adequate internet access, Amazon wants permission from the U.S. to launch 3,236...

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Senate Bill Would Strip Tech Firms Of Online Immunity
Senate Bill Would Strip Tech Firms Of Online Immunity
June 19, 2019  |  Facebook

Republican Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri has introduced a bill that would remove the immunity companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google receive for offensive and...

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Maine Law Stops ISPs From Hawking Browsers’ Data Without Permission
Maine Law Stops ISPs From Hawking Browsers’ Data Without Permission
May 31, 2019  |  Data

Lawmakers in Maine have proposed a law to stop internet service providers (ISPs) from selling private browsing data to advertisers, according to reports. The bill...

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Internet Of Things, A Thing Gone Global
Internet Of Things, A Thing Gone Global
May 28, 2019  |  Today In Data

Digital assistants. Smart fridges and thermostats. Security devices, too. The Internet of Things (IoT) has gone global, an ever-expanding ecosystem that touches consumers in every...

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Amazon Prevails In Domain Name Fight With LATAM
Amazon Prevails In Domain Name Fight With LATAM
May 20, 2019  |  Legal

Amazon has won a lengthy fight against eight Latin American countries for the provisional ability to use the .amazon domain name, according to a report...

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Tim Berners-Lee On Building A New Web
Tim Berners-Lee On Building A New Web
May 20, 2019  |  Merchant Innovation

For Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing and giving away the World Wide Web protocol that shaped the internet as we know it...

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Steering Clear Of Banking’s ‘Single Point Of Failure’
Steering Clear Of Banking’s ‘Single Point Of Failure’
May 13, 2019  |  Authentication

Banking — especially mobile banking — offers ‘single points of failure’ that allow fraudsters to make off with victims’ data and money.  Karl Kilb III,...

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Outage Brings Down All Facebook Social Networks
Outage Brings Down All Facebook Social Networks
April 15, 2019  |  Internet of Things

Facebook and its social media properties Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all experienced outages over the weekend, with users around the world reporting problems. According to...

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