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This is the new nutrition facts label coming to your food

By Colin Lecher

The TSA will ruin your summer vacation and no one can agree on a fix

By Jordan Golson 56

Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages

By Russell Brandom 18

Nextdoor tries to reduce racial profiling on its neighborhood social networks

James Vincent May 19, 2016 08:30 am05.19.2016 36

A tech company that offers users "a private social network for your neighborhood" has changed how it handles reports of criminal activity in order to avoid racial profiling. Nextdoor.com advertises itself...

new rules for reporting crime

Charter officially owns Time Warner Cable, creating the US's second largest cable provider

Jacob Kastrenakes May 18, 2016 09:35 am05.18.2016 13

Charter has completed its purchase of Time Warner Cable, combining the two companies and forming the United States' second largest cable operator, just behind Comcast. Charter also completed its...

The Time Warner Cable name is going away

Photojournalist faces criminal charge over image of Paris attack victim

Amar Toor May 19, 2016 06:52 am05.19.2016

A photojournalist is facing criminal charges in France over her photo of a man who was killed during the November terrorist attacks in Paris. The man's family has filed charges against the Paris-based...

Privacy vs. press freedom

After Trending Topics scandal, users still mostly trust Facebook

Russell Brandom May 18, 2016 06:00 am05.18.2016 9

A new poll by Morning Consult shows Americans still largely trust Facebook to deliver their news, despite a recent allegation that the company regularly suppressed conservative news in the Trending Topics...

Many were comfortable with Facebook controlling its news
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Uber forced to suspend motorbike taxi service in Bangkok

Amar Toor May 18, 2016 05:39 am05.18.2016

Uber is suspending its motorbike service in Bangkok, Reuters reports, after the Thai government determined that it conflicts with existing taxi services. Nunthapong Cherdchoo, a senior official in...

UberMoto a no-go

Linksys routers to remain hackable after new FCC rules go into effect

Nilay Patel May 17, 2016 03:08 pm05.17.2016 2

There aren't many routers — especially extremely ugly routers — that qualify as iconic, but the Linksys WRT series certainly counts. It was so popular that Linksys actually brought the WRT line back in...

A victory for open-source router enthusiasts everywhere

Iraq shuts down internet to prevent students from cheating on exams

Amar Toor May 17, 2016 04:26 am05.17.2016

Iraq has been shutting down the internet periodically to prevent students from cheating on exams, according to data from DYN Research, a firm that tracks web outages across the world. The company's data...

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New rules allow anyone to invest up to $2,000 a year in startups

Ben Popper May 16, 2016 03:44 pm05.16.2016 6

Way back in 2012, Barack Obama signed the JOBS Act into law. Part of the legislation was aimed at making it easier for average people to invest in startups, potentially reaping the rewards on the next...

Who wants to be a VC?

It turns out it’s really easy to mine sensitive data from call records

Russell Brandom May 16, 2016 03:00 pm05.16.2016 12

Even the least invasive surveillance tools can provide a detailed look at a person’s life, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study looks...

"The NSA still has the legal authority to query this data" Patrick Mutchler, Stanford Computer Scientist

Tesla will make sure 'the right thing happens’ after report of underpaid foreign workers

Jordan Golson May 16, 2016 01:12 pm05.16.2016 57

In a public statement, Tesla has responded to accusations that it used cheap foreign labor to build a paint shop at one of its factories. The accusations came in a report from The Mercury News, alleging...

An investigation is underway

Tesla accused of using cheap foreign labor to build its US factories

James Vincent May 16, 2016 07:54 am05.16.2016 42

A report by The Mercury News has exposed Tesla's use of imported foreign labor to help build its Silicon Valley factories. The article describes how a German company, contracted by the automaker to expand...

paid as little as $5 an hour

Ontario may require anti-vaxxers to attend an education course

Jacob Kastrenakes May 15, 2016 07:00 pm05.15.2016 19

Not getting your child vaccinated is dangerous and dumb, and the Ontario government wants to educate the parents who think otherwise. It introduced legislation this week that, if passed, would require...

Vaccine denial is a serious public health issue
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