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• ADL takes fight against online hate to Silicon Valley - CNET

  12-03-2017 23:14 via cnet.com
  
  The Anti-Defamation League looks to the tech industry for resources as it works to squelch hate speech and harassment across the internet.
  
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• CIA WikiDump re-enforces old security mantras

  12-03-2017 23:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Despite the efforts of the Assange publicity machine, it's business as usual on the security front, even if the CIA is up to no good.
  
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• Many enterprises not ready for 'microservices tsunami'

  12-03-2017 22:37 via zdnet.com
  
  The burst in microservices and containers is pushing information technology departments to embrace aggressive continuous delivery practices.
  
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• Vint Cerf: It's on all of us to fight online abuse, fake news - CNET

  12-03-2017 22:15 via cnet.com
  
  The father of the internet says social pressure -- people collectively saying, "This is wrong" -- is crucial to battling misinformation and harassment.
  
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• Scarlett Johansson's Trump-loving dog skewers liberals - CNET

  12-03-2017 21:30 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary:On SNL, a scientific presentation to VCs goes awry when a machine translates a dog's thoughts and they're not what a liberal wants to hear.
  
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• Charging hoverboard blamed for fire that kills girl - CNET

  12-03-2017 19:59 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In Pennsylvania, a 3-year-old girl dies in a fire that officials say was started by a charging hoverboard.
  
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• On SNL, a clueless Trump faces an alien invasion - CNET

  12-03-2017 17:06 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Alec Baldwin is back as the president, who's confronted with an invasion from the Planet Zorblatt 9. He thinks coal is the way to fight them.
  
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• 'We don't know what is happening'

  12-03-2017 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Dr Bernie Hogan from the Oxford Internet Institute says the misuse of data is a global phenomenon.
  
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• Meet the man tasked with speeding-up science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

  12-03-2017 15:00
  
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• GCHQ warns politicians about Russian hacking threat

  12-03-2017 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The spy agency says cyber-attacks could threaten the democratic process in the UK.
  
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• Help! My family plan's gotten out of control - CNET

  12-03-2017 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  Gathering friends and family onto one family plan can save you big bucks, but is it worth the headache? CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers advice.
  
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• Grow your own hotel: this tropical high-rise in Singapore has its own ecosystem

  12-03-2017 13:00
  
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• Meet the privacy pocket that takes your phone off the grid - CNET

  12-03-2017 12:00 via cnet.com
  
  Whether Wikileaks' Vault 7 news has you looking over your shoulder for the CIA, or you just want to curb your phone-checking habit, Silent Pocket's Faraday line can help.
  
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• World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee targets fake news

  12-03-2017 08:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media sites and search engines must be pushed to do more to combat the problem, he says.
  
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• New 'Wonder Woman' trailer full of weapon-wielding action - CNET

  12-03-2017 05:39 via cnet.com
  
  See new footage of Diana Prince's childhood and warrior training on Themyscira, as well as her adult battle skills, for the standalone "Wonder Woman" movie opening in June.
  
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• 'Buffy' at 20: Felicia Day on Joss Whedon's creative world - CNET

  12-03-2017 02:03 via cnet.com
  
  As "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" turns 20, the actor talks about her role as Vi, her friendship with Joss Whedon and her sense of the show's originality.
  
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• Air quality tracker for Chicago to roll out city-wide

  12-03-2017 01:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A city-wide network of sensors monitoring air quality is being installed in Chicago.
  
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• Venmo: The secret, hip social network you've never heard of - CNET

  12-03-2017 01:24 via cnet.com
  
  The PayPal-owned app has unexpectedly created a social culture, and many of the thorny problems that come with one.
  
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• My Shop: Why did the chicken restaurant cross the road?

  12-03-2017 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Does the fate of one London chicken restaurant signal the future direction of modern restaurants?
  
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• Web inventor Berners-Lee warns of fake-news threat - CNET

  12-03-2017 01:01 via cnet.com
  
  As the web turns 28, its creator is keen to point out its problems.
  
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• Tim Berners-Lee: governments are 'trampling on our rights to privacy'

  12-03-2017 01:01
  
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• Tim Berners-Lee calls for tighter regulation of online political advertising

  12-03-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Inventor of the worldwide web described in an open letter how it has become a sophisticated and targeted industry, drawing on huge pools of personal dataSir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the worldwide web, has called for tighter regulation of online political advertising, which he says is being used in “unethical ways”.“We urgently need to close the ‘internet blind spot’ in the regulation of political campaigning,” he said, writing in an open letter marking
  
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• I invented the web. Here are three things we need to change to save it | Tim Berners-Lee

  12-03-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyoneToday marks 28 years since I submitted my original proposal for the worldwide web. I imagined the web as an open platform that would allow everyone, everywhere to share information, access opportunities, and collaborate across geographic and cultural boundaries. In many ways, the web has lived up to this vision, though it has been a recurring battle to keep it open. But ove
  
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• After BBC dad goes viral, the parodies (and the backlash) - CNET

  12-03-2017 00:25 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Once millions have seen your kids interrupt a live Skype interview, everyone has an opinion. And a joke.
  
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