• FCC won't force websites to honor 'Do Not Track'

    FCC won't force websites to honor 'Do Not Track'
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday dismissed a petition that would have required some of Web's largest firms, including Facebook, Google and Netflix, to honor "Do Not Track" signals from consumers' browsers.
    "The Commission has been unequivocal in declaring that it has no intent to regulate edge providers," the FCC declared in the Nov. 6 order (download PDF) that dismissed demands from the California-based consumer advocacy group, Consumer Watchdog.
    Edge providers, as defined
  • The 2016 Chevy Volt has it all: 53 EV miles for green cred, a sleek redesign for street cred

    The 2016 Chevy Volt has it all: 53 EV miles for green cred, a sleek redesign for street cred
    The 2016 Chevy Volt could have offered its category-killing 53 miles of EV-only driving range and called it a day, but this plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) wants more: more drivers, specifically, beyond its loyal but small following of green-car nerds.
    So it’s been completely redesigned to be more spacious and less geeky-looking, in hopes some mainstream users will give it a try. On a recent drive along the coast of Marin County, north of San Francisco, Calif., the Volt was ready t

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