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Crypto Exchange Goes Dark: Near 400,000 Users Fear Possible $2B Fraud

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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to ISS on recycled rocket and capsule

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The Erosion Of Personal Ownership - Everything From Your Fridge To Your Tractor Can Change Without Your Permission.

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Last night Googles's domain for Argentina expired and a guy from Argentina bought google.com.ar for $4 leading to a country wide block of the site for several hours.

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Man sues Apple for terminating Apple ID with $24K worth of content

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TikTok sued for collecting children's data in Britain, Europe

Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in name of research

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Feds Track Down Capitol Rioter With Facial Recognition Hit On His Girlfriend's Instagram

Administration rolls out a 100-day plan to improve electric grid cybersecurity

Internal Facebook memo reveals company plan to ‘normalise’ news of data leaks after 500 million user breach

Coal Miners Union Says It Would Accept Transition to Renewables With Green Jobs

Facebook Is Failing Miserably at Stopping COVID Conspiracy Theories

Uncensored Satellite Internet Will Weaken Dictatorships

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Video Hearings Tuesday and Wednesday: EFF Will Tell Copyright Office That Consumers Should Have the Freedom to Fix, Modify Digital Devices They Own

Elon Musk says Starlink should be 'fully mobile' by the end of 2021, allowing customers to use it at any address or in moving vehicles

Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient and obsolete” (2019)

Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight

Facebook bullies third-party apps Swipe and Simple Social into oblivion

FBI finally found a way to hack the iPhone without the help of Apple

Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars

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Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series to cost $465 million for first season

DoD space agency: Cyber attacks, not missiles, are the most worrisome threat to satellites

First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released In the Florida Keys

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5G: The outsourced elephant in the room

SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in hot seat

Chinese technology company Huawei eavesdropped on Dutch mobile network KPN

Drug Cartel Now Assassinates Its Enemies With Bomb-Toting Drones

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NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon lander, with 2024 goal

New York State just passed a law requiring ISPs to offer $15 broadband

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SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land astronauts on the moon

World-first ruling in Australian court as Google faces massive fines over data breaches

Google misled consumers about the collection and use of location data

Tesla has made $1 billion from its bitcoin investment in just 10 weeks

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Thousands urged to sue Facebook in mass action over leaked data

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