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  • Mysterious Drone Swarms, Taco Bell Beyond Meat, Musks' $11Bn Tax Bill
    Computer and Technology News. Headlines
    Topics:
    Malaysia’s updated copyright law imprisons streaming pirates for up to 20 years | Engadget

    Adidas’ first NFT drop earns $23 million | Engadget

    Harassment Of Navy Destroyers By Mysterious Drone Swarms Off California Went On For Weeks

    UK donates 225 million stolen passwords to hack-checking site – BBC News

    Tesla’s Musk says he will pay over $11 bln in taxes this year | Reuters

    Microsoft had to use Xbox dev kits to run a ‘Halo Infinite’ tournament | Engadget

    Taco Bell had beef with Beyond Meat’s fake carne asada (update: Beyond Meat denies it) – The Verge

    Have I Been Pwned: Pwned Passwords

    Amazon scraps new ban on phones in warehouses ‘until further notice’ | Engadget
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    36 min
  • Apple Removes Phone Scanning, Extreme Social Engineering, DJI On Investment Blacklist
    Computer and Technology News.
    Topics:
    Apple removes mentions of controversial child abuse scanning from its site | Engadget

    Amazon Web Services Outage: ‘Issues Resolved,’ Company Says | Across America, US Patch

    Man Lifts His Sleeping Ex-Girlfriend’s Eyelids to Unlock Her Phone, Stealing $24,000

    Huawei documents reportedly show involvement in China’s surveillance efforts | Engadget

    US puts drone maker DJI and seven other Chinese companies on investment blocklist | Engadget

    Meta expands bug bounty program to reward discoveries of scraped data | Engadget

    SiriusXM sued over lack of podcast transcripts for the hard of hearing | Engadget

    Grindr fined £5.5m for sharing data for ads – BBC News

    Pegasus spyware maker NSO running out of cash – 9to5Mac

    Pegasus (spyware) – Wikipedia

    Google is building a new augmented reality device and operating system | Ars Technica
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    44 min
  • PS4 Hacked (Again), Mozilla Forecasts $500M, Blockchain Voting
    Computer and Technology News.
    Topics:
    Power On: The Story of Xbox Premium Prints – Xbox Gear Shop

    Hackers launch over 840,000 attacks through Log4J flaw | Ars Technica

    Mozilla expects to generate more than $500M in revenue this year | TechCrunch

    New PS4 homebrew exploit points to similar PS5 hacks to come | Ars Technica

    YouTube TV warns it may lose all Disney-owned channels amid contract dispute | Ars Technica

    Apple releases Tracker Detect to protect Android users from AirTags stalkers | Engadget

    The US Postal Service secretly tested a blockchain mobile voting system | Engadget

    Former FCC officials are worried about air safety fears delaying 5G rollout – The Verge

    Oversight Board raises alarm over Facebook’s role in Ethiopian conflict – The Verge
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    41 min
  • Log4shell Vulnerability, Twitter hacking, New IBM/Samsung Transistors
    Computer and Technology News: Headlines!
    Topics:
    Someone ‘briefly compromised’ the Indian Prime Minister’s Twitter account | Engadget

    Flaw prompts 100 hack attacks a minute, security company says – BBC News

    Hackers Steal $140 Million From Users of Crypto Gaming Company

    A scene from the ‘Sex and the City’ revival created a PR emergency for Peloton | Engadget

    Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob – The Verge

    The FAA will give Bezos and Branson its last astronaut wings | Engadget

    Apple is about to become the world’s first $3 trillion company – CNN

    New IBM and Samsung transistors could be key to super-efficient chips (updated) | Engadget

    Bungie responds to report on its lackluster efforts to improve workplace culture | Engadget
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    49 min
  • NZ Technologies Interview w/ Dr. Nima Ziraknejad, Touchless Tech For All
    Interview with NZ Technologies Inc. Dr. Nima Ziraknejad, Founder and CEO.
    NZTech’s top priority is to employ the knowledge and experiences gained from successful product developments in the automotive, mining, oil & gas, and smart home industries and apply them efficiently within the clinical space.

    We believe that there exists a great pain in the operating room “the surgeon’s interface to modern imaging equipment is non-intuitive, prone to surgeon fatigue, and inefficient. We plan to address this pain and provide value to the clinical sector through the development of innovative 3D non-intrusive machine vision technologies.


    Links
    TIPSO™ – Touchless Image Interaction Technology | NZ Technologies Inc

    HoverTap™ – Touchless Elevator Control Panel | NZ Technologies Inc

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    52 min
  • Amazon's $1.3B Fine, Mouse Movers, Instagram Senate Hearing
    Computer and Technology News: Headlines!
    Topics:
    Workers Are Using ‘Mouse Movers’ So They Can Use the Bathroom in Peace

    Amazon will shut down its Alexa.com web ranking site next year | Engadget

    Amazon will shut down its Alexa.com web ranking site next year | Engadget

    Italian regulator fines Amazon $1.28 billion for abusing its market dominance | Engadget

    Senators came to the Instagram hearing armed with their teenaged finstas | Engadget

    Activision Blizzard employees create strike fund while taking steps toward unionization – The Verge

    Encrypted Phone Company Backdoored by FBI Will Lead to ‘Years’ of Arrests
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    42 min
  • Tiny High-Resolution Camera, YouTube Incorrect Copyright Claims, $275 Billion Apple Deal
    Computer and Technology News: Headlines.

    Topics:

    Tesla’s in-dash video games can be played even while driving | Engadget

    AWS us-east-1 outage brings down services around the world – DCD

    Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC – The Verge

    Power companies band together for coast-to-coast EV fast-charger network | Ars Technica

    Hacker named Bowser must pay Nintendo in piracy case – BBC News

    YouTube reveals millions of incorrect copyright claims in six months – The Verge

    Researchers Made a Camera That’s the Size of a Grain of Salt

    The CIA Is Deep Into Cryptocurrency, Director Reveals

    Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘Secretly’ Signed $275 Billion Deal With China in 2016 – MacRumors

    Meta sued in excess of $150 billion for its role in Rohingya genocide | ZDNet

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    43 min
  • Russia/China Laser Aggression, 'Deplatforming' Bill Blocked, EA's Battlefield Plans
    Computer and technology News Headlines, Including EA Battlefield Plans, Russia/China Laser Aggression, and More!
    Topics:
    Judge Blocks Texas Bill That Aimed to Ban Social-Media ‘Deplatforming’

    Hackers Steal $119M From ‘Web3’ Crypto Project With Old School Attack

    Tesla is selling a $1,900 Cyberquad ATV for kids | Engadget

    EA is going ‘all-in on Battlefield’ with plans for a connected universe | Engadget

    Russia and China are attacking US satellites with lasers and jammers ‘every day’ says top general | The Independent

    Facebook uncovers Chinese network behind fake expert – BBC News

    This Person Does Not Exist

    Apple reportedly warned suppliers of slowing demand for iPhones | Engadget

    PredPol Crime Predictions Target Poor, Blacks, Latinos
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    34 min

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