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The newest Facebook hire was a key person in the crafting of the Patriot Act; on Earth Day Apple highlights its efforts to combat climate change; UPS announces it will begin using no-emissions trucks

Samsung delays foldable phones; Google and Amazon play nice; bad passwords are still rampant.

China builds a Mars simulator to emulate life on the Red Planet; Microsoft refused to sell facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies; Blackberry Messenger has finally met its end

All the episodes of Hashtag Trending bundled up in a sweet weekend package. Let us know if you like the new weekly summary by tweeting us at @itworldca

Twitter is flooded with broken Galaxy Folds, an art historian might have the keys to the Notre Dame’s restoration, and documents show Mark Zuckerberg’s willingness to play with your data.

YouTube flags the Notre Dame fire as misinformation, a 24-year-old engineer is changing lives with his 3D printed prosthetic limbs, and Twitter goes down memory lane.

Scientists unveil the world’s first 3D-printed rabbit-sized heart, a new study highlights Russia’s increasing efforts to hack global navigation satellite systems, and Samsung’s foldable phone is shown off for the first time.

Samsung fixes Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor; Sony shows off 16K display; researchers find five flaws in WPA3

We're trying something new and doing a weekend roundup of all the stories from Hashtag Trending that we featured over the week. Let us know what you think of the new, longer weekend episode. Do you like it? Hate it? Want it in its own RSS feed? Tweet us @itworldca and let us know. 

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