The FTC forced a data broker to stop selling “sensitive location data.” But most companies can avoid such scrutiny by doing the bare minimum, exposing the lack of protections Americans truly have.
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The Sad Truth of the FTC’s ‘Historic’ Privacy Win

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We're bringing an extra episode from our show Business, Spoken.

Artificial intelligence may streamline a form of business communication that’s already super fake.
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From Business, Spoken: How AI Could Transform Email

In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines.
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The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer

Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is backing a new social network called Maven, which trades likes and follows for algorithms designed to foster serendipity and deep discussion.
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Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken.

Once considered a disease of the affluent, hypertension now affects a third of all adults. The WHO wants nations to get organized to combat it.
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From Science, Spoken: High Blood Pressure Is the World’s Biggest Killer. Now There’s a Plan to Tackle It.

Police are using subtle psychological operations against ransomware gangs to sow distrust in their ranks—and trick them into emerging from the shadows.
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The Sad Truth of the FTC’s ‘Historic’ Privacy Win

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