Slack debuts as a publicly traded company, there will be Congressional hearings about Libra, a Florida city pays ransom money to hackers, getting your internet from your lightbulbs and are we on the cusp of a fast-charging-battery revolution

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Horns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests. (The Washington Post)

Facebook called before Senate panel over digital currency project (Reuters)

YouTube under federal investigation over allegations it violates children’s privacy (The Washington Post)

Apple Explores Moving Some Production Out of China (WSJ)

Florida city pays $600,000 ransom to save computer records (Associated Press)

Philips Hue company announces lights that beam data at 250 Mbps (The Verge)

Vivo's insane 120W Super FlashCharge tech fills a 4000mAh battery in 13 minutes (AndroidCentral)

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