For those who worry about their Amazon packages getting stolen from their front door, the e-commerce giant has another way to make sure customers get what they bought, and just in time for Prime Day on July 15. Customer in the US can now pick up Amazon items from their local Rite-Aid. Amazon Counter …
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President Donald Trump’s plan to increase tariffs on goods produced in China would affect a wide range of consumer goods. One gadget that could see a price increase because of a trade war is the video game consoles, and the three biggest companies behind consoles have come together to ask Trump for a pass. Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony sent a …
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In 2016, the National Security Agency gathered 151 million call records even though Congress made rules to reduce the federal government’s sweeping surveillance of Americans’ phone records. A new report shows the NSA might have collected additional call data it wasn’t authorized to obtain again last year. The American Civil Liberties Union released documents on Wednesday that it says show …
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Reddit has many subreddits dedicated to different interests. Fans of President Donald Trump, for example, have their own space called The_Donald. That subreddit is now at risk of going away due to violations of the site’s content policy. Reddit administrators quarantined The_Donald on Wednesday. Redditors visiting the board were met with a warning about the quarantine and a message saying violations …
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Fortnite season 9 is past the halfway point and will end soon. This means players have a short amount of time to complete all the challenges to get the final Battle Pass reward. Challenges for Fortnite season 9 week 7. Epic Games Free challenges Search chests at Junk Junction or Neo Tilted (0/7) Search ammo boxes in different locations (0/7) …
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A US senator and a pair of consumer privacy groups sent letters Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission expressing concern over YouTube‘s practices surrounding kids content. They called on the agency to take action against the Google-owned video site for any wrongdoing. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, urged the FTC to “hold YouTube accountable for any illegal activity affecting children that …
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In a sit-down interview with Gayle King for CBS This Morning, head of Instagram Adam Mosseri discussed some of the controversies surrounding the photo-sharing app. When King brought up the deepfake video of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that circulated last week, Mosseri explained why the video wasn’t taken down right away. “We don’t have a policy against deepfakes currently,” he …
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In late 2018, Canadian authorities arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver, Canada, at the request of the US over alleged Iran sanctions violations. As the extradition process continues, her attorneys are pushing for the government to withdraw the proceedings. Meng’s lawyers sent David Lametti, the Canadian minister of Justice, a written submission to reconsider extradition proceedings, the law firm …
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User data is big business for social media and other tech companies, but most people outside of those businesses don’t know how much that data is worth. New legislation aims to make tech companies disclose the dollar value of your personal information. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, and Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, will introduce the …
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To avoid being caught in the US-China trade war, Apple reportedly began asking suppliers about the possibility of moving production out of China. A founder of one of Apple’s biggest suppliers of phone parts is cheering this move, especially if the work goes to Taiwan. Foxconn founder Terry Gou says it’s possible Apple could move plants working on its products …
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