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Get a smartphone stud

Stud-finders are just the worst. In my experience, they tend to beep more or less at random, never sounding off in the same spot more than once. Sinking a nail into my wall is generally more faith than science. A better option: an in-wall imager, which uses radar to paint a picture of the inside of your wall on a …

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FCC says phone company broke laws around location sharing

At least one US phone company apparently violated federal law in regard to disclosing real-time location data of customers, the Federal Communications Commission said Friday. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a letter to several members of Congress that the commission’s Enforcement Bureau had reached that conclusion after an investigation and that any violators could face a penalty. The FCC’s …

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