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Reset the Net Campaign

CTOvision

Fight for the Future , a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and Internet freedom, is spearheading an anti- National Security Agency protest on June 5 th to Reset the Net. How the Reset the Net protest will actually manifest itself remains to be seen.

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Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation

GeekWire

The third, Colorado developer Brian Watson, put himself forward as a person who could salve Amazon’s growing pains. Amazon claims the men conspired with others to generate millions of dollars in kickbacks to Nelson and Kirschner in exchange for directing AWS development deals to Watson’s company, Northstar Commercial Partners.

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How the pandemic is bringing Elon Musk’s dream to connect everyone on Earth closer to reality

Vox

However, the innovative low-Earth orbit satellite technology being developed by SpaceX and others could be essential, if not transformative, for everything from telemedicine to remote learning in places that aren’t already connected. Amazon , Facebook , and several startups have made similar promises in recent years.

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The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity

Vox

Stephen Hawking has said , “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” They are being developed to improve drone targeting and detect missiles. In order to be very good at the narrow task of text prediction, an AI system will eventually develop abilities that are not narrow at all.

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Fusion fever: A reality check on the multibillion-dollar race to reinvent energy and save the planet

GeekWire

” Some critics worry about wasting tax dollars as governments worldwide funnel billions of dollars into fusion research. RELATED: Pacific Northwest is a hub for fusion companies chasing power’s ‘Holy Grail’ But experts from government-led fusion facilities in the U.S. Upcoming targets: Scientific breakeven by 2026.

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Controversial capital gains tax spooks wealthy Washington residents as some unload their stocks

GeekWire

A Wall Street Journal report cited analysts who pointed to a possible connection, and the Nadella stock sale sparked GeekWire to investigate whether others in the Seattle technology scene may be following suit. . Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle in May 2019.

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Palantir still relies heavily on government contracts despite push for more corporate customers

The Verge

Palantir, the controversial analytics and data mining firm, still relies heavily on its US government contracts for revenue despite its public statements that it was branching out into more corporate clients , according to screenshots of the company’s S-1 filing acquired by TechCrunch. The S-1 filing shows Palantir had revenue of $742.5