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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

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The agency has used this authority to conduct a series of covert cyber operations against Iran and other targets. Jon Porter / The Verge ). Jon Porter / The Verge ). The app was approved by the Google Play store, but not by the App Store. Mary Hui / Quartz ). Governing. ? Google is investing $4.5 billion for a 7.73

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Processor: Google Pixels are coming, OnePlus Buds are seized, and LG is making weird phones again

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The CBP doubled down and said that no, it didn’t make a mistake and the OnePlus Buds did count as counterfeit and the CPB does, in fact, have the legal authority to seize them. Except the CBP didn’t laugh. It smells of retconning , but it might also nevertheless be true that the CPB can do that (seize the buds, I mean.

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Why no one knows which stories are the most popular on Facebook

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The policy is part of a package of bipartisan amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate is expected to vote on later this week. Jon Porter / The Verge ). Jon Keegan / The Markup ). The House voted to ban federal employees from downloading TikTok on government-issued devices.

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What other social networks can learn from Snapchat’s rebuke of Trump

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DEA requests this authority on a nationwide basis for a period of fourteen days.”. Jon Porter / The Verge ). Former Facebook employees published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg , calling his decision to leave President Trump’s aggressive posts on the site unaltered a “betrayal” of company ideals.

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How the forced sale of TikTok could splinter the internet

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Germany’s anti-trust authority has launched an investigation into Amazon’s relationship with third-party selling. Jon Porter / The Verge ). The bureau is examining whether sellers can operate a successful business on the marketplace without using Amazon’s fulfillment or advertising services. Annie Palmer / CNBC).

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Why Twitter labeling Trump?s tweets as ?potentially misleading? is a big step forward

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But the authorities have set few limits on how that data can be used. Jon Porter / The Verge ). Fowler / The Washington Post ). China’s virus-tracking apps have been collecting information, including location data, on people in hundreds of cities across the country.

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