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Cellphone Carriers Face $200 Million Fine for Not Protecting Location Data

By BY JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2TscmTp Fines (Penalties), Wireless Communications, Cellular Telephones, Privacy, Telephones and Telecommunications, Consumer Protection

The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Disrupts the Industry

By BY MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Pxk1OV Computers and the Internet, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Stocks and Bonds, Delivery Services, Mobile World Congress (Trade Show)

Cellphone Carriers May Face $200 Million in Fines for Selling Location Data

By BY JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VxpCZt Fines (Penalties), Wireless Communications, Surveillance of Citizens by Government, Privacy, Telephones and Telecommunications

Unions Push F.T.C. to Study if Amazon Warps the Economy

By BY KAREN WEISE AND DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2wfnfzK Organized Labor, E-Commerce, Delivery Services, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Wages and Salaries, Labor and Jobs

Facebook, Google and Twitter Rebel Against Pakistan’s Censorship Rules

By BY VINDU GOEL AND SALMAN MASOOD from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32vGGAs Politics and Government, Computers and the Internet, Social Media, Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Cloud Computing Is Not the Energy Hog That Had Been Feared

By BY STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3chmR4n Computers and the Internet, Data Centers, Research, Cloud Computing, Energy Efficiency

Founder of 8chan Faces Arrest on ‘Cyberlibel’ Charge

By BY DANIEL VICTOR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2PtZzPf Libel and Slander, Mass Shootings, Fringe Groups and Movements

Microsoft Issues Financial Warning Because of Coronavirus

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32w1LuK Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Cloud Computing

How Delivery Apps Are Eating Up Your Budget

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VAFuuv Delivery Services, Restaurants, Food, Mobile Applications, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Tips and Tipping, Computers and the Internet

As the Start-Up Boom Deflates, Tech Is Humbled

By BY ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2w0KLjU Venture Capital, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Start-ups, Labor and Jobs, Computers and the Internet, Delivery Services, E-Commerce, Unemployment

Digital Edits, a Paid Army: Bloomberg Is ‘Destroying Norms’ on Social Media

By BY SHEERA FRENKEL AND DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/38SzOj3 Presidential Election of 2020, Social Media, Political Advertising

The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Hits Apple’s Financial Forecast

By BY NELLIE BOWLES from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2vXyCw7 Computers and the Internet, Privacy, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Home Automation and Smart Homes

New Mexico Sues Google Over Children’s Privacy Violations

By BY NATASHA SINGER AND DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2PbuEqF Computers and the Internet, Education (K-12), Chrome (Operating System), Privacy, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Consumer Protection, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Lawrence Tesler, Pioneer of Personal Computing, Dies at 74

By BY JOHN MARKOFF from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2uT4r9x Deaths (Obituaries), Computers and the Internet, Desktop Computers, Software

Your Doorbell Camera Spied on You. Now What?

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2VgShSH Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Computer Security, Computers and the Internet, Privacy, Cyberattacks and Hackers, Surveillance of Citizens by Government, Cameras

Aircraft, Big and Small, Are Changing Our Relationship With Flight

By BY CHRISTINE NEGRONI from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2V5ErSM Airports, Airlines and Airplanes, Drones (Pilotless Planes)

Apple Warns That Coronavirus Will Hurt Revenue

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/39IT2b4 International Trade and World Market, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Computers and the Internet, Factories and Manufacturing, Epidemics, Smartphones

Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion to Address Climate Change

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2u7rHAb Philanthropy, Global Warming

Silicon Valley Heads to Europe, Nervous About New Rules

By BY ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2UWCTdZ Artificial Intelligence, Computers and the Internet, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Research

Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop

By BY KASHMIR HILL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/38F2GuU Privacy, Computers and the Internet, Speakers (Audio), Facial Recognition Software, Home Automation and Smart Homes, Wearable Computing

The Week in Tech: Are Smartphones Interesting Again?

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/37rmwZp Smartphones, Computers and the Internet, Mobile World Congress (Trade Show)

Siding With Amazon, Judge Halts Work on Microsoft’s Pentagon Contract

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2UNCgTJ Decisions and Verdicts, Defense Contracts, Cloud Computing

U.S. Charges Huawei With Racketeering

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2OPvLvO United States International Relations, Extradition

New Yorkers Face a Training Gap for Tech Jobs, but a Study Finds Hope

By BY STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/31SIh31 Computers and the Internet, Careers and Professions, Labor and Jobs

Andy Rubin’s Start-Up, Essential Products, Shuts Down

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI AND ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2P46MFx Computers and the Internet, Venture Capital, Shutdowns (Institutional), Android (Operating System), Start-ups, Electronics, Smartphones

A Thorn in YouTube’s Side Digs In Even Deeper

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Hiph4C Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming, Web-Original Programming, News and News Media

Britain to Create Regulator for Internet Content

By BY ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/38lcwSx Computers and the Internet, Politics and Government, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Censorship, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Foldable Phones Are Here. Do We Really Want Them?

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2UUkkqT Computer Monitors, Smartphones, Computers and the Internet, Tablet Computers, Handheld Computers

F.T.C. Broadens Review of Tech Giants, Homing In on Their Deals

By BY CECILIA KANG AND DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/31MiN7w Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

She Wants to Break Up Big Everything

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2vlIaAT Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Economic Conditions and Trends, United States Politics and Government, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

White House Earmarks New Money for A.I. and Quantum Computing

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2UHDKPA Quantum Computing, Research, Artificial Intelligence, Computers and the Internet

Amazon Looks to Question Trump in Pentagon Contracting Case

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2OFCM2b Computers and the Internet, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Computing, Government Contracts and Procurement, Defense Contracts, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Politics and Government

Ransomware Attacks Grow, Crippling Cities and Businesses

By BY NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2H7AdSm Extortion and Blackmail, Computers and the Internet, Cyberattacks and Hackers, Computer Security, Cyberwarfare and Defense

He Combs the Web for Russian Bots. That Makes Him a Target.

By BY ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2UCyDA0 Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates, Computers and the Internet, Rumors and Misinformation, Politics and Government, Social Media, Elections, Cyberwarfare and Defense, Presidential Election of 2016

U.S. Divided Over Chinese Drone Bans

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3boqUf4 Defense and Military Forces, Federal Budget (US), Chinese-Americans, Espionage and Intelligence Services, Telephones and Telecommunications, Law and Legislation, United States Politics and Government

The Week in Tech: Companies Make Their Pitch to the Police

By BY ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2UArobQ Facial Recognition Software, Computers and the Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Police

Uber Posts Faster Growth, but Loses $1.1 Billion

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3bgOiuB Car Services and Livery Cabs, Company Reports, Delivery Services

An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away

By BY CADE METZ AND ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2SmHyCZ Probation and Parole, Computers and the Internet, Civil Rights and Liberties

Child-Welfare Activists Attack Facebook Over Encryption Plans

By BY KATIE BENNER AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2v3CWJX Computers and the Internet, Computer Security, Social Media, Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Child Abuse and Neglect, Cyberharassment, Photography, Child Pornography, Children and Childhood

How to Take Control of Your Notifications

By BY J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2vTU8Cb Mobile Applications, Smartphones, Computers and the Internet, Desktop Computers, iOS (Operating System), Android (Operating System)

Epoch Times, Punished by Facebook, Gets a New Megaphone on YouTube

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2UpEFDV Online Advertising, Political Advertising

The Only Safe Election Is a Low-Tech Election

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2uZpKG7 Primaries and Caucuses, United States Politics and Government, Mobile Applications, Voting Machines, Computer Security, Computers and the Internet, Start-ups

Tool to Help Journalists Spot Doctored Images Is Unveiled by Jigsaw

By BY DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2RZ5ehL Rumors and Misinformation, Computers and the Internet, News and News Media, Artificial Intelligence, Photography

IBM, Marriott and Mickey Mouse Take On Tech’s Favorite Law

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2v1ICEp Computers and the Internet, Law and Legislation, Hotels and Travel Lodgings, Lobbying and Lobbyists

Top Antitrust Official Is Said to Recuse Himself From Google Inquiry

By BY CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3b5tt5j Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Conflicts of Interest, Computers and the Internet, United States Politics and Government, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Lobbying and Lobbyists