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Gmail now lets you send self-destructing 'confidential mode' emails from your phone (CBS)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/21/2018 - 13:26High-speed internet service may be poised for a price hike
US broadband service, already slower and more expensive than in many other countries, could get even pricier. That's because major internet providers such as AT&T and Verizon want the Federal Communications Commission to scrap a key provision that some say helps keep broadband costs low for small businesses and consumers. Under the rule, large telecommunication companies must allow smaller rivals to piggy-back on their networks at rates set by the government.
Senate unanimously adopts resolution declaring "the press is not the enemy of the people"
The Senate unanimously passed a resolution affirming that "the press is not the enemy of the people":
Measure to grant funds for election security fails in Senate (CBS)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 10:20How Judge Kavanaugh could shape the coming "watershed" moment for digital privacy (CBS)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/26/2018 - 11:52Late night hosts collude with each other on how to respond to the president (CBS)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 06/27/2018 - 06:38People don't trust social media -- that's a growing problem for businesses (CBS)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 06/18/2018 - 16:53Former-Senator Al Franken blasts Facebook, election meddling in first speech since resignation
Al Franken returned to the spotlight to deliver a blistering rebuke of tech companies, specifically Facebook, over abuse of users privacy data while speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Lisbon, Portugal. He suggested Facebook was careless with users' information. "Facebook doesn't have to care about the privacy and security of their users' online information because there's no mass exodus when it violates those rules," said Franken.