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The Cryptocurrency Lobby Is a New Major Climate Enemy
The United States Senate on Tuesday approved the weak $US1 ($1.5) trillion bipartisan infrastructure package after negotiating for weeks. It will now head to the House of Representatives for final approval. Tucked into the end of the bill are provisions on cryptocurrencies that became a major sticking point in the waning hours of the Senate’s…
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Reminder: Your Car Might Be Tracking You
Almost any recent car is a part of the Internet of Things, the vastly expanding universe of devices we own and operate that are connected to the web. Which also means many modern cars can track your whereabouts, and do.
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U.S. Senators Still Sceptical .ORG Sale To Private Equity Firm Won’t Harm Nonprofits
In a letter last month, a group of U.S. lawmakers voice concerns about the proposed sale of the .ORG top-level domain to Ethos Capital, a private equity firm founded last year. Announced in November by ICANN, the organisation that manages all internet domain names, the sale has worried nonprofits, which have traditionally made the .org…
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Black Market For Your Location Data Apparently Thriving Despite Privacy Vow By T-Mobile’s John Legere And Others
After vowing to end the practice of selling their customers’ location data to “shady middlemen” last summer, we now know that at least there major wireless carriers in the U.S — T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint — were completely full of shit. That practice has continued, and Motherboard on Tuesday produced the receipts.