Drummer Taps Along As Siri Lays Downs A Verse
We will never tire of folks on the internet coming up with clever uses for their digital assistants — especially to distract us all the ethical, privacy weirdness these devices represent.

March 28, 2019 at 05:55AM
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Facebook Bans White Nationalism And White Separatism
After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy, and will direct users who try to post that content to a nonprofit that helps people leave hate groups.

March 27, 2019 at 10:21AM
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The Apple Card Is A Perfect Example Of Apple’s Post-iPhone Strategy
Apple is building its ecosystem not by reinventing the wheel, but by sprucing up traditional, boring products.

March 27, 2019 at 09:10AM
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Airbnb Has a Hidden-Camera Problem
The home-rental start-up says it’s cracking down on hosts who record guests. Is it doing enough?

March 27, 2019 at 09:10AM
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Apple Wants To Be The Only Tech Company You Trust
Amid breaches and scandals, the company is positioning itself as a privacy provider.

March 27, 2019 at 05:50AM
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Why Is Silicon Valley So Obsessed With The Virtue Of Suffering?
The Stoics and friends continue to be the dominant thought leaders from Google to Apple — and a new entrepreneur lobbying firm has even named itself Cicero.

March 26, 2019 at 12:13PM
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Casino Screwup Royale: A Tale Of ‘Ethical Hacking’ Gone Awry
“Ethical hackers” tried to disclose problems to a casino software company — it got messy.

March 26, 2019 at 08:08AM
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40 Years After Jonestown, Americans Are Still Searching For Gurus To Follow
A new sort of American messianic religion has gathered in Silicon Valley under a techno-futurist banner emblazoned with one word: “Singularity.”

March 26, 2019 at 06:00AM
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What To Expect From Today’s Apple Event
On Monday, in a keynote address at the company’s Cupertino campus, Apple is expected to announce something unprecedented for the world’s largest hardware company: a video streaming service.

March 25, 2019 at 06:48AM
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On The Trail Of The Robocall King
An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.

March 25, 2019 at 05:36AM
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