Creators of an app that will let people assign ratings to those they know vowed to launch as planned next month as planned despite online outrage at the idea.
Internet
Oct 1, 2015
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As MIT graduate student Mitali Thakor speaks about her research in a Cambridge coffee shop, an AMBER Alert from Abington, Massachusetts, lights up her iPhone, interrupting her midsentence as she describes her studies of anti-trafficking ...
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2015
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A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Facebook to hand over the identity of someone who posted a revenge porn video on the social network, or face having its servers opened up to an outside investigator.
Internet
Jun 25, 2015
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21
Facebook is taking another stab at ephemeral mobile messaging with an app called Slingshot.
Software
Jun 17, 2014
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There's little wonder why George Orwell's novel "1984" is seeing a resurgence in sales.
Internet
Jun 13, 2013
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0
The International Space Station is one of the most complicated machines ever built and the largest object ever assembled in space.
Space Exploration
May 24, 2013
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Social network app Path agreed Friday to pay $800,000 to settle charges it violated privacy of young users by uploading address book information without seeking permission, officials said.
Internet
Feb 1, 2013
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US regulators have launched a series of probes on whether mobile apps targeted at children violate privacy laws by collecting and sharing data which can be used for detailed profiles, officials said Monday.
Software
Dec 10, 2012
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0
Now at a critical juncture in its quest to become a superpower, China is turning to Western regions like the Silicon Valley for help with its next technical leap forward.
Business
Jun 15, 2012
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0
Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that's the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay ...
Telecom
May 10, 2012
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