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Amazon pitched its facial recognition to ICE, released emails show [Updated]
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act filing by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) show that Amazon’s government sales unit was actively seeking to provide the Department of …
Tim Cook calls for strong US privacy law, rips “data-industrial complex”
Apple CEO Tim Cook today called on the US government to pass “a comprehensive …
Ford’s plan for driverless cars goes beyond technology

Enlarge / Sherif Marakby, CEO of Ford’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, poses with DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. (credit: Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Waymo says it will launch a fully driverless taxi service later this year. GM’s Cruise is
Russia was likely behind dangerous critical infrastructure attack, report says
Malware that caused a dangerous operational failure inside a Middle Eastern critical infrastructure facility was most likely developed by a Russian government-backed research institute, researchers from US security firm FireEye said Tuesday.
The malware, …
Two new supply-chain attacks come to light in less than a week
Most of us don’t think twice about installing software or updates from a trusted developer. We scrutinize the source site carefully to make sure it’s legitimate, and then we let the code run on …
Charter’s nationwide price hike could cost you another $91 a year
Charter Communications is raising prices throughout its 41-state cable territory in November, the company confirmed.
“For a customer with a full suite of [Charter] Spectrum services, [the price …
Russian trolls get DM from US Cyber Command: We know who you are. Stop it
The US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is engaging in a campaign to deter further disinformation operations by …
How Russia’s “influence operations” targeted the midterms (and how they still do)
Last week, Twitter released data from accounts that had been identified as part of Russian and Iranian influence campaigns, including efforts by Russia to influence the political climate in the United States before, during, …