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The legislation, Assembly Bill 165, would “end the application of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to a local educational agency, as defined, or an individual acting for or on behalf of a local educational agency.” The bill defines educational agencies as county offices of education, school districts and charter schools. […]

It’s hard to describe but you know it when you see it. If movies and fiction TV shows on your new HDTV look more like soap operas, then you might be experiencing the “soap opera […]

In December, Facebook said that it would start flagging “disputed” stories in an attempt to warn users about fake news and they have just launched that feature. […]

In 2010, I attended two meetings with Facebook staff over how the service could help prevent suicides. One meeting was at the company’s headquarters and was attended by representatives from several tech companies, including Yahoo and […]

Amazon Web Services has explained what happened that caused numerous web sites and other Internet services to go down on Wednesday. It was basically, as CNET News phrased it “a typo.” In a blog post, […]

AT&T has two new unlimited data plans and this post shows how they compare with each other and the competition.
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Disney Research is working on technology that may someday allow you to charge your phone or other device simply by walking into a specially equipped room. As Phys.org points out, researchers at Disney built a 16 by […]

In June I wrote about Hum by Verizon but I’m now testing a similar device that, unlike Hum, doesn’t require a monthly service fee. Listen to Larry’s full interview withAutomatic co-founder Ljuba Miljkovic To review, Hum […]

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 Click here to view the live stream (9:30 AM Eastern on Tues) The official U.S. event will by hosted by ConnectSafely.org at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The U.S. event will bring together elementary, middle […]