Been hacked? Here’s how to regain control of your personal data

In the first half of the year, there have been 1,571 breaches impacting customers’ personal data from the likes of AT&T. This

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Earlier this month the White House announced a slew of new actions aimed at stopping corporations from trapping people in endless customer service loops and tricking people into parting with their cash. The crackdown is dubbed the “Time Is Money” effort, and it targ

What a Kamala Harris White House would mean for space policy

As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to accept the Democratic nomination this week in Chicago, here’s our look at what space policy priorities might dominate a potential Harris administration. 

Harris’ past

Though the vice president did not do much public work on space before joining President Joe Biden’s ticket, she has overseen the debate of two major space policy issues as chair of the National Space Council:

Supercharge Gmail with these 6 powerful Chrome extensions

Gmail is a powerful email platform, but with the right Chrome extensions, you can pour some productivity-based gasoline on the fire, as it were.

Whether you’re looking to organize your inbox, track emails, or manage tasks, these extensions can significantly enhance your email management and productivity.

GM-owned Cruise and Uber are partnering on self-driving rides

Uber and the GM-owned autonomous vehicle company Cruise are partnering together to bring the robotaxis to the Uber platform, according to a press release.

The companies plan to launch the multiyear partnership next year with a set number of autonomous vehicles. Once the robotaxis are available, when an Uber rider requests a qualifying ride within the Uber app, they may see the option to have that trip fulfilled by an AV.

“We are excited to partner with Uber to brin

Will Google’s $250 million deal with California really help journalism?

California has struck a first-in-the-nation agreement that will see local government and large tech companies spend more than $250 million over the next five years to support news organizations across the state. That sort of a cash infusion would normally be cheered by the journalism industry, which has been struggling in recent years (something many publishers partially blame on Google

Cruise recalls autonomous vehicle fleet, closing one U.S. probe

U.S. auto safety regulators closed an investigation into the performance of autonomous vehicle company Cruise’s robotaxis after it agreed to recall its entire fleet of 1,194 robotaxis in order to fix an issue with unexpected breaking.

Cruise patched a software update in order to fix the issue, according to the recall notice shared by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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Japan’s Fukushima plant is still too toxic, even for this robot

An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plan

California’s new deal with tech will fund AI research and journalism

California will be the first U.S. state to direct millions of dollars from taxpayer money and tech companies to help pay for journalism and AI research under a ne

Florida election websites crash, this tech company takes the blame

An elections technology company is taking full responsibility for glitches that kept many Florida county elections officials from immediately posting primary results Tuesday night.

While the problem


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