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The Feds Are Investigating Tesla Over Autopilot Crashes
US government regulators are opening an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system after cars using the feature crashed into stopped emergency…
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Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill
“This legislation will tear down coercive anticompetitive walls in the app economy, giving consumers more choices and smaller startup tech…
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If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
We’ve all seen it happen: Watch one video on YouTube and your recommendations shift, as if Google’s algorithms think the…
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Toyota Whiffed on EVs. Now It’s Trying to Slow Their Rise
Executives at Toyota had a moment of inspiration when the company first developed the Prius. That moment, apparently, has long…
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Biden Wants the FCC to Fix Net Neutrality—but It Can’t Yet
The FCC could also use its authority over common carriers to protect consumers in other ways. For example, former FCC…
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An FTC Lawsuit Says Frontier Lied About Internet Speeds
The Federal Trade Commission and officials from six states sued Frontier Communications Wednesday, alleging that the telecom provider misrepresented internet…
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AT&T Is Spinning Off WarnerMedia to Focus on Telecoms Again
AT&T announced Monday it will spin off WarnerMedia—including HBO and Warner Bros.—into a new company, less than three years after…
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ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality
The largest Internet providers in the US funded a campaign that generated “8.5 million fake comments” to the Federal Communications…
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Apple iOS Update 14.5.1 Fixes Security Bugs for iPhone, iPad
The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro on sale in London in October 2020.Photo: Ming Yeung (Getty Images) Apple has…
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Why Almost No One Is Getting the Fastest Form of 5G
US mobile customers are almost never able to connect to millimeter-wave networks—even though the cellular industry, and Verizon in particular,…
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