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March 7, 2016
State Investigative Report On Trump Shows Complexity Of Alleged Mob Ties
New Jersey regulators investigated allegations and decided not to take further action. And Trump may have even helped mob fighters in NYC.
Even amid a particularly vicious Republican primary season, one of the most incendiary allegations about Donald Trump has not received much attention—until last week.
ACLU Urges Feds To Adopt Privacy Rules For Broadband And Cable
The American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups are urging the FCC to adopt privacy rules for broadband and cable.
A coalition of privacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and New America's Open Technology Institute wrote to the Federal Communications Commission Monday calling on the telecom regulator to limit how broadband and cable providers use personal data about viewing and browsing habits.
Uber Says It Has Received Five Reports Of Rape Since December 2012
Leaked screenshots from Uber's customer service database had shown thousands of inquiries containing the words "rape" or "sexual assault."
Uber says that its customer service arm recieved five claims of rape and about 170 claims of sexual assault between December 2012 and August 2015. The ride-hailing company provided the numbers to BuzzFeed News as a rebuttal to leaked screenshots of its customer service platform, which show separate search queries for "rape" and "sexual assault," each returning thousands of inquiries from customers.
Here Is Airbnb's Most Popular Rental Ever
It's so popular that even the owner's children have to make a reservation.
For $110 a night, you and two friends can cram yourselves into a tiny geodesic dome loft in the Redwoods of California—otherwise known as the most popular rental on Airbnb.
Amazon To Open Another Brick-And-Mortar Bookstore In San Diego
After debuting its first physical bookstore in Seattle last year, Amazon is expanding its footprint with a second location.
Amazon is building a second brick-and-mortar bookstore in a San Diego mall, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports, with plans to open the store this summer. The new location of Amazon Books will round out a section of the mall that already boasts an Apple store and Tesla showroom.
March 6, 2016
Sanders, Clinton Clash Over Free Trade And Export-Import Bank
Clinton highlighted job growth in Michigan during her husband's presidential terms, while Sanders attacked the Export-Import bank.
Though "I agree" was a common refrain from both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Flint, Michigan on Sunday evening, the two clashed vigorously when it came to the impact of trade agreements on manufacturing jobs in the United States.
March 4, 2016
The Dirty Secret of Genetic Testing: We're Still Not Sure What "Normal" Looks Like
You can get your entire genetic code deciphered for about $1,000 in a day, but scientists still don't know what most of it means.
Getting a full readout of your entire genetic sequence promises to radically alter how we monitor our health, providing advanced warning of cancer and other diseases we may suffer and our chances of passing on those ailments. Clinical genetic testing firm Illumina is valued at nearly $23 billion, for example, while direct-to-consumer offering 23andMe is at about $1 billion. Meanwhile the price for so-called whole genome sequencing has dropped to about $1,000.
The FBI Might Be Apple's Best Ally In iPhone Encryption Flap
The DOJ's desire for a "backdoor" to encrypted data is understandable, but its way of getting it looks calculated, secretive, and two-faced.
More than 40 tech companies, trade groups, and privacy advocates filed amicus briefs this week in support of Apple in its dispute with the FBI over San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone. The government won a court order in February demanding that Apple create a custom OS for the phone that would allow law enforcement to bypass security features and break into the device. Apple has refused.
23andMe CEO: I'll Sleep When We Bring Our Full Test Back To Market
Anne Wojcicki is committed to resuming the personal genomics company's test for pharmacogenetics and disease risks.
Anne Wojcicki is the first to admit that she has tunnel vision. The battle-weary CEO of 23andMe knows exactly where her company needs to be in the next five years.
SpaceX's Latest Attempt to Land Its Falcon 9 At Sea Is Unsuccessful
Elon Musk's company said beforehand it didn't expect the at-sea landing to be successful.
Update (Friday, 7:54 p.m. ET): SpaceX said that the Falcon 9's first stage did not successfully land on the at-sea drone ship. It was the fifth failed attempt to launch and land the rocket's first stage at sea.
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