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Why Juul and Republican Lawmakers Want To Raise the Minimum Vaping Age To 21
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced a new bill today that would block all tobacco and vape purchases for Americans under 21 years old, citing widespread public health risks. Surprisingly, vaping companies don’t appear to be too concerned, as Juul’s CEO Kevin Burns issued this statement supporting the measure: “JUUL Labs is committed to eliminating combustible cigarettes, the number one cause…
Chucky is a Smart Device Gone Bad in New ‘Child’s Play’ Trailer
Chucky wreaks havoc using the Internet of Things.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjv84q/chucky-is-a-smart-device-gone-bad-in-new-childs-play-trailer…
In Letters To Senate, Wireless Carriers Downplay Their Latest Location Data Scandal
Carriers insist location data scams are rare and they do their best to police them. Government investigators may want to confirm that claim.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43jdqn/in-letters-to-senate-wireless-carriers-downplay-their-latest-location-data-scandal…
Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband
Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmana/report-26-states-now-ban-or-restrict-community-broadband…
IBM Halting Sales of Watson AI Tool For Drug Discovery Amid Sluggish Growth
Citing lackluster financial performance, IBM is halting development and sales of a product that uses its Watson AI software to help pharmaceutical companies discover new drugs, news outlet Stat reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the company’s internal decision-making. From the report: The decision to shut down sales of Watson for Drug Discovery marks the highest-profile retreat in the…
Some Internet Outages Predicted For the Coming Month as ‘768k Day’ Approaches
An internet milestone known as “768k Day” is getting closer and some network administrators are shaking in their boots fearing downtime caused by outdated network equipment. From a report: The fear is justified, and many companies have taken precautions to update old routers, but some cascading failures are still predicted. The term 768k Day comes from the original mother of all…
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says Tech Companies Can Regulate Themselves
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in a new interview rejected the notion that Capitol Hill has a role to play in regulating big tech companies, breaking with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent willingness to work with lawmakers. From a report: “The problem is if you write a rule, inevitably, you fix the solution on a specific solution, but the technology moves…
The Internet Is About to Get Less Horny and That Sucks
The UK government is going to remarkably puritanical lengths to make sure the youth can’t look at online fucking. On July 15, porn companies will be required to have age-verification systems to make sure that anyone consuming their content online is 18 or older. If they don’t implement these checks on their websites,…Read more…Source: https://gizmodo.com/the-internet-is-about-to-get-less-horny-and-that-sucks-1834120403…
T-Mobile, Comcast Turn on Call Verification Between Networks in Latest Robocall Fight
pgmrdlm shares a report: Calls between T-Mobile users and Comcast’s Xfinity Voice home subscribers will now be “verified,” the latest move in the ongoing fight against robocalls. The two companies announced Wednesday that they have launched cross-network verification, allowing users to know that the calls they are receiving is from an actual person and not a spammer or robocaller. They use…