FTC announces a new task force to monitor competition in “technology-related sectors” and says that it will look into previous mergers
Trump Turns on China Hawks as Huawei Doubles Down Carla Sinclair / Boing Boing : [UPDATE] Herbal company fined $12.8 million after paying for fake Amazon reviews Cal Jeffrey / TechSpot : FTC creates t...
FTC announces a new task force to monitor competition in “technology-related sectors” and says that it will look into previous mergers
Trump Turns on China Hawks as Huawei Doubles Down Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Critics Are Wary of the FTC's New Tech Antitrust Task Force Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast : Lina Khan, a Top Antitrust Thi...
Credit agency Equifax says breach affecting up to 143M US consumers found 7/29; sensitive data exposed included DOB, SSN, and 209K credit card numbers
Struck by cow Wall Street Journal : Equifax Hack Leaves Consumers, Financial Firms Scrambling Theo Douglas / Government Technology News : Equifax Data Breach Could Involve State Agencies but How, to W...
Senate votes 50-48 to repeal Obama-era regulations requiring that ISPs ask before sharing customer data
and how to stop them Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : The Motherboard Guide to VPNs Kevin Townsend / SecurityWeek : Could Killing of FCC Privacy Rules Lead to End of Net Neutrality? Roger...
Apple refused China's request for source code within last two years, said Apple's top lawyer Bruce Sewell in congressional hearing
Yet Zack Whittaker / ZDNet : US government pushed tech firms to hand over source code Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed : FBI Tells Congress It Needs Hackers To Keep Up With Tech Company Encryption Cody Lee / i...
Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps
This may come as a shock … Rob Attrell / MobileSyrup.com : Netflix has been throttling video streams, but plans to start giving users quality control Horia Ungureanu / Tech Times : Netflix Touts More ...
Sources: Adele's new album, 25, won't be available on streaming services when it's released on Friday; Adele involved in decision
Even Though It's 2015 Justin Fox / Bloomberg View : Blockbusters Still Matter. Just Ask Adele. Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Adele's new album 25 reportedly won't be available for streaming Tyler...
Privacy group EPIC asks FTC to prevent Uber from updating its privacy policy to allow background location data collection
except for one thing Elizabeth Weise / USA Today : Privacy group asks FTC to investigate Uber Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica : FTC asked to block Uber from getting location data in background Roger Fing...