Rules would have required wireless and broadband providers to get your permission before sharing your sensitive, private information.
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It’s official: the President has signed a resolution reversing rules passed last year that would have, among other things, provided strong protections against internet providers collecting and selling your browsing history. Read More
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Likely out of fear of zombies and vampires, a new study suggests, people decapitated, dismembered and burned corpses to stay safe.
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HTC announced a partnership with TPCast to create a wireless adapter that lets users move around without tripping over wires. Now, it appears that TPCast is set to release its solution by the end of April after a bit of a delay.
The post TPCast wireless adapter for HTC Vive scheduled to ship by end of April appeared first on Digital Trends.
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The two past-their-prime internet pioneers will be housed under a new media division at Verizon.
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Commentary: John Draper, aka the uber “phone freaker,” suffers from a degenerative spinal disease.
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Google’s new font, Source Han Serif, looks consistent in a variety of scripts, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, Cyrillic, and Greek. The post Google’s New Font Honors Ancient Type Traditions appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired
A few years back, Adobe and Google teamed up to launch a new open-source font for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) languages. Today, the two companies are expanding on this project with the launch of a serif CJK font. Adobe calls this new font Source Han Serif, while Google calls it Noto Serif CJK. Just like with the first project, Adobe font designer Ryoko Nishizuka worked on the… Read More
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Magic wants to draft new players with 3.5 million free cards. That’s funny, because “draft” is a style of… you know what, just read the story.
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Both critics and supporters of the high-skilled worker visa program say changes in guidelines don’t really fulfill the president’s promise of reform. The post Trump’s Empty Crackdown on Overseas Coders Doesn’t Fix Tech Visas appeared first on WIRED.
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