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EFF sues Musk: Keep your grubby mitts off our government worker data
Unelected bureaucrat Elon Musk has managed to get his hands on the private data of millions of federal employees, prompting the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to file a lawsuit seeking… READ THE REST
Exposé on local police's use of Fog Reveal, a platform for mass-surveillance of small-town America
Whether you're an activist in a small town or an insurrectionist who stormed Capitol Hill, America's police have a system for tracking you down, cobbled together from all the data… READ THE REST
"It felt like a Black Mirror episode" – Bird Scooter lays off 406 workers at once via Zoom
It turns out Zoom is super useful in these trying times. You can use it to fire 406 people at once! From Dot.la: Then, after five minutes of dead air… READ THE REST
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Dev dreams come true: Visual Studio for just $15
TL;DR: Work smarter, not harder with a lifetime license to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows PC, now on sale for just $14.97 (reg. $499) until July 20th. Whether you're looking to… READ THE REST
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