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mistakes Avast fined $16.5m for selling private user data Rob Beschizza

politics Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to Trump: Stop using our movie in your campaign ad Ruben Bolling

Parts Sale Accused of selling body parts without consent, funeral home owner pleads guilty to mail fraud Jason Weisberger

censorship Assistant Principal fired for reading children's book about butts to children Thom Dunn

anti-vaxxers A sly gentleman goes in for his Covid shot wearing a fake arm Carla Sinclair

tabloids Biden "snoozes" and Ghislaine "guilty" in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

linux Researchers checked bugs into the Linux kernel to see if they'd get noticed. The bugs got through. Their uni got banned. Rob Beschizza

politics Investigation into TikTok as risk to U.S. children's privacy urged by 4 U.S. senators Xeni Jardin

law Disabled patients in Iowa state-run home used as "guinea pigs" in sexual arousal experiments, lawsuit charges Xeni Jardin

privacy Wacom tablet drivers track apps you open Rob Beschizza

education Security expert offers hacking advice to students whose campuses have implemented pervasive wireless surveillance Cory Doctorow

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Technology Microsoft hires former AG Eric Holder to audit facial recognition tech used on West Bank Xeni Jardin

Business FTC takes action against stalkerware company Retina-X Gennie Gebhart and Eva Galperin

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Business Chase customers have ONE MONTH left to opt out of binding arbitration Cory Doctorow

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