Vimeo collected detailed facial scans without consent, lawsuit alleges
Service Vimeo acquired in April allegedly collects facial data in violation of Illinois law.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
DOJ reportedly launches its own Facebook probe at AG Barr’s urging
Overlap with FTC is rare, but it's one more investigation for the growing pile.
Microsoft: Customers are entitled to know about federal data requests
"The secrecy order was too broadly drawn," Microsoft lawyer writes.
Facebook confirms its “standards” don’t apply to politicians
Politicians are officially exempt from both hate speech rules and fact checking.
Per “transcript,” Trump seems to think DNC-hired security firm is from Ukraine
CrowdStrike, "one of your wealthy people," mentioned in rambling reconstruction of phone call.
Google takes hard line, refuses to pay French news sites despite new law
Google is taking a hard line in negotiations with European news sites.
Inside the campaign that tried to compromise Tibetans’ iOS and Android phones
Remember the 2-year campaign targeting iPhones? Here's the rest of the tale.
Google wins case as court rules “right to be forgotten” is EU-only
Europeans have the right to be forgotten, but only on one continent.
Sprint took FCC cash for “serving” 885,000 people it wasn’t actually serving
Sprint admits mistake, promises to pay money back but could be punished by FCC.
FCC loses in court, judges say agency would fail “intro statistics class”
Court: FCC repeal of media ownership limits ignored impact on women and minorities.
Russian national confesses to biggest bank hack in US history
In all, defendant stole more than 100 million records, prosecutors say.
SolarCity was insolvent when Tesla paid $2.6 billion to buy it, lawsuit says
Suit accuses Musk of enriching himself with three-company "machinations."
Walrus attacks Russian Navy, sinking inflatable boat
Rigid inflatable boat taken out by protective mother during Arctic expedition.
Apple says it will make the new Mac Pro in Texas
Media reports had suggested Apple could shift Mac Pro work to China.
Busy North Korean hackers have new malware to target ATMs
Lazarus, once considered a ragtag group of hackers, is now among the world's most active.
