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Social Media Giants Assure US Senators They Totally Have This Terrorism And Propaganda Thing Under Control
Representatives for Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube trekked up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to let senators know how their personal war on terrorism is going. It turns out that things are going well, thanks for asking.
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US Army Base Ditches Chinese-Made Surveillance Cameras Just So No One Gets The Wrong Idea
US Army officials say they replaced five Chinese-made surveillance cameras from Fort Leonard Wood, a base in Missouri, in response to news stories about the company that manufactures them. The five cameras were made by Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, which is 42 per cent owned by the Chinese government and is just one of…
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Man’s YouTube Video Of White Noise Hit With 5 Copyright Claims
Sebastian Tomczak is a music technologist and professor who likes to upload random experiments to YouTube. One of his clips is just 10-hours of white noise that he generated with open source software. Five copyright complaints later, and some vultures are now making money off of his work.
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Uber’s Ex-CEO Is Reportedly Unloading A Big Chunk Of His Stock For $US1.4 Billion
Uber cofounder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick is close to selling “nearly a third” of his equity in the company, Reuters reported late Thursday. Kalanick has so far retained his 10 per cent ownership of the company, even after resigning from his position as CEO in June. Reuters reports the sale, the first time Kalanick has…