Election Systems and Software (ES&S) has admitted that it sold election management systems which included remote-access software to multiple US states over six years. The company said in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden it had included off-the-shelf pc… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2No6eGV via IFTTT

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Apple Design Award winner Alto's Odyssey hit the App Store in February, but Android players have been forced to wait for the serene platformer to come to Google Play. They won't have to sit on their hands for much longer — Alto's Odyssey will land o… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Jwtwbi via IFTTT

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Verizon is no longer activating phones that aren't 4G LTE-capable. Recently, a few readers told Droid Life that Verizon had declined their requests to activate 3G devices, and the carrier has now confirmed that this will be the policy going forward…. from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2zNO3IX via IFTTT

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Egypt's parliament has passed a new law that will categorize social media accounts and blogs with more than 5,000 followers as media outlets. As such, they'll be regulated by the Supreme Council for the Administration of the Media and be subject to m… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2muOG0J via IFTTT

Weiterlesen "Egypt will subject popular social accounts to anti-fake news laws July 17, 2018 at 10:47PM"

Twitter reportedly suspended 70 million accounts across May and June of 2018 as part of its purge of fake users. Now, according to a tweet from the Associated Press, the social media company had already suspended at least 58 million accounts in the l… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2NnVicl via IFTTT

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Walmart is considering a subscription video-streaming service, The Information reports, that could be set up as a rival to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Sources familiar with the company's discussions about the prospect told the publication that su… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2NScIiB via IFTTT

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Another day, another congressional hearing on how tech companies are conducting themselves. This time it was Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that testified before the House Judiciary Committee today, in a hearing titled "Examining the Content Filtering… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2L4COkD via IFTTT

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The thing about musical theatre is that pleasant surprises are never too hard to find. A rock musical about 19th-century German teenagers exploring their sexuality won a Tony. And right now, a man playing a cartoon sponge from Nickelodeon is charming… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2Lg9mr8 via IFTTT

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