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Anti-Defamation League Steps Up Efforts To Combat Anti-Semitism Online  

The Anti-Defamation League is hiring a Silicon Valley representative to lead efforts to combat anti-Semitism and other hate speech online, says CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.

 
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North Korea Accidentally Reveals It Only Has 28 Websites  

A complete list of the websites available to people in North Korea was published online on Tuesday. A security engineer stumbled upon the usually hidden sites with URLs ending in .kp.

 
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $3 Billion Investment To Cure All Disease  

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, promised to give away their $45 billion fortune during their lifetime. This is one of the biggest investments so far.

 
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Apple's secretive solar project could power 12,500 homes  

Until now, there were few details about Apple's secretive project to power its Mesa data center, a facility Apple announced would run entirely on solar power. Today, Salt River Project (SRP) — an Arizona-based water and electricity provider — spilled the beans. The 300-acre solar plant resides in Florence, Arizona and intends to make up for the power use of Apple's Mesa data center. While the facility won't power the actual facility, it will create power for approximately 12,500 homes and neutralize the power needed for the Mesa facility, which comes entirely from the grid. The facility — known as the Bonnybrooke…

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Microsoft is now blocking laptops from installing Linux, Lenovo says [Update]  

It seemed it's all love between Microsoft and Linux, but things might be about to change drastically very soon. As observed by Redditor BaronHK and corroborated by digital freedom advocate Techrights, Microsoft is now preventing some laptops from installing any other OS than the Windows 10 Signature Edition that they ship with. BaronHK first discovered the issue when he attempted to install Linux on his Lenovo Yoga 900 ISK2 ultrabook, but the Redditor claims the restriction persists on other Lenovo devices like Yoga 900S and Yoga 710S. According to BaronHK, the issue stems from a proprietary technology that Lenovo uses to lock the…

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European Commission hopes to abolish roaming charges with its latest proposal  

Following the European Commission's withdrawal of a proposal that would limit the number of days consumers can use their mobile phones abroad without paying additional charges, Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the Digital Single Market in the European Commission, has today announced a revised approach. The latest draft aims to protect operators from customers abusing their “Roam like at Home” services by introducing a few safeguards. There will, however, be no limit imposed on the amount of time and data users can process while they're abroad. They simply have to stay within their monthly allowance to not incur any added fees. If…

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Apple Pay is a testament to the region-locked world we live in  

Today marks a big day for Apple Pay — it's adding 33 new US banks to its portfolio. You can find the new banks on the support page for the payment product. However, it also painfully marks one of the problems it has had since its inception. Back in October 2014, coinciding with the launch of the iPhone 6, Apple Pay was touted as a revolutionary new way to pay for things in retail stores. Now, 22 months later, it's still only available in a few select countries. Of course, it makes sense for Apple to start in the US, as…

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