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New privacy bill would end law enforcement practice of buying data from brokers
A new bill known as the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act would seal up a loophole that intelligence and law enforcement agencies use to obtain troves of sensitive and identifying information that they wouldn’t otherwise have legal access to. The new legislation, proposed by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR)…
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US senators ask Amazon why it keeps firing COVID-19 whistleblowers
A group of nine senators, including past presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, want to know why Amazon keeps firing COVID-19 whistleblowers. The senators penned a letter to the company asking about its… Source
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Nine senators — including Warren and Sanders — pen open letter to Amazon about worker firings
A group of nine Senators led by Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren penned an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week, seeking more information about recent employee firings. The statement cites the terminations of four employees who were vocally critical of the company’s policies pertaining to both COVID-19 and…
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Stocks rally again as new COVID-19 cases show signs of slowing
All major indices rose Wednesday, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which increased 3.44% to close above 23,000 for the first time since March 13. Investors seemed heartened by comments made by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, who said Wednesday that the U.S. death…
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Silicon Valley could be Biden’s funding lifeline post South Carolina
Presidential candidate Joe Biden is likely to throw a fundraising lifeline to Silicon Valley donors after his commanding South Carolina victory and heading into the next wave of primaries. A pro-Biden super Pac, Unite the Country — whose past backers include senior tech figures — is picking up efforts to…
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Is tech socialism really on the rise?
Part 2 of our interview with writer/ethicist Ben Tarnoff Greg Epstein 10 hours Greg Epstein Contributor Greg M. Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and the author of The New York Times bestselling book “Good Without God.” Described as a “godfather to the [humanist] movement” by The…
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