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    • Survey: 55% of US adults are worried about government agencies tracking them and 77% believe the government should get a warrant to buy detailed location data (Byron Tau/Wall Street Journal)

    Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: Survey: 55% of US adults are worried about government agencies tracking them and 77% believe the government should get a warrant to buy detailed location data  —  Quarter of poll respondents say they will change behavior to avoid surveillance  —  A new survey found widespread concern among Americans …

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    • Researchers are using convolutional neural networks to search satellite images to map ancient burial sites in parts of Russia, Mongolia, and China (Zach Zorich/New York Times)

    Zach Zorich / New York Times: Researchers are using convolutional neural networks to search satellite images to map ancient burial sites in parts of Russia, Mongolia, and China  —  Trawling ancient history with neural nets.  —  Finding the tomb of an ancient king full of golden artifacts, weapons and elaborate clothing seems like any archaeologist’s

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    • As Spotify continues to test its stories feature, it has tapped popular musicians to contribute to select Spotify-created playlists (Kris Holt/Engadget)

    Kris Holt / Engadget: As Spotify continues to test its stories feature, it has tapped popular musicians to contribute to select Spotify-created playlists  —  If you’re in the festive spirit and you’re already listening to seasonal music, you might have noticed Spotify’s Christmas Hits playlist is looking a little different. As Spotify continues to test

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    • Chinese court details the crypto assets seized during the PlusToken Ponzi scheme crackdown, which are worth $4.2B at today's prices (Wolfie Zhao/The Block)

    Wolfie Zhao / The Block: Chinese court details the crypto assets seized during the PlusToken Ponzi scheme crackdown, which are worth $4.2B at today’s prices  —  Crypto assets worth more than $4.2 billion have been seized by Chinese police during the massive PlusToken Ponzi scheme crackdown, according to a new court ruling. Chinese court details

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    • A look inside ByteDance's legal strategy against the US TikTok ban, which sources say included orchestrating parallel lawsuits with star creators as plaintiffs (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

    Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: A look inside ByteDance’s legal strategy against the US TikTok ban, which sources say included orchestrating parallel lawsuits with star creators as plaintiffs  —  A lawsuit looked like a grass-roots effort, but was orchestrated by TikTok and parent company ByteDance, according to people familiar with the effort A look

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