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Telegram says it is withdrawing its appeal after a court decision backed the SEC and will no longer be fighting the ban on its blockchain token project (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: Telegram says it is withdrawing its appeal after a court decision backed the SEC and will no longer be fighting the ban on its blockchain token project  —  Telegram has thrown in the towel in its court battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will no longer …

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With GDPR's two-year anniversary on Monday, the Irish Data Protection Commission is under pressure to act, amidst doubts about the agency's enforcement ability (Mark Scott/Politico)

Mark Scott / Politico: With GDPR’s two-year anniversary on Monday, the Irish Data Protection Commission is under pressure to act, amidst doubts about the agency’s enforcement ability  —  Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is under pressure to act, and act soon.  —  Facebook’s European headquarters in Dublin. With GDPR's two-year anniversary on Monday, the Irish Data

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Computer scientist Ben Shneiderman argues against the move towards full robotic automation, arguing such moves absolve humans of ethical responsibilities (John Markoff/New York Times)

John Markoff / New York Times: Computer scientist Ben Shneiderman argues against the move towards full robotic automation, arguing such moves absolve humans of ethical responsibilities  —  A computer scientist argues that the quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous.  His decades of warnings are gaining more attention. Computer scientist Ben Shneiderman

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