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    • Netflix is experimenting in India with making the first episode of its latest Indian original series available to non-subscribers, amid growing competition (Vikas SN/The Economic Times)

    Vikas SN / The Economic Times: Netflix is experimenting in India with making the first episode of its latest Indian original series available to non-subscribers, amid growing competition  —  Netflix is making available the first episode of its latest India original series ‘Bard Of Blood’ to non-members in the country for a limited time …

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    • Source: US-UK treaty, to be signed soon, will compel US-based platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to share users' encrypted messages with British police (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg: Source: US-UK treaty, to be signed soon, will compel US-based platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to share users’ encrypted messages with British police  —  – Information will be shared in serious criminal investigations  — Social media firms to provide data under U.S. treaty with U.K. Source: US-UK treaty, to be signed soon, will compel

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    • 2019 Defcon Voting Village findings reveal detailed vulnerabilities related to six models of voting machines, most of which are still in use (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

    Lily Hay Newman / Wired: 2019 Defcon Voting Village findings reveal detailed vulnerabilities related to six models of voting machines, most of which are still in use  —  The results of the 2019 Defcon Voting Village are in—and they paint an ugly picture for voting machine security. 2019 Defcon Voting Village findings reveal detailed vulnerabilities

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    Amateur pro-Trump ‘sleuths’ scramble to unmask whistleblower: ‘Your president has asked for your help’

    Their guesses have been scattershot, conspiratorial and often untethered from reality. But they say they’ve been spurred to action by Trump’s fury and the possibility to score political points. Amateur pro-Trump ‘sleuths’ scramble to unmask whistleblower: ‘Your president has asked for your help’ Source: Washington Post Tech

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    • AI research increasingly requires datacenter-scale computation, raising concerns that only a few big tech companies will dominate advances in the field (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

    Steve Lohr / New York Times: AI research increasingly requires datacenter-scale computation, raising concerns that only a few big tech companies will dominate advances in the field  —  Each big step of progress in computing — from mainframe to personal computer to internet to smartphone — has opened opportunities … AI research increasingly requires datacenter-scale

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