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Profile of Carla Engelbrecht, the director of product innovation at Netflix, whose experiments with interactive kids programs were a precursor to Bandersnatch (Antonia Hitchens/Wired)

Antonia Hitchens / Wired: Profile of Carla Engelbrecht, the director of product innovation at Netflix, whose experiments with interactive kids programs were a precursor to Bandersnatch  —  EARLIER THIS YEAR, Carla Engelbrecht flew to Phoenix, sat on the couch in a stranger’s living room, and observed the stranger watching … Profile of Carla Engelbrecht, the

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Chrome team's idea for a new, but still cookie-based, anti-tracking standard is technically disingenuous and aimed at protecting Google's business interests (Freedom to Tinker)

Freedom to Tinker: Chrome team’s idea for a new, but still cookie-based, anti-tracking standard is technically disingenuous and aimed at protecting Google’s business interests  —  By Jonathan Mayer and Arvind Narayanan.  —  Blocking cookies is bad for privacy.  That’s the new disingenuous argument from Google … Chrome team's idea for a new, but still cookie-based,

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Carriers' agreement with state AGs to implement new robocall blocking tech does not impose any legally binding terms on them and there is no deadline to comply (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Carriers’ agreement with state AGs to implement new robocall blocking tech does not impose any legally binding terms on them and there is no deadline to comply  —  All 50 states agree to let telcos keep doing what they’re already doing.  —  Phone companies and attorneys general … Carriers' agreement

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Bezos and Musk’s satellite internet could save Americans $30B a year

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites for broadband internet access are beginning to display signs of real potential. Recently, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin pulled back the curtain on its space intentions by announcing Project Kuiper, a 3,236-satellite constellation. Additionally, Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink recently launched a rocket containing 60 satellites from Florida’s Cape Canaveral.

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Court filing: AT&T and FTC reached a settlement agreement in a 2014 mobile data throttling lawsuit, which still needs to be reviewed and voted on by FTC (Nivedita Balu/Reuters)

Nivedita Balu / Reuters: Court filing: AT&T and FTC reached a settlement agreement in a 2014 mobile data throttling lawsuit, which still needs to be reviewed and voted on by FTC  —  (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and AT&T Inc (T.N) reached a settlement agreement on a 2014 case that accused … Court

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