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USB-IF recommends a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks, at the moment a connection is made (Campbell Kwan/ZDNet)

Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: USB-IF recommends a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks, at the moment a connection is made  —  USB-IF announced it will roll out a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks. USB-IF recommends a USB Type-C

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The US Senate confirms FCC commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks, bringing the five seats to three Republicans and two Democrats, for five-year terms (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: The US Senate confirms FCC commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks, bringing the five seats to three Republicans and two Democrats, for five-year terms  —  The Senate has officially confirmed the incoming FCC commissioners, Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks have been officially confirmed by the Senate for their five-year terms. The

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Inside Beijing-based Beyondsoft and its "censorship factories", with 4,000+ staff monitoring online content for media companies eager to please China's censors (Li Yuan/New York Times)

Li Yuan / New York Times: Inside Beijing-based Beyondsoft and its “censorship factories”, with 4,000+ staff monitoring online content for media companies eager to please China’s censors  —  Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content … Inside Beijing-based Beyondsoft and its "censorship factories", with 4,000+ staff monitoring online

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Custom Mini 4WD Runs On Steam

Tamiya’s Mini 4WD toy line primarily consists of small 1:32 scale toy cars powered by AA batteries, which have no remote control and are guided around a plastic track by horizontally oriented drive wheels. Tuning and racing these cars is popular in many parts of the world, but this build is a little different. After

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CarePredict, a startup developing wearables and an AI-powered platform to monitor seniors' daily activities and predict health issues, raises a $9.5M Series A (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: CarePredict, a startup developing wearables and an AI-powered platform to monitor seniors’ daily activities and predict health issues, raises a $9.5M Series A  —  Living independently as an older person carries risks.  One in four Americans aged 65 and older falls each year … CarePredict, a startup developing wearables and an

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