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White House Looks To Curb Foreign Powers’ Ability To Buy Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data With Executive Order

President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Wednesday aimed at curbing foreign governments’ ability to buy Americans’ sensitive personal information such as heath and geolocation data, according to senior US officials. From a report: The move marks a rare policy effort to address a longstanding US national security concern: the ease with which

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Shareholders voted the way Apple wanted at the annual meeting

Apple’s annual shareholders’ meeting concluded with support for all of its proposals, and rejection of shareholder proposals, despite controversies and disagreements. Apple Park Apple held its annual shareholder meeting on February 28, with shareholder proposals pushing for transparency from Apple on AI and addressing concerns held by conservative politicians. The shareholders of Apple have voted

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The Photodiode You Never Knew You Had

Optoelectronics hold a range of possibilities for the hardware experimenter — indeed who among us hasn’t added LEDs aplenty to our work? What many of us may be unaware of though is that an LED is also a photodiode, and can even be persuaded to generate usable quantities of power. [Voltative] takes a look at

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