July 2019

Privacy Group Files Legal Challenge to Facebook’s $5 Billion F.T.C. Settlement

Technology /

A prominent public interest research group is challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s $5 billion privacy settlement with Facebook in court, calling it an unjustified victory for the tech giant and a bad deal for hundreds of millions of consumers who depend on its services. On Friday, the group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, filed a […]

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Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller’s Grand Jury Secrets

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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee on Friday said it would ask a federal judge to unseal grand jury secrets related to Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation and use the court filing to make the most explicit declaration yet that lawmakers are weighing whether to impeach President Trump. In a significant escalation, Representative Jerrold Nadler

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Gwyneth Paltrow On What Happens To Your Identity When You’re Not ‘F**kable’

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Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about her looks, the aging process and struggling with her identity as she gets older on a recent episode of Goop’s new podcast, “The Beauty Closet.”  “I’ve always felt so funny about my looks,” the “Iron Man” actress told Goop editors Jean Godfrey-June and Megan O’Neill. “I think that it’s very

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The Latest: Cyber expert gets time-served in malware case

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The Latest on sentencing for a British cybersecurity expert who pleaded guilty to creating malware (all times local): 12:50 p.m. A British cybersecurity expert credited with helping stop a worldwide computer virus in May 2017 won’t serve any additional time behind bars for creating malware years before he won international acclaim. U.S. District Judge J.P.

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Kirsten Gillibrand Accuses Unnamed Democratic Rivals of Not Supporting Women Working ‘Outside the Home’

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York accused some of her fellow Democratic candidates for president of not supporting women who work outside the home on Thursday, her most pointed attempt yet to frame her struggling candidacy as the best option for women voters. “We have Democratic candidates running for president right now who do not

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