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Senate Shuts Down Rand Paul Filibuster Against Surveillance Act Renewal

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“Today’s vote means reforms to provide stronger Fourth Amendment protections from unwarranted searches will not happen and a filibuster can’t actually stop the scheduled vote. The USA RIGHTS Act is essentially dead, unless the full vote fails. (Spoiler: Since the renewal bill survived a cloture vote, it won’t fail.)”

Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/16/senate-votes-to-shut-down-rand-paul-fili

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Danish police prosecute 1,000 youngsters for sharing viral sex video

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“Those who spread the video range in age from 15 to in their early 20s.  If found guilty the young people’s punishments will range from a criminal record to having their name added to child protection registers for 10 years.  The age of consent in Denmark is 15 but it is a criminal offence to distribute images of anyone aged under 18.”

Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2018/01/15/danish-police-charge-1-000-young-people-for-sharing-sex-videos-on-facebook

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Japan Follows Hawaii With Its Own False Missile Warning

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“Japan’s public broadcaster sent out a false alert warning of a North Korean missile on Tuesday, just three days after Hawaii residents received an erroneous message about an incoming missile.  ‘North Korea appears to have launched a missile … The government urges people to take shelter inside buildings or underground,’ the message read, according to a translation from Reuters.  The false warning went out just before 7 p.m. in the evening, through broadcaster NHK’s Japanese mobile app and website.”

Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/16/578283950/japan-also-sends-out-then-retracts-a-false-missile-warning

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Twitter Suspends GOP Candidate For Tweeting About Rival

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“DePizzo was suspended from Twitter after calling out ‘liberal media darling’ Ryan for discussing the Democrat Party in Iowa and New Hampshire, while ignore the concerns of his own district.”

Read more: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/twitter-suspends-ohio-republican-congressional-candidate-chris-depizzo-tweeting-democrat-rival/

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Swiss government announces launch of blockchain taskforce

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“The Swiss government has created a blockchain taskforce to begin regulatory framework on startups and initial coin offerings. Switzerland has long been accepting toward blockchain startups and cryptocurrency organisations, and is home to ‘Crypto Valley,’ a region in the country known for the number of companies developing projects based on the technology.”

Read more: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/swiss-government-creates-blockchain-taskforce/41067/

 

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The secret lives of students who mine cryptocurrency in their dorm rooms

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“Exploiting a crucial competitive advantage and motivated by profit and a desire to learn the technology, students around the world are launching cryptocurrency mining operations right from their dorm rooms.”

Read more: https://qz.com/1160667/the-secret-lives-of-students-who-mine-cryptocurrency-in-their-dorm-rooms/

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Tencent licenced to sell mutual funds to WeChat’s 1 billion users in China

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“China’s market for reliable wealth management products is expected to explode in coming years, through the sales of funds and banking products, and traditional finance houses are now being seriously challenged in the market by emerging internet financial companies.  Tencent has already teamed up with Howbuy, an online distributor of mutual funds, and a number of fund houses to line up nearly 100 mutual funds products via WeChat.”

Read more: http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2126876/tencent-granted-licence-sell-mutual-funds

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Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home

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“Its tech giants hold three drawcards: faster growth in salaries, opportunity and a sense of home.  China’s internet space is enjoying bubbly times, with compensation sometimes exceeding American peers’. One startup was said to have hired an AI engineer for cash and shares worth as much as $30 million over four years.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-10/chinese-workers-abandon-silicon-valley-for-riches-back-home

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19 Insane Tidbits From Ex-Employee’s Lawsuit Against Google

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“Details from diversity training sessions, accounts of alleged reverse discrimination, and screenshots of internal communications on company forums and message boards in the lawsuit cast the company culture as extremely hostile to employees with unpopular opinions, especially heterosexuals, men, white people, and those who hold conservative views.”

Read more: http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james-damores-lawsuit-googles-office-environment/

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Twitter Employees Brag About ‘Shadow Banning’ Contrary Opinions

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“Newly released undercover video footage from Project Veritas shows current and former Twitter employees bragging about their ability to censor people on the platform whose political opinions they don’t like.”

Read more: https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/11/twitter-employees-brag-about-shadow-banning-users-video/

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