An AT&T spokesman tells TIME the company is “exploring” ways to be more transparent about U.S. data requests
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Check Out the Holiday Season’s Most Loathed Kids Gifts
The Fisher-Price baby bouncy seat with an iPad holder just above the little tyke’s face is one of several kids products coming under fire from parents and consumer groups this holiday season.
Zuckerberg Selling $2.3 Billion of Facebook Stock
He’s using most of the windfall to cover taxes.
Facebook Is Rolling Out Video Advertising: Will It Work?
Sponsored video content will start appearing in some news feeds this week as Facebook tests out the new ads.
Forget About Amazon. Meet Google’s Terrifying New Robots
Google bought the robotics company Boston Dynamics, bringing it one step closer to selling robots to eager companies.
Amazon Workers in Germany Choose Busy Day To Strike
Workers plan to protest Seattle headquarters, too
Why Google, Twitter and Tumblr Are Backing the ‘Dancing Baby’
A six-year-old viral video sparks an important battle over copyright law
Watch Google’s New Robot Run Like Hell
Google is going to the dogs—the mechanical, self-correcting, scary intelligent automated dogs. Last week, the technology giant confirmed that it had bought Boston Dynamics, a little-known Northeastern robotics company that has …
Why Owning an Inexpensive Kindle Could Cost You Hundreds
Survey indicates Kindle users spend $443 more annually than regular Amazon members
Apple CEO Tim Cook Gives Remarkable Speech on Gay Rights, Racism
Notoriously private executive spoke of personal discrimination
The New War in Mobile Is All About Messaging Apps Like Snapchat
There’s a new battle brewing in the social media world. Direct messaging, long a minor feature of most social networks, is gaining more prominence as mobile users increasingly favor apps for communicating instead of traditional
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Netflix Says You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Binge-Watching
If you’re curled up on your couch this weekend during the winter storm that’s about to batter the Northeast, don’t feel guilty when you let the fifth consecutive episode of Orange Is the New Black start automatically
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