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Facebook Whistleblower Demands Overturn of Interview Ban - as Her Book Remains a Bestseller(2025-03-23 15:00:04)

The latest Facebook whistleblower, a former international lawyer, "cannot grant any of the nearly 100 interview requests she has received from journalists from print and broadcast news outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom," reports the Washington Post (citing "a person familiar with t...
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'Wired' Drops Paywalls for Articles Based on Public Records Requests, Urges Other Sites to Follow(2025-03-23 10:00:29)

Wired's web site "is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act," their global editorial director announced this week: They're called public records for a reason, after all. And access to public documents is more impo...
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NASA Considers Eliminating Its Headquarters in Washington D.C.(2025-03-23 05:00:03)

NASA is considering "closing its headquarters and scattering responsibilities among the states," reports Politico, citing two people familiar with the plan. "The proposal could affect up to 2,500 jobs and redistribute critical functions, including who manages space exploration and organizes major s...
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Hungary To Use Facial Recognition to Suppress Pride March(2025-03-23 00:00:20)

Hungary's Parliament not only voted to ban Pride events. They also voted to "allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them," reports the Guardian. [The nationwide legislation] amends the country's law on assembly to make it an offence to hold o...
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China Explores Limiting Its EVs and Battery Exports For US Tariff Negotiations(2025-03-22 20:00:11)

"China is considering trying to blunt greater U.S. tariffs and other trade barriers," reports the Wall Street Journal, "by offering to curb the quantity of certain goods exported to the U.S., according to advisers to the Chinese government." Tokyo's adoption of so-called voluntary export restraints,...
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