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2020

May

21

• Headlines | Nearly half of accounts tweeting about coronavirus are likely bots. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Nearly half of the Twitter accounts spreading messages on the social media platform about the coronavirus pandemic are likely bots, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University said on Wednesday.

  Researchers culled through more than 200 million…

19

• Headlines | In financial trouble? Track everything companies tell you. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  One unfortunate lesson from recessions past is that companies and consumers often disagree about what help they settled on and under what terms. Can you really, truly skip mortgage payments without triggering foreclosure proceedings? Which…

12

• Headlines | Parking lots have become a digital lifeline. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  With cafes and libraries closed, Americans without internet access are sitting outside them to get free and fast connections.

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09

• Headlines | You can check your credit files once a week for free. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The three major credit-reporting agencies are making it easy for you to track what’s happening to your credit history in real time. You can now access your credit files for Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion once…

07

• Headlines | A superb smartphone for a humble price. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Apple’s recently introduced $399 iPhone SE marks a turning point in consumer technology. It’s a smartphone that delivers all the tech that we care about, without making us pay through the nose for it.

  The…

April

27

• Headlines | Europe’s privacy law hasn’t shown its teeth. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Europe’s rules have been a victim of a lack of enforcement, poor funding, limited staff resources and stalling tactics by the tech companies, according to budget and staffing figures and interviews with government officials. Even…

• Headlines | Companies join governments in rush to launch coronavirus tracking apps. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Companies including the global consultancy PwC are preparing to launch apps that track employees as they move through offices and factories, as the Financial Times reports. The idea is that when someone contracts the virus…

21

• Headlines | Amid criticism, Treasury Dept. reviews seizures of $1,200 relief checks. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Earlier this month, the Trump administration began directly depositing stimulus checks in the bank accounts of 80 million Americans to help them survive the economic downturn caused by coronavirus. Reports quickly surfaced that some of…

17

• Headlines | Governments’ latest weapon against coronavirus: Your smartphone. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  When California officials wanted to see how closely people were following social distancing guidelines last month, they tapped a powerful new data set — a map that Facebook provided to state authorities derived from the…

13

• Headlines | IRS launching new tool to track $1,200 stimulus payments. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The tool is based on the Free File Fillable forms available on the IRS website. By April 17, the IRS plans to launch “Get My Payment,” which will provide people with a status of…

09

• Headlines | Gig workers’ new unemployment benefits won’t come quickly. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill makes contractors eligible for unemployment insurance. But states want pay stubs that ride-hail drivers don't have.

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March

16

• Headlines | To track coronavirus, Israel moves to tap secret cellphone data. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has authorized the country’s internal security agency to tap into a vast and previously undisclosed trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements of people who have contracted the…

February

13

• Headlines | What the T-Mobile and Sprint merger means for you. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Is my phone bill going up? T-Mobile promised phone bills will remain the same for the next three years. 

  Will my phone still be compatible? T-Mobile has a wide coverage map, potentially improving calls for…

12

• Headlines | Judge approves T-Mobile-Sprint merger. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The deal would combine America’s third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, creating a telecommunications juggernaut able to challenge AT&T and Verizon.

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January

30

• Headlines | Forced arbitration: A clause for concern. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Whether you realize it or not, chances are you have agreed to arbitration on dozens of occasions, forfeiting your right to take problems—even serious ones—with a product or service to court. Arbitration clauses have spread…

• Headlines | New rules gutting consumer watchdog from the inside. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  A new enforcement policy at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the most recent example of an agency drifting away from its mission to police Wall Street’s bad actors, advocates say.

  The CFPB announced that…

29

• Headlines | Facebook will now show you exactly how it stalks you. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The new ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ tool reminds us we’re living in a reality TV program where the cameras are always on. Here are the privacy settings to change right now.

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• Headlines | USDOJ accuses U.S. companies of being complicit in foreign scams. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal court for restraining orders against three home-based operators of telecommunications companies who, authorities allege, patched hundreds of millions of foreign-based robocalls into the United States.

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23

• Headlines | New York City to force stores to accept cash. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  From a cup of coffee to a car ride, mobile devices or plastic cards are becoming the preferred, and sometimes exclusive, methods of payment.

  The City Council is set to approve legislation that would prohibit…

15

• Headlines | How to navigate a flood of streaming TV subscriptions. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  We wanted à la carte television, and now we have it—and it costs more than cable. Here’s how to watch your favorite shows without overpaying for a dozen apps.

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13

• Headlines | ‘Techlash’ hits college campuses. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  College seniors and recent graduates looking for jobs that are both principled and high-paying are doing so in a world that has soured on Big Tech. The positive perceptions of Google, Facebook and other large…

10

• Headlines | Uber changes its app to comply with gig worker law. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Uber Technologies Inc. made changes to its ride-hailing app in California, tweaking fares and features to respond to a new state law designed to reclassify gig economy workers as employees.

  Changes for passengers include a…

09

• Headlines | California to unveil plan for consumer financial watchdog agency. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  After years of the Trump administration steadily rolling back federal consumer financial protections, California has decided enough is enough. 

  Details at this point are scant. But it appears what California is trying to do is…

07

• Headlines | Hidden costs found in delivered food menu prices. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  If you use food delivery services, you know there are a lot of added costs you pay for the convenience. But did you know in many cases, you also pay more for the food itself?

  …

02

• Headlines | The tech that will invade our lives in 2020. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Amazon, Apple and Google announced that they were working together on a standard to help make smart home products compatible with one another.

  In 2020, 5G will gain some momentum. Verizon said it expected half…

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