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2020

July

10

• Headlines | Uber-Postmates merger will be bad for restaurants, consumers. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The $2.65 billion deal, like previous high-tech mergers, will stifle innovation and competition, not enhance it.

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09

• Headlines | How to make your smartphone last longer. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Start thinking about your device batteries as if they were car tires and replace accordingly. Because batteries can be charged only a finite number of times before they deteriorate, they will be one of the…

June

11

• Headlines | When healthcare moves online, many are left behind. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Amid the coronavirus pandemic, more of the nation’s medical care is being delivered by telephone or videoconference, as in-person care becomes a last resort for both doctors and patients. That’s a problem for tens of…

03

• Headlines | Now you can delete old Facebook posts without deleting Facebook. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Facebook’s new Manage Activity setting helps batch delete old posts—and keep stalkers, employers and police from nosing around your past.

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• Headlines | Suit claims Google’s tracking violates federal wiretap law. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The complaint said Google tracked and collected users’ browsing history even if they took steps to maintain their privacy.

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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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