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German supreme court rejects ad-block challengeGermany's supreme court has rejected a legal case that sought to stop people using the popular Adblock Plus program that removes ads from websites.
Bill Gates backs $1bn plan to cover earth in video surveillance satellitesA satellite company planning to launch a $1bn (£700m) network of satellites to provide "live and unfiltered" coverage of the Earth has been backed by former Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates and Japanese tech giant Softbank.The tech leaders are backing EarthNow, which plans to launch 500 satellites to cover Earth's atmosphere in video surveillance and provide live video feedback with only one second of delay.
How firms you have never interacted with can target your FacebookAdvertisers are seemingly able to access accounts with no input from the userOn one of Facebook’s myriad setting screens, a place where few dare tread, is a list of places you’ve probably never heard of, all of whom insist that they know you.
BBC releases thousands of its sound effects as free .wav filesAUNTIE BEEB has made all its legendary sound effects albums available for free download.The BBC Sound Effects library is legendary, originally featuring themed vinyl records containing the genuine foley recordings used in countless BBC productions.Whether its the sound of a guillotine chopping off someone's head (made with a cabbage and an extremely sharp knife) or walking across snow (with a washing up bowl full of gravel) the BBC sound effects library has been a staple of AmDram and professional productions alike for decades.The noises (16,016 of them!) are available for personal, educational and research purposes.
BT pushes ahead with plans to switch off telephone networkConsultation next month following plan to shift Brits over to VoIPBT is forging ahead with plans to shut its traditional telephone network in Britain, with the intention of shifting all customers over to IP telephony services by 2025.
Price comparison site data may have been used by Leave.EUFormer Cambridge Analytica director told MPs Brexit campaign group may have used data from Moneysupermarket
QuotePrice comparison site data may have been used by Leave.EUFormer Cambridge Analytica director told MPs Brexit campaign group may have used data from Moneysupermarkethttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/21/price-comparison-data-may-have-been-used-leave-eu-brexit-cambridge-analytica
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