Technology news, features and analysis from Guardian US
Technology
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A letter on Github demanded companies comply with labor laws, limiting workers to 40 hours a week versus a 12-hour day standard
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Reviewers reported the screens on the $2,000 Galaxy Fold flickering, freezing and dying on test units within days
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Analysts predict first quarterly drop in earnings since 2015 on $3bn rise in turnover
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The video, widely shared on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, shows the parked EV emit smoke and burst into flames seconds later
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A Guardian report recently revealed a secret network of accounts operated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Jordan Erica Webber looks at a local crime brief that defied Facebook’s 2018 algorithm change, one that promised to transform users’ news feeds.
Privacy
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Attackers are targeting small businesses and even forcing some to close for not paying up – but there are precautions owners can take to reduce the odds
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Zain Qaiser targeted millions of computers with ransomware demanding large sums
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Games
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MPs vote to block access to Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Inside Silicon Valley
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Report says an overwhelmingly white and male field has reached ‘a moment of reckoning’ over discriminatory systems
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Google issues new ‘minimum standards’ for temps after more than 900 employees sign letter criticizing abrupt firing
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The spandex-based controversy has been broiling in the west for years; and it’s not just men policing women’s bodies, women are doing it to themselves
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Whether it’s protesting projects with Ice or walking out to demand better treatment of women, activism has entered tech with a force the industry has never experienced
Reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Microsoft Surface Studio 2 review: in a class of its own
4 out of 5 stars.Stunning all-in-one PC that slides to become drawing tablet is held back by high price and old chips -
In depth
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To dispel US suspicions, Chinese telecom firm welcomed dozens of journalists into its labs
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