Gadgets Ring does not fight crime, say cops in 8 states whose PDs partnered with Amazon-owned home surveillance Xeni Jardin

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books Snowden's Box: the incredible, illuminating story of the journey of Snowden's hard drive Cory Doctorow

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crime Trail of empty pill bottles led cops to Florida robbery suspects Xeni Jardin

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Business DOJ charges Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou with racketeering, conspiracy to steal IP Xeni Jardin

Business China is using big data to track people with coronavirus Xeni Jardin

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