Privacy and the Internet

Practical tips for protecting your Privacy (internet)

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a collection of articles with Practical tips for protecting your Privacy (internet)

• Article How to stop AI from recognizing your face in selfies | MIT Technology Review
• Article Digital hygiene | karpathy
• Article All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It | WIRED
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Privacy (internet)

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is privacy a right? what should be done to protect privacy in the future?

• Article Big Brother isn't just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move
• Article Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, Says Supreme Court in Unanimous Verdict
• Article Senators push to ditch Social Security numbers in light of Equifax hack
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Surveillance, Privacy in the Workplace

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examining issues related to privacy, surveillance and security in the workplace

• Article The Brutal Fight to Mine Your Data and Sell It to Your Boss
• Article Investing in Rewind - a16z Andreessen Horowitz
• Article Big Brother isn't just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move
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Internet - fears of Surveillance, Security and Privacy Issues

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a collection of articles and videos about Surveillance and Privacy

• Article Investing in Rewind - a16z Andreessen Horowitz
• Article What is Pegasus? A cybersecurity expert explains how the spyware invades phones and what it does when it gets in
• Article Apple’s Mistake – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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Facebook: Privacy, Security

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A collection of articles about Facebook social login and security of data and privacy issues

• Article The Facebook and Ray-Ban smart glasses look cool… but no thanks
• Article Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again | TechCrunch
• Article How Researchers Learned to Use Facebook ‘Likes’ to Sway Your Thinking - The New York Times
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Equifax and Privacy (internet)

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the case of Equifax and internet security

• Article A year later, Equifax lost your data but faced little fallout – TechCrunch
• Video Equifax: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Video Credit Reports - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Right to be Forgotten, and Privacy (internet)

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is privacy a right? what should be done to protect privacy in the future?

• Article How to stop AI from recognizing your face in selfies | MIT Technology Review
• Article How a Google Street View image of your house predicts your risk of a car accident | MIT Technology Review
• Article Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming it’s journalistic - Columbia Journalism Review
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FEARS: City-wide surveillance cameras, AI and Privacy (internet)

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a collection of articles exploring (possible) dystopian possibilities of City-wide surveillance cameras, AI and Privacy (internet)

• Article The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool | WIRED UK
• Article Technology and the state. Surveillance capitalism
• Article Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance - The Verge
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AI, Surveillance and Privacy - regulation, policy, guardrails

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A collection of resources about AI, Surveillance and Privacy - regulation, policy, guardrails. This compilation offers an in-depth explor...

• Article California signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53 | TechCrunch
• Article AI Regulation: EU lawmakers deal on 'global first' AI rules | TechCrunch
• Article A quick guide to the most important AI law you've never heard of | MIT Technology Review
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Privacy and the Apps you use

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a collection of articles and videos looking at Privacy and the Apps you use

• Video The Terrifying Cost of "Free” Websites
• Article Life360 sells its family location tracking data — now it owns Tile - The Verge
• Article Netflix Knows Some Very Strange Things About Public Viewing Habits
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London, UK and Surveillance, Security and Privacy Issues

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a collection of articles and videos about Surveillance and Privacy

• Article The UK is secretly testing a controversial web snooping tool | WIRED UK
• Article How Britain Exported Next-Generation Surveillance
• Article UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful | The Guardian
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Moderation of Content at Facebook - Possible?

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A collection of articles about Facebook and possible Moderation of Content using AI tools

• Podcast Post No Evil | Radiolab | WNYC Studios
• Article What I learned from three months of Content Moderation for Facebook in Berlin
• Article Facebook's new deepfake ban comes with a politician-sized loophole (2020)
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Libra - Blockchain at Facebook: crypto business model, strategy

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A collection of articles about Facebook and it's business model, strategy

• Article The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Libra | WIRED 2019
• Article What the Facebook Crypto team could build – TechCrunch
• Article Shopify joins Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra Association
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Libra - Blockchain at Facebook - criticism, fears

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A collection of articles about Facebook and it's business model, strategy

• Article Facebook's Answer to Bitcoin Poses a Double Threat - Bloomberg 2019
• Article Libra currently looks more like a fiat currency than a cryptocurrency – TechCrunch 2019
• Article The real risk of Facebook’s Libra coin is crooked developers – TechCrunch 2019
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FEARS: Peer to peer ratings, social media, Surveillance, Security and Privacy Issues

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a collection of articles and videos about Surveillance and Privacy

• Article Drivers Beware: The Traffic Safety Reporting Apps Are Coming
• Video Black Mirror S03E01 Airport scene
• Article Contact Tracing Could Free America From Quarantine
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Apple: Privacy, Security

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A collection of articles about Apple and security of data and privacy issues

• Article Forget the new iPhones, Apple's best product is now privacy || Fast Company
• Article The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Video New Rule: Your Phone is Turning You into an Asshole | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
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Email Marketing - and GDPR

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a collection of articles about Email Marketing - and GDPR

• Article How GDPR Will Transform Digital Marketing - Harvard (2018)
• Article The New European General Data Protection Regulations GDPR - and Automated Mail Marketing
• Podcast What to Know about GDPR – a16z Podcast: Andreessen Horowitz

Facebook - legal challenges and lawsuits

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A collection of articles about Facebook and it’s legal challenges and lawsuits

• Article $35B face data lawsuit against Facebook will proceed – TechCrunch
• Article German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal | Reuters
• Article Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings – TechCrunch
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Big lawsuits vs. Tech companies - legal challenges vs. Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, more...

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Big lawsuits vs. Tech companies - legal challenges vs. Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, more...

• Podcast Google advertising lawsuit: The New Vampire Squid? With Dina Srinivasan - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify
• Article $35B face data lawsuit against Facebook will proceed – TechCrunch
• Article Supreme Court revives LinkedIn case to protect user data from web scrapers – TechCrunch

Google: Privacy, Security

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A collection of articles about Google and security of data and privacy issues

• Article Google loses 'right to be forgotten' case - BBC News
• Article Police are asking Google to provide user data for all people near crime scenes
• Article The Price of Google's New Conveniences? Your Data | WIRED
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Facebook: business model, strategy

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A collection of articles about Facebook and it's business model, strategy

• Article Mark Zuckerberg is betting Facebook’s future on the metaverse - The Verge
• Article Facebook, Meta Myths – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Article Meta – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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Ai Agentic Browsers

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A collection of resources about AI Agentic Browsers, exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and web browsing technologies....

• Video Perplexity Comet Changed How I Use My Mac
• Video AI Agentic Browsers: Dia vs Comet - reviewed by a16z
• Video AI Browser from Perplexity - 10 Comet Agents to Automate Your Work

Internet Browsers - Firefox, Chrome, Safari, others - (Privacy, Security issues)

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A collection of articles about internet Browsers - Firefox, Chrome, Safari: Privacy, Security

• Article Bye, Chrome: Why I’m switching to Firefox and you should too - FastCoDesign
• Video AI Agentic Browsers: Dia vs Comet - reviewed by a16z
• Video AI Browser from Perplexity - 10 Comet Agents to Automate Your Work
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Mozilla Firefox - Internet Browser

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Mozilla Firefox - Internet Browser

• Article Is Firefox OK? | WIRED
• Article Mozilla’s uncertain future
• Article Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a ‘new focus’ on making money
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Protests, Criminal Justice, Privacy and Cybersecurity: Location-Tracking, Police and Telecoms

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Protests, Criminal Justice, Privacy and Cybersecurity: Location-Tracking, Police and Telecoms

• Article It Takes Just $1,000 to Track Someone's Location With Mobile Ads
• Article In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your Cellphone : NPR
• Article Police are asking Google to provide user data for all people near crime scenes
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Privacy: Location-Tracking and Startups

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A collection of articles about Privacy - with focus on Location tracking and Telecommunications companies

• Article MoviePass CEO proudly says the app tracks your location before and after movies | TechCrunch
• Article Life360 sells its family location tracking data — now it owns Tile - The Verge
• Article Snapchat bulks up location-based ad targeting & launches in-store analytics tool - Marketing Land
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Data and Social Media, Facebook: Privacy, Security

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A collection of articles about Data and Social Media, Facebook: Privacy, Security

• Article What if people were paid for their data? - The Economist
• Video The Terrifying Cost of "Free” Websites
• Article Your Data Is My Data – AVC
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ATT: Apple’s App Tracking Transparency - Data and Social Media, Facebook: Privacy, Security

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ATT: Apple’s App Tracking Transparency - Data and Social Media, Facebook: Privacy, Security

• Article The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Article Digital Advertising in 2022 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Article The App Tracking Transparency recession | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert

Cookies - Data and Social Media, Privacy, Security

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Cookies - Data and Social Media, Privacy, Security

• Article Europe’s top court says active consent is needed for tracking cookies – TechCrunch (2019)
• Article Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again | TechCrunch
• Article Everything You Need to Know About Cookies for Web Development
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Data, privacy and surveillance issues - at universities

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a collection of articles, videos and resources examining issues related to privacy and security at universities

• Article A university is outfitting living spaces with thousands of Echo Dots – TechCrunch
• Article How Tech Companies Are Selling Colleges on Mass Data Collection | EdSurge News (2019)
• Article Push to Monitor Student Data is Met with Concerns About Privacy and Equity | EdSurge News (2019)
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Privacy, AI and facial recognition, surveillance

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Privacy, AI and facial recognition, surveillance

• Article Dressing for the Surveillance Age
• Article Technology and the state. Surveillance capitalism
• Article How to stop AI from recognizing your face in selfies | MIT Technology Review
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Clearview AI

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Clearview AI

• Article Clearview AI's Hoan Ton-That says he's stockpiling billions of our photos
• Article The walls are closing in on Clearview AI as data watchdogs get tough | MIT Technology Review
• Podcast The End of Privacy as We Know It? - The New York Times
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California Consumer Privacy Act

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California Consumer Privacy Act

• Article Here’s the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping on Me, and Probably on You Too

Clothes, Fashion and Protests, Democracy with AI and facial recognition, surveillance

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Clothes, Fashion and Protests, Democracy with AI and facial recognition, surveillance

• Article Dressing for the Surveillance Age
• Article This T-Shirt Makes You Invisible to AI Facial Recognition

Facebook groups - community, membership discussions

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Facebook groups - community, membership discussions

• Website Facebook Groups and Communities
• Article Facebook reinvents Facebook with the launch of Campus for college students
• Article Facebook Is Full of Emotional-Support Groups - The Atlantic

Internet Browsers extensions, apps for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, others

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Internet Browsers extensions, apps for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, others

• Article How to Create and Publish a Chrome Extension in 20 minutes
• Article Chrome Apps are dead, as Google shuts down the Chrome Web Store section | Ars Technica
• Article Let's Guess What Google Requires In 14 Days Or They Kill Our Extension | Pushbullet Blog
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Data, privacy and surveillance issues - examples of companies selling your data

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a collection of articles, videos and resources examining issues related to Data, privacy and surveillance issues - examples of companies ...

• Article How a Google Street View image of your house predicts your risk of a car accident | MIT Technology Review
• Article The California DMV Is Making $50M a Year Selling Drivers’ Personal Information - VICE
• Article How Tech Companies Are Selling Colleges on Mass Data Collection | EdSurge News (2019)
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Remote working and Surveillance, Security, Privacy Issues

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Remote working and Surveillance, Security, Privacy Issues

• Article How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home - The New York Times
• Article Big Brother isn't just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move

Protests, Democracy, Privacy, Surveillance, AI and facial recognition

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Protests, Democracy, Privacy issues in the age of surveillance, AI and facial recognition software

• Article Facial recognition software is not ready for use by law enforcement
• Article After George Floyd’s murder, police built a secretive surveillance machine that lives on | MIT Technology Review
• Article How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
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Protests, Democracy and Social Impact

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Protests, Democracy and Social Impact

• Article 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest
• Article The DEA Has Been Given Permission To Investigate People Protesting George Floyd’s Death
• Article The lethal history of rubber bullets—and why they should never be used on peaceful protesters
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Signal - messaging app

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Signal - messaging app

• Article Signal: Looking back at how Signal works, as the world moves forward
• Article What is Signal? The basics of the most secure messaging app.

Elections and Facebook: Privacy, Security

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Elections and Facebook: Privacy, Security

• Article ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
• Article How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked — according to the person who built it
• Podcast Facebook And Twitter Remove Russia-Backed Accounts Targeting Left-Leaning Voters
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Facebook, metaverse, virtual reality, Oculus: business model, strategy

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A collection of articles about Facebook, metaverse, virtual reality, Oculus: business model, strategy

• Article Mark Zuckerberg is betting Facebook’s future on the metaverse - The Verge
• Article Facebook, Meta Myths – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Article VR: Meta Meets Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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Facebook and AI research

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Facebook and AI research

• Article Yann LeCun’s big bet for building intelligent machines | MIT Technology Review

Contact Tracing - Testing and COVID19 - Coronavirus

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Contact Tracing - Testing and COVID19 - Coronavirus

• Article A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now it’s time to keep track of them
• Article Apple launches COVID-19 ‘Exposure Notification Express’ with iOS 13.7 — Android to follow
• Article Contact Tracing Could Free America From Quarantine
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Elections and Social Media

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Elections and Social Media

• Article YouTube is littered with mass-produced videos made by automated bots | Hacker Noon
• Podcast Facebook And Twitter Remove Russia-Backed Accounts Targeting Left-Leaning Voters
• Article How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked — according to the person who built it
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Moderation of Content on Social Media Platforms

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Moderation of Content on Social Media Platforms

• Article Wikimedia Blog - "Three principles in CDA 230 that make Wikipedia possible
• Podcast Podcast - Section 230 CDA: Content Moderation, Free Speech, the Internet - Andreessen Horowitz
• Podcast Post No Evil | Radiolab | WNYC Studios
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Vaccine Passports - Travel, Testing, Privacy issues and COVID19 - Coronavirus

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Vaccine Passports - Travel, Testing, Privacy issues and COVID19 - Coronavirus

• Article EU to propose a ‘digital pass’ for COVID-19 vaccination/test status to help safer travel – TechCrunch
• Article Why vaccine passports are causing chaos | The Economist
• Podcast Ex-Officials Call For $46 Billion For Tracing, Isolating In Next Coronavirus Package
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Journalism, News, Links and Facebook - legal challenges and lawsuits

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Journalism, News, Links and Facebook - legal challenges and lawsuits

• Article Big Tech Has Crushed the News Business. That’s About to Change. - The New York Times
• Article Schumpeter - Bad News. Should big tech save newspapers?
• Article What we can learn from the Facebook-Australia news debacle | MIT Technology Review
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Facebook: gong global - international business strategy

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Facebook: gong global - international business strategy

• Article Facebook Meta’s NPE team takes a global focus with seed-stage investments, offices in emerging markets

Smart homes and the Internet of Things (IoT)

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A collection of articles and videos about Smart homes and the Internet of Things (IoT)

• Article How do you move out of a smarthome? – Terence Eden's Blog
• Article Amazon backs German smart heating and AC company Tado in new $50M funding round – TechCrunch
• Article Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 | Ars Technica
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