Technology news, features and analysis from Guardian US
Technology
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Although the term is not banned, the network has been designated as a dangerous organization similar to white supremacists
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Culture secretary tells defence committee US sanctions likely to affect Chinese firm’s viability
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‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign gathers momentum as ad boycott spreads outside US
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Six channels with supremacist content ‘repeatedly violated’ the site’s policy on hate speech
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Twitch suspends president’s channel, leaving Facebook increasingly alone in its hands-off approach
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Rishi Sunak extends Future Fund to include companies that have moved their headquarters abroad
News
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Elon Musk’s company outstrips Toyota on stock market as demand for electric cars soars
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The social network bills itself as a ‘no censorship’ bastion – but it’s already had to remind users what is and isn’t allowed
Privacy
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WhatsApp has accused an Israeli spyware firm of hacking 1,400 of its users, including journalists and rights activists. The Guardian’s Stephanie Kirchgaessner discusses how she discovered the story
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Amnesty alleges phone of Omar Radi in Morocco was infected by NSO’s Pegasus software
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Spotlight
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4 out of 5 stars.
Surface Earbuds review Microsoft's AirPods rivals
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Apple 13in MacBook Pro review 2020 Going out on a high?
5 out of 5 stars.
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The bestselling sequel features a gay central character, challenging the last taboo for representation in gaming
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Its bloody tragedies have outraged some players but this sequel draws unashamedly on heritage horror films
Inside Silicon Valley
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A new kind of venture capital fund would use money from the US government to invest in companies that most need it
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In Latvia we wanted to harness smartphone technology for contact tracing. We ran into a Silicon Valley-built brick wall, says Ieva Ilves, an adviser to the Latvian president
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Mark Zuckerberg says company will embrace permanent remote work after lockdowns lift
Reviews
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A pleasingly sceptical investigation into the innovations that could change the way we eat, have sex and die
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Withings Sleep Analyzer review: advanced sleep tracking made easy
4 out of 5 stars.
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In depth
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Guardian investigation finds more than 3m aggregate followers and members support QAnon on Facebook, and their numbers are growing
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