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Google’s charging for YouTube ads it knows are from bots, researchers say
Google charges advertisers for YouTube ad views in spite of correctly spotting them as being fake views generated by bots – no human eyeballs involved – a group of European researchers have claimed.
Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ appeal – France says ‘non!’
Google and other search engines could potentially face fines of up to 5% of their global operating costs if they do not comply.
Facebook: our cookies keep you safe from cyber terrorists!
Belgian data protection authority: You’re as bad as the NSA!!!
US senator blocks proposed surveillance law opposed by Facebook and Google
Lobbying pressure from an alliance of big internet companies and civil liberties groups – and the resistance of one steadfast US senator – forced the Senate Intelligence Committee to withdraw proposed legislation requiring social media companies to report “terrorist activity” to the government.
“Give us an iOS 9 zero-day and we’ll give you $1 million”
The firm willing to pay for breaking into iPhones and iPads was founded by a contractor who’s sold such bugs to spy agencies.
Apple’s App Store hit by the XCodeGhost of malware present
Until this week, the App Store was to malware what Earth was to the Hitchhiker’s Guide: “Mostly Harmless.” Not any more…
A sassy chatbot named Rose just won a big test of artificial intelligence
Rose is a 31-year-old security analyst and hacker from San Francisco, a self-described computer nerd with “quirky attitudes.” She’s also a bot, but she could be on her way to convincing you that she is human. 
4chan sold to the man who inspired it
Founder Poole is done, done, done, and who can blame him? 4channers’ response to the buyer: a new board, titled “F-you, Hiroyuki Nishimura.” 
Drone operator who startled police horses and baffles dogs gets fined
The videos of the first operator convicted in the UK feature dramatic music, slo-mo footage and lots of living things he could have crashed into.