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An asteroid impact could wipe out entire cities — what can we do to prevent that? A space security expert explains NASA’s plans to protect our planet The threat from asteroids and comets Millions of objects of various sizes orbit the Sun. Near-Earth objects include asteroids and comets whose orbits will bring themwithin 120 million miles(193 million kilometers) of the Sun. Astronomers consider a near-Earth object a threat if it willcome within 4....

An Elon Musk-owned Twitter could restrict free speech rather than promote it Twitter doesn’t need another billionaire — it needs better moderation Withdrawal responses Invarious research projects since 2018, we have interviewed scholars who have experienced online harassment, surveyed academics about their experiences with harassment, conducted in-depth reviews of literature detailing how knowledge workers experience online harassment, and reached out to institutions that employ knowledge workers who experience online harassment....

An end to constant cookie warnings? UK plans post-Brexit overhaul of data laws The changes will need to comply with EU adequacy rulings Killing cookie warnings Ina press release, Dowden said he was “determined” to develop a data policy that will “deliver a Brexit dividend” for people and businesses in the UK. His plan to banish irksome cookie warnings is certainly attractive, but the new rules will need to be accepted by the EU....

An end to constant cookie warnings? UK plans post-Brexit overhaul of data laws The changes will need to comply with EU adequacy rulings Killing cookie warnings Ina press release, Dowden said he was “determined” to develop a data policy that will “deliver a Brexit dividend” for people and businesses in the UK. His plan to banish irksome cookie warnings is certainly attractive, but the new rules will need to be accepted by the EU....

An examination of Apple’s plans to ‘scan’ your iPhone photos for abusive content The proliferation of child sexual abuse material on the internet is harrowing and sobering, but Apple may help tackle this issue Who holds the key? Digital files can be protected in a sort of virtual lockbox via encryption, which garbles a file so that it can be revealed, or decrypted, only by someone holding a secret key. Encryption is one of the best tools for protecting personal information as it traverses the internet....