The high-tech iBackpack received almost $800,000 from crowdfunding, but backers never received their bags. Now the creator is being sued by the FTC and state of Texas.
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Students say the Lambda School coding bootcamp isn't delivering on its promises, with concerns about poor instruction and prospects while being bound by income-sharing agreements
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Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest phone show, has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns
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The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform
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YouTube moderators are being required to sign a statement acknowledging the job could give them PTSD
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Leica’s new Monochrom camera has a purpose-built black-and-white sensor
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AirPods Pro owners complain of worse noise cancellation after firmware updates—some people are convinced Apple’s latest earbuds worked better at launch
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Emotional baggage—Away’s founders sold a vision of travel and inclusion, but former employees say it masked a toxic work environment
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Twitter will put options to limit replies directly on the compose screen
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Facebook is working on its own OS that could reduce its reliance on Android
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The terror queue - Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that's giving them PTSD
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The Verge’s gadgets of the decade
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Showdown in Wisconn Valley: Why won’t Foxconn tell Wisconsin what it’s building?
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Apple will reportedly release an iPhone without any ports in 2021
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The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputers: One PlayStation can play a game, but 100 PlayStations can peer into the secrets of the universe
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Snap Spectacles 3 review: reaching new depths
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Netflix CEO defends decision to pull Patriot Act episode in Saudi Arabia, says company isn’t in ‘truth to power business’
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Mark Zuckerberg is struggling to explain why Breitbart belongs on Facebook News
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Google Pixel 4 and 4XL review: More than the sum of its sensors
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The US court allowed the Federal Communications Commission to kill net neutrality because washing machines can’t make phone calls
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Microsoft Surface Neo first look: The future of Windows 10X is dual-screen
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All hands on deck—In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government
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Announcements from Amazon's 2019 hardware event: Echo Buds, Frames, Loop, Eero, Studio, Ring camera, and Alexa updates
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Huawei’s flagship Mate 30 Pro has impressive specs but no Google
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The awkward days of the Apple Watch are over
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Best Buy is discontinuing Insignia smart home line
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The stakes are too high for Apple to spin the iPhone exploits
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Jeremy Renner’s app is shutting down because of trolls
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was compromised, sent public tweets and retweets including racial slurs
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Google and Dell team up to take on Microsoft with Chromebook Enterprise laptops
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Asus announces ZenBook Pro Duo - Dual screen laptop
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus review
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The world's oldest webcam is shutting down after a quarter of a century
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Yubico releases the first Lightning security key for iPhones
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Disney+ will launch with support for Apple TV, Android, iOS, Roku, PS4, Xbox One, and more
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The crowdfunded Dragonfly Futurefön scammed backers for over $725,000, but was only the last step in a decade-long multi-million dollar fraud
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The US Navy will replace its touchscreen controls with mechanical ones on its destroyers
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Apple subsidiary, FileMaker, returns to its original name from the ’80s [Claris]
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8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service
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GitHub restricts developer accounts based in Iran, Crimea, and other countries under US sanctions
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Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem business
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Samsung says it has fixed the Galaxy Fold and will release it in September
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Plex makes piracy just another streaming service
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EU opens Amazon antitrust investigation
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How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem
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YouTube now bans instructional hacking and phishing
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Bodies in seats: At Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives
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Google is enabling RCS independently of mobile operators in the UK and France this month
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Interview with Google's login chief about passwords vs. single sign-on
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Spotify begins testing curated podcast playlists
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