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Harssh Poddar, a senior police official, addresses a village meeting at a rural school near Malegaon, in northern Maharashtra state. He warns families to be skeptical of what they read online. Earlier this month, Poddar helped rescue five people from being killed by a mob in his constituency.

Viral WhatsApp Messages Are Triggering Mob Killings In India

In recent months, about two dozen people across India have been beaten to death by mobs driven to violence by what they've read on social media and messaging apps.

Google has allowed some researchers to sift through Google data searches to identify disease trends.

Disease Sleuths Analyze Google Searches To Stop Infections

Google is sharing detailed search data with academic and public health researchers to help them fight the spread of infectious diseases. Will it work?

Biometric data is considered a special category requiring explicit consent under the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation law, which goes into effect Friday.

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect Friday, but it also has implications in the U.S. Firms like Spotify and eBay now say you can ask them to delete data about you they've stored.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin wears Google's Project Glass prototype publicly for the first time while attending a charity function in San Francisco. Google is suspending public sales of its first generation of Google Glass next week.

Public Sales Of Google Glass To End Later This Month

Google says it will end sales of its first version of Google Glass, called the Google Glass Explorer Edition, January 19.

Growing up, Gabriella Lascano says she was told she should model. But all she could think was, "I'm fat. Like, models aren't fat." Now, she's an Instagram model for Fashion Nova.

This Fashion Brand Grew On Instagram With Help Of Celebs, Relatable Models

Fashion Nova was among the top-trending fashion brands online in 2017. How did a retailer with only five stores get so popular? Associating its brand with Cardi B and Kylie Jenner didn't hurt.

Charlize, 8, plays with the Kidizoom Multimedia Digital Camera made by VTech in 2009. A recent data breach hacking sensitive information, including kid's photos, is prompting parents to look twice at their children's technology usage.

At School And At Home, How Much Does The Internet Know About Kids?

Look both ways when you cross the street and don't tell toys your name and address — privacy concerns are some of the latest worries for parents in the digital age.

More Fair Use News: Google Books, Again, Prevails Against Authors

Google gets another win in a case against its digital library by book authors and publishers. Disputes over "fair use" of copyrighted material are bound to continue as more stuff ends up online.

Cecilia Abadie is seen modeling her Google Glass as she talks with her attorney outside of traffic court on Dec. 3, 2013 in San Diego.

Google Glass Had A Rocky Rollout In San Diego

Google announced Thursday it will stop selling Google Glass in its current form. The wearable device had a rocky rollout, resulting in some bizarre San Diego stories.

YouTube Pulls Ads From Vlogger Logan Paul After He Uses Taser On Dead Rats

The video platform has temporarily shut off his revenue stream, citing a "pattern of behavior" that the company says is potentially damaging to other creators.

Study Backs Getting Driverless Cars On The Road, As Waymo Ditches Backup Drivers

A research report says more lives will be saved by putting autonomous cars on the road sooner rather than later, even if they're not perfect. Waymo deployed some in Arizona — without backup drivers.

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