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Ivanka Trump Used a Personal Email Account to Send Hundreds of Emails About Government Business Last Year – This Week in Tech – 11/25/2018

Ivanka Trump Used a Personal Email Account to Send Hundreds of Emails About Government Business Last Year

Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a White House examination of her correspondence…


Amazon Exposed Customer Names and Emails in a ‘Technical Error’

Amazon exposed some customers’ names and emails due to a “technical error,” according to emails the company sent to affected customers. Several people shared screenshots of the emails online Wednesday morning. BetaNews first reported the incident…


NASA Video Says It Is Going Back to the Moon – and Staying There: Moon Base Could Be a Useful Place to Launch Mars Missions From

Nasa says it is going back to the Moon – and this time it’s going to stay there…


Loot Box Crackdown Forces Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts Games Out of Belgium

Video game publisher Square Enix is pulling a trio of titles from Belgium after the European nation passed legislation cracking down on loot boxes earlier this year…


Farewell to the Steam Link, the Best Wireless HDMI Gadget Ever Made (Update: It’s $2.50)

Why am I sad that a tiny black puck which streamed games over a Wi-Fi network will soon disappear from shelves around the world? Because too few people experienced the magic that the Steam Link affords…


British Columbia Moves to Phase Out Non-Electric Car Sales by 2040

VANCOUVER (Reuters) – British Columbia’s premier said on Tuesday his government will introduce legislation next year that will require all new light-duty cars and trucks sold in the province by 2040 to be electric or zero-emission vehicles…


Bitcoin Sinks Below $4,000 as the Crypto Market Takes Another Hefty Beating

As we hang out with family and friends this holiday season, it’s interesting to look back on the Bitcoin mania that we endured one Thanksgiving ago. Aunts and uncles asking about internet money as you passed the mashed potatoes while trying to explain the concept of decentralization in a way that made it seem like you knew your stuff…