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Tech News: No News for Australia on Facebook

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Feb 18, 2021

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Facebook puts a ban on linking to news stories in Australia and the consequences could be enormous. Waymo starts testing autonomous vehicles in the San Francisco area. And the US Department of Justice goes after hackers connected to an attack on Sony Pictures from 2014.
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Feb 18, 2021

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