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Raising the Floor Op Ed in Sacramento Bee

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just published my first op ed on the raising the floor concept yesterday in the Sacramento Bee, Everyone deserves access to technology, online world , co-authored with Prof. Gregg Vanderheiden. This op ed was derived from remarks I made to the California Emerging Technology Fund's Roundtable recently.

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Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. This one came via U.S. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years.

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Lame scam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. This one came via U.S. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years.

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Apple is being sued for suggesting customers can 'Buy' TV shows and movies

TechSpot

The plaintiffs in this Sacramento case don't necessarily have a problem with licensing content in general; they just don't like that Apple tells its iTunes customers that their. Some California consumers have taken issue with this concept, and are forcing Apple to stand trial over it -- well, sort of.

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Apple paid Oregon woman millions after technicians used her iPhone to post explicit images and video

TechSpot

According to legal filings, first reported by The Telegraph, a 21-year-old student in Oregon sent her iPhone to a Sacramento, California repair center in 2016 operated by Apple-approved contractor Pegatron. While there, two technicians used the device to upload '10 photos of her in various stages of undress and a.

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Super Bowl ad shows alleged FSD-enabled Tesla running over child-size mannequins, hitting strollers, and driving erratically

TechSpot

The Super Bowl ad, aired in Washington, DC, Austin, Tallahassee, Albany, Atlanta, and Sacramento, was the work of The Dawn Project, an organization calling for software in critical computer-controlled systems to be replaced with unhackable alternatives that never fail. Read Entire Article

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California sends country's strongest right-to-repair bill to governor's desk, mandating 7 years of parts

TechSpot

After a unanimous vote in favor, Sacramento lawmakers expect Governor Gavin Newsom to sign the bill into law. California has become the third US state to pass a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics. Read Entire Article