Packages leave a trail of pollution, and some end up in landfills. From a report: The biggest flood of returns will come on January 2nd as people head back to work after the holidays, when UPS expects to handle nearly 2 million return packages. That’s a more than 25 percent jump from the packages it…

That means nonpaying listeners in the US won’t hear or see political ads, nor will Spotify’s original podcasts run them. …read more Source:: CNet

Well, this is it. The end of the decade. In a few days the 2010s will be behind us, and a lot of very smug people will start making jokes on social media about how we’re back in the “Roaring 20s” again. Only this time around there’s a lot more plastic, and drastically less bathtub…

China said Friday its Beidou Navigation Satellite System that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System will be competed with the launch of its final two satellites in the first half of next year. From a report: Project director Ran Chengqi told reporters that the core of the positioning system was completed this month with the…

So many cameras. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s a good sign for the iPhone 11, a CNET editor’s choice. …read more Source:: CNet

Italy soon will join France in applying a new tax on large tech companies, a move that could deepen trans-Atlantic trade tensions and snarl up already-faltering negotiations over how best to tax companies such as Facebook and Google parent Alphabet. From a report: The new tax, passed this week by Italy’s parliament, will take effect…

That means nonpaying listeners in the US won’t hear or see political ads, nor will Spotify’s original podcasts run them. …read more Source:: CNet

Researchers warn that five vulnerabilities that stem from SQLite could enable remote code execution. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Chinese companies have made every submission to UN on standards in past three years, Financial Times reports [the link may be paywalled]. From the report: Chinese companies have made every submission to the UN for international standards on surveillance technology in the past three years, according to documents reviewed by the Financial Times that show…