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EFF Tells the FTC Why We Need Better Competition and Consumer Protection Policies for Tech Companies The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is wondering whether it might be time to change how the U.S. approaches competition and consumer protection. EFF has been thinking the same thing and come to the conclusion that yes, it is . On August 20, we filed six comments with the FTC on a variety of related topics to tell them some of the history, current problems, and thoughtful recommendations that EFF has come up with in our 28 years working in this space. Back in June 2018, the FTC announced it was going to hold hearings on “competition and consumer protection in the 21st century” and invited comment on 11 topics. As part of our continuing work looking at these areas as they intersect with the future of technology, EFF submitted comments on six of the topics listed by the FTC: competition and consumer protection issues in communication, information, and media technology networks; the ...

According to the research firm Markets and Markets , the Augmented Reality (AR) market will grow to nearly $61.4 billion USD by 2023.  Although this figure represents growth across all industries, manufacturing is one of the areas that will lead the charge into this new field of technology. We are seeing evidence of early adoption on the part of both machine builders and end users. Early pilots of new augmented reality tools are blurring the lines between the physical and digital worlds to enhance the user experience. Benefits like reductions in maintenance costs, increased production efficiency and uptime improvements are also beginning to accrue. The application of AR to machine maintenance is particularly compelling.  When employing traditional approaches, maintenance personnel spend 50% of their time during a maintenance call researching information required to fix the issue. Consequently, they devote only 50% of their time actually working on the equipment. An AR appro...