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From a consumer point of view, it’s hard to get too upset about Apple’s position on privacy, even if it’s a little complicated. The company has a strong voice in Washington, and during the Trump era, congressional Democrats may need all the help they can get to pass meaningful data privacy legislation before 2020.

The ambition is to turn videos into a medium as easily searched as a text document. A team from India just took some important steps toward that end.