
Amazon's Sidewalk program has launched. Here's how to opt out.
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Amazon launched new technology this week to share internet among its customers, which the company says will improve the performance of some devices. But it also has some privacy advocates concerned.
If you own certain Alexa-enabled Echo devices or some Ring camera models, Amazon will be able to use part of your home's Wi-Fi to create a new network called Amazon Sidewalk. "Amazon Sidewalk is an ad-hoc mesh network that takes advantage of your Amazon smart devices," said CBS News tech reporter Dan Patterson. The new service takes a small sliver of WiFi at homes with certain Amazon products and uses it to create a shared network within neighborhoods. The so-called Sidewalk Bridge allows devices with spotty Wi-Fi to stay connected.
Americans are continually encouraged to sock away money in a 401(k) or other retirement plan to ensure a comfortable, if not cushy, life in their later years. Yet about half of all U.S. workers in the private sector lack access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, a huge obstacle in building enough wealth to retire, a recent study finds.

Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported back to his home country and then returned to the U.S. for federal prosecution, may remain in federal custody, after his lawyers and prosecutors sparred over whether he would be deported immediately upon his release while awaiting a criminal trial.