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Showing posts from January, 2021

Comcast’s data caps during a pandemic are unethical — here’s why

Xiaomi sues US government over investment blacklist, seeks ban reversal

Facebook is getting pulled into a fight about the politics of Israel

New study: A zero-emissions US is now pretty cheap - In 2050, benefits to the US offset costs, but there are some unexpected outcomes.

Social media platform Reddit hit by outages in US

Signal became the most-downloaded app in Iran this month. However it has now suddenly been blocked and removed from local Android markets - But no one will admit to ordering it

Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement

Subscribers of Apple TV Plus will continue to get credit refunds until June

Certification of the first products to support the new Wi-Fi 6E standard has begun

Year-to-date, solar and wind electricity grew faster than natural gas in the U.S.

Open the Gates! 23% Plugin Vehicle Share in Europe!

Microsoft patent an AI to revive your dead loved ones as chatbots

Houston company could provide answer to Elon Musk's $100 million question

WhatsApp uses Stories to try and assuage users' privacy fears

Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen leaves Twitter after family receives threats amid GameStop backlash

FAA Files Reveal a Surprising Threat to Airline Safety: the U.S. Military's GPS Tests. Military tests that jam and spoof GPS signals are an accident waiting to happen

Why Robinhood Disabled Buys but not Sells

Mark Zuckerberg lobbies Josh Frydenberg over plan to force Facebook and Google to pay for news content

I checked Apple’s new privacy ‘nutrition labels.’ Many were false - Apple’s plan to make iPhone apps be transparent about the data they take falls short of being helpful — or even accurate

India cuts Internet near Delhi as hundreds of farmers begin hunger strike

A Vast Web of Vengeance

Report on game console energy consumption dings Microsoft for failure to tweak power-saving settings

Billionaire Steve Cohen quits Twitter, citing threats in GameStop uproar

Inside a Pro-Huawei Influence Campaign - A covert online push to sway telecommunications policy in favor of the Chinese company may presage a new twist in social manipulation.

Amazon, Amex to fund software developers in new GitHub program

Pentagon needs ‘culture change’ on pollution, say PFAS caucus members

How the LAPD and Palantir Use Data to Justify Racist Policing: In a new book, a sociologist who spent months embedded with the LAPD details how data-driven policing techwashes bias.

Global tax on tech giants now 'highly likely,' German minister says after Yellen call

Oregon Supreme Court: State can compel cell phone unlocking

In Philadelphia, A Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led By 22-Year-Old

Facebook hires first chief compliance officer amid regulatory scrutiny

Inside the Reddit army that's crushing Wall Street

Apple edges out Samsung as top smartphone vendor

Lawmakers take aim at insidious digital “dark patterns”

ETtech Investigation: Fantastic blue ticks and where to buy them

Google is an investor of Robinhood.

Google is an investor in Robinhood (may explain why they deleted all over 100,000 1 star reviews)

Trickbot is back again - with fresh phishing and malware attacks

Space cloud: The next frontier of data collection

Texas Launches Probe Into Online Brokers’ Halt of GameStop Trading

Robinhood’s plan to “democratize finance” hit a GameStop-shaped speed bump

Google salvaged Robinhood’s one-star rating by deleting nearly 100,000 negative reviews

Xiaomi's remote wireless charging powers up your phone from across the room

Automakers idle more plants as chip shortage worsens; Samsung warns of spread to cellphone production

Dogecoin soars another 600% as Reddit frenzy pushes the token into the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap

Meet Keith Gill, the man who drove the GameStop Reddit mania and made millions

Dogecoin soars 370% as Reddit group works to send the cryptocurrency 'to the moon'

Hedge funds rush to get to grips with retail message boards

Facebook disables popular Robinhood Stock Traders group amid GameStop chaos

Oxy delivers world-first carbon neutral crude to India

Google Deletes 100,000 Negative Reviews of Robinhood App From Angry Users

Spotify may soon monitor your age, gender, and even emotional state

Apple’s Tim Cook warns of adtech fuelling a “social catastrophe” as he defends app tracker opt-in