Q&A with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on returning to Amazon post-burnout, his goal to “zero out crime”, privacy and the “surveillance panopticon”, and more
and don't let money ‘drive your life,’ Ring's founder says Mike Prospero / Tom's Guide : Best Black Friday Ring video doorbell deals — 5 early sales to shop now Bluesky: Nilay Patel / @reckless : I do...
Inside the World Wide Web Consortium as members debate the future of online privacy, with browsers' engineers often at odds with companies that rely on tracking
James Rosewell could see his company's future was in jeopardy. — It was January 2020, and Google had just announced key details … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @hkanji , @jason_kint , @tiffanycli , @davi...
Amazon says it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45B, its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for Whole Foods in 2017
they are laser-focused on expanding and entrenching their monopoly power. That's bad for workers, consumers, and small businesses. Josh Hawley / @hawleymo : This sale should not go through. @amazon is...
Biden administration asks a federal judge to put litigation over Trump's proposed TikTok ban on hold while it undertakes a review
for Now, as Biden Puts the Brakes on a Ban Tech Xplore : Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves Collin Furtado / Tech in Asia : Relief for TikTok as Biden administration asks jud...
DHS and the FBI are investigating a robocall and text campaign warning US voters to “stay safe and stay home”
Despite scattered reports … New York Times : Despite Fears of Violence, Election Day Proceeds Smoothly as Millions Line Up to Vote Kate Cox / Ars Technica : “Stay Home” robocalls to voters prompt FBI,...
Documents show how Clear, which lets its members skip security lines at 35 US airports, is building a digital ID system for storing health care info and more
'You are your driver's license, your credit card, your health care card, your building access card' — In March, the air travel industry ground to a halt. Tweets: @davegershgorn , @dlberes , @turnern...
Federal judge grants a preliminary injunction against a Trump administration order that would have banned TikTok from US app stores
TikTok users have free speech rights—and courts should pay attention. Kate Cox / Ars Technica : Trump likely overstepped authority with TikTok ban, judge rules Kari Paul / The Guardian : Trump's bid t...
Former director at Facebook, Tim Kendall, told Congress Facebook “took a page from Big Tobacco's playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset”
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A retrospective on Facebook's past decade, during which it grew to 2.45B users to become a major facet of life worldwide and wound up in regulatory crosshairs
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The Archive Team, which wants to save Yahoo Groups content by uploading it to Internet Archive, says Verizon has blocked the email addresses of its volunteers
and Blocking Users Trying to Archive Its Content Kate Cox / Ars Technica : Verizon reportedly blocks archivists from Yahoo Groups days before deletion [update] Featheredleader / YAHOO GROUPS CRUSADE H...