Moxie Marlinspike has stepped down as CEO of Signal

A huge shift for one of the internet’s most trusted apps

Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects

The sabotaged versions produce an endless string of illegible text.

Amazon workers will now get only a week of COVID PTO

Quarantine recommendations have been shortened as well

Why clean energy advocates are divided over California’s plan to slash solar incentives

The debate over how to make rooftop solar more equitable

Roku exec Scott Rosenberg, who helped launch the Roku Channel, is stepping down

He played a key role in Roku’s ad and content business.

FAA releases list of 50 airports that will have 5G buffer zones

Verizon and AT&T are set to expand 5G service on January 19th.

How Signal is playing with fire

Signal employees are worried about anonymous crypto payments.

NPR’s losing top talent — everyone has a theory why

What’s happening?

Turning Point is quietly building the next generation of conservative influencers

The nonprofit is avoiding sponcon disclosures, too.

Drone carrying a defibrillator saves its first heart attack patient in Sweden

A doctor passing by saw the man and called for help.

Apple briefly crossed a $3 trillion market cap

That’s a lot of money.

Netgear thinks you’ll pay extra for ad blocking on its Orbi routers

The Game Booster service will cost $50 a year.

Tesla recalls nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S cars

Tesla service will fix affected units free of charge

Winnie-the-Pooh and around 400,000 early sound recordings enter public domain

Along with Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises.

The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work

According to him looking at website source code is a crime

Plans to capture CO2 from coal plants wasted federal dollars, watchdog says

But the infrastructure law will pump more cash into carbon capture projects.

Biden administration will continue ISS cooperation through 2030

Russia’s recent debris cloud wasn’t a deterrent

Fortnite servers were down for five hours, but now the game is back online

Back in action

California is suing Walmart over alleged improper disposal of e-waste and other hazardous materials

Waste included items like batteries and aerosol sprays.

The global version of Steam appears to be banned in China

Another blow to the Chinese gaming community.