● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Twitter losing design and engineering leaders in restructure under new CEO https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/3/22816362/twitter-reoganization-consumer-revenue-tech-dantley-davis-parag-agrawal
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● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook Messenger is getting a built-in bill splitting feature https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/3/22815981/facebook-messenger-bill-splitting-feature-meta-group-effects
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Energy ☞ Someone stole $120 million in [cryptocurrency] by [cracking] a DeFi website https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22814849/badgerdao-defi-120-million-hack-bitcoin-ethereum
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Zoom might pay you $25 as part of a class-action settlement https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22814758/zoom-class-action-lawsuit-zoombombing-encryption-settled
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health ☞ How to arrange for your digital legacy https://www.theverge.com/22812264/digital-legacy-death-estate-google-apple-how-to
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Politics #Gulag #DoKnowEvil ☞ #Google engineers claim they were fired for following its ‘don’t be evil’ policy https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/30/22809577/google-employees-sue-dont-be-evil-policy "allegedly violating the company’s data security policies"
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Energy ☞ #Cryptocurrency miners grapple with major energy crunch in Kazakhstan https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/27/22805033/kazakhstan-cryptocurrency-miners-suffer-energy-shortages
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Energy ☞ The leader of #Facebook ’s stalled #cryptocurrency project is leaving the company https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/30/22810220/facebook-crypto-david-marcus-novi-diem-meta
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #Twitter bans posting pictures of ‘private individuals’ against their wishes https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/30/22809746/twitter-ban-personal-information-private-media-photo-videos-harassment ooooof... this can be misued to censors journalists. If it can be misused, it WILL be misused
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● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health ☞ #Amazon faces new pressure over #COVID19 protections in warehouses https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/30/22810754/amazon-new-york-ag-reinstate-fired-worker-health-safety-covid
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Censorship ☞ An introduction to Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new CEO https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/29/22808756/twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal-jack-dorsey-bluesky-moderation
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #fb #facebook ☞ Frances #Haugen will testify before Congress again this week https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/29/22807909/frances-haugen-congress-testify-section-230-facebook-whistleblower
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #India says not to preorder #Starlink until it obtains a license https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/27/22804830/starlink-india-not-to-subscribe-license
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Energy ☞ #BlackFriday is causing toxic traffic jams at US ports and warehouses https://www.theverge.com/22800410/black-friday-holiday-shopping-supply-chain-pollution-ports-warehouses-california
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Apple gets hit by its second fine by Italian regulators in a week https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/26/22803068/apple-google-italy-competiton-regulator-fine-commercial-purposes-user-data-consent-amazon
● NEWS ● #TheVerge ☞ #Twitter verified a fake account in the Norwegian government, but it’s not Twitter’s fault https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/23/22799403/twitter-verified-fake-account-norwegian-government
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook Messenger and #Instagram may not get default end-to-end encryption until 2023 https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/21/22794622/messenger-instagram-end-to-end-encryption-default-2023
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Monopolies #antitrust ☞ #Google seeks recusal probe for incoming antitrust chief over Yelp and #Microsoft cases https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/19/22792308/google-seeks-block-doj-antitrust-chief-jonathan-kanter-yelp-microsoft-cases
● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Apple just provided the perfect example of why you can’t trust App Store review scores https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/19/22791968/apple-podcasts-star-score-review-prompt