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Court docs detail Google's user location data collection, efforts to hide an off toggle deep in Android settings, pressure on partners like LG to do the same
Google made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private
Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes
WhatsApp details the experience for those who don't agree to its new privacy policy, including losing access to calls, messages, and notifications
SensorTower data shows Clubhouse was downloaded only about 900,000 times in April, down from 2.7M installs in March and from February's peak of 9.6M
1 in 5 EV owners in California switched back to gas because charging is a hassle
YouTube says it has temporarily demonetized James Charles' channel, which has 25.5M+ subscribers, after 15+ sexual misconduct accusations from men and boys
One day, Larry Page decided to fire Google’s project managers. All of them
Report: hackers scraped data of 500M LinkedIn users and posted it for sale online; LinkedIn confirms the dataset includes publicly viewable info from its site
Tim Cook says Facebook’s objections to letting people pick whether or not to be tracked are ‘flimsy arguments’
Mark Zuckerberg's phone number appeared among the leaked data of Facebook users
Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from an old leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019
SCOTUS sides with Facebook, ruling that its text alerts on suspicious logins do not qualify as robocalls, in what experts say is a major win for telemarketers
Newly created Twitter accounts labeled as Amazon employees are defending the company amid a union drive; Amazon admitted in 2018 to paying for similar tweets
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Amazon’s recent spate of Twitter feuds happened because Jeff Bezos told execs to ‘fight back’ against critics, report says
YouTube has temporarily suspended monetization for three channels operated by David Dobrik following a rape allegation against a former Vlog Squad member
Dominion projects $600 million loss over next 8 years due to ‘severity, pervasiveness, and permanence of the viral disinformation campaign’ about 2020 election
Massachusetts court rejects Uber and Lyft's request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees
Amazon workers leading a historic push for unionization in Alabama describe midnight ‘education’ meetings, an unexpected mailbox, and streams of anti-union flyers as they go up against one of the world’s most powerful companies
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The DOJ is creating maps from subpoenaed cell phone data to identify rioters involved with the Capitol insurrection
Google hogs traffic for itself, according to data showing nearly two-thirds of searches ended without a click in 2020
Clubhouse could finally arrive on Android and ditch invite-only joining by the summer, CEO Paul Davison said
Report: Amazon has added 3,700 new sellers every day in 2021 so far on its website for a total of 295,000; 26% of new sellers are in the US while 10.1% in India
Techmeme · 3 months ago
Microsoft will open up its US headquarters to more employees by the end of the month as it embraces a hybrid workplace
Clubhouse is being investigated by a French internet watchdog, following a complaint over data privacy
After taking on Wall Street bears, Redditors are pumping their money into saving gorillas
A Tesla with Autopilot engaged crashed into a Michigan police car that had pulled over with its lights on, authorities say
Facebook found that a vast amount of its anti-vaxx content comes from a hard core of only 111 accounts
A look at the high-profile athletes, especially NBA stars, investing in tech startups like Marqeta, Brigit, Whoop, Tonal, and more over the past few years
A lawsuit that accused Google of collecting the data of people who were using incognito mode can continue, said a federal judge
Flatfile, which helps businesses with onboarding customer data, raises $35M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners at a $185M valuation
Source: TikTok has 3000+ staff in Europe, up from 1600 since September, with plans for 3 London offices, despite calling off London as its global HQ last July
Source: 800+ Amazon staffers are now working on its voice command-enabled home robot with multiple cameras, codenamed Vesta, that's the size of "two small cats"
Techmeme · 3 months ago