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Microsoft doesn’t ‘anticipate mandating the vaccine at this time’ for employees returning to offices, exec says in leaked audio
Elon Musk offers $100M prize for best carbon capture technology
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike explains his vision for the app — and what he sees as the biggest threats to privacy
A Seattle court rejected Parler’s legal effort to force Amazon to bring it back online
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Advertisements have emerged on Substack's 'ad-free' newsletter platform
Twitter locked the account of China’s US embassy over a post that called Uighur women ‘baby-making machines’
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SpaceX may have purchased 2 oil rigs off the coast of Texas that could be turned into ‘floating’ Starship launchpads
Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes was hacked by ‘Dark Halo,’ the same group that breached SolarWinds last year
GM jumps 9% to record high after Microsoft announces investment in the company’s self-driving car subsidiary Cruise
Man offers city $70 million to dig up lost 7,500-bitcoin hard drive
Parler website appears to back online and promises to ‘resolve any challenge before us’
Bumble removes political filter after use on Capitol rioters – Business Insider
WhatsApp says you shouldn’t worry about it sharing personal data with Facebook. Experts say you should switch to ‘highly trusted’ Signal.
How Jason A. Donenfeld created secure VPN WireGuard, included in Linux
Amazon hit with class action antitrust lawsuit claiming it colluded with major publishers to illegally drive up ebook prices by 30%
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Parler shared information with FBI about Capitol riot suspect
EXCLUSIVE: GitHub is facing employee backlash after the firing of a Jewish employee who suggested ‘Nazis are about’ on the day of the US Capitol siege
Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own safety
Leaked memo shows Amazon is warning employees to ‘be vigilant’ around their safety as far-right threats to blow up data centers emerged after banning Parler
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It took only 48 hours for Parler to go from No. 1 on the App Store to offline entirely
Parler is suing Amazon, alleging antitrust violations after the e-commerce giant banned the far-right social media app from AWS
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YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel
Parler’s CEO John Matze responded angrily after Jack Dorsey endorsed Apple’s removal of the social network favored by conservatives
Amazon is removing Parler from its web hosting service, meaning the platform will go offline Sunday if it can’t find another host.
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Gen Z is using Slack, TikTok, Clubhouse to break into venture capital
Some among America's military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law enforcement officials
Apple threatens to ban far-right social media platform Parler from its App Store amid complaints it was used to ‘plan, coordinate, and facilitate’ attempted insurrection
WhatsApp is forcing users to share personal data with Facebook, and Elon Musk is urging people to switch to Signal, a smaller encrypted messaging app
Sources: Amazon is working on a contactless Alexa-enabled device that can track and monitor sleep apnea, primarily using millimeter-wave radar
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Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties, despite the company’s promises to hold itself to the ‘highest standards,’ report says
TikTok removed an account that was promoting secret large, indoor parties as COVID-19 surges across the US
Japan is developing wooden satellites to send into orbit by 2023 in an effort to cut down on space junk
The US wasn’t equipped for 2020’s cycling boom. Its failures stem from a century of leaving bikes behind.
April Christina Curley, a Google recruiter focused on Black colleges, says she was fired in September and alleges a hostile work environment for Black people
AOC calls Amazon jobs a ‘scam’ because more than 4,000 of its employees are on food stamps
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Kushner OK'd Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid family members – Business Insider
Facebook is shifting its UK users onto agreements with the company’s HQ in California, putting them out of reach of EU privacy rules
FTC orders to see Facebook, 8 others’ data tracking practices
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Uber fined $59 million by California regulators for repeatedly refusing to turn over data about sexual assaults.
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ runs so terribly on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One that its creator is offering refunds
Facebook reportedly told its ad reviewers to ignore fraud and hacked accounts as long as ‘Facebook gets paid’
A startup opened orders for a $26,000 solar-powered EV that it claims never needs charging. The first batch sold out in 24 hours.
A bill proposed in New York City would charge residents $3 for all packages ordered online other than food or medicine.
Tech elites leaving San Francisco threaten Silicon Valley's supremacy
More than 1,000 Google employees have signed a letter demanding answers from leadership after a top AI researcher was suddenly fired
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Reddit · 2 months ago
China is massively expanding its weather-modification program, saying it will be able to cover half the country in artificial rain and snow by 2025
‘Amazon’s days of impunity are over’: 400 international lawmakers including Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib slam Jeff Bezos on wages, climate action, and taxes
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