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WhatsApp delays enforcement of privacy terms by 3 months, following backlash
Google cuts off other Chromium-based browsers from its Sync service
Facebook blocks users from creating new listings for events near White House, Capitol, statehouses
Google Buys Fitbit

Despite Parler backlash, Facebook played huge role in fueling Capitol riot, watchdogs say
Wind overtook coal as a power source in Texas last year
WhatsApp faces legal challenge over privacy in its biggest market
James Murdoch says US media ‘lies’ unleashed ‘insidious forces’
Microsoft’s Brad Smith says health companies should be off-limits from cyberwarfare
WhatsApp says you shouldn’t worry about it sharing personal data with Facebook. Experts say you should switch to ‘highly trusted’ Signal.
Amazon Launches Anti-Union Website to Derail Alabama Union Drive
Should Fossil Fuels Be Treated Like Nuclear Weapons?
They Can’t Leave the Bay Area Fast Enough
How Jason A. Donenfeld created secure VPN WireGuard, included in Linux
One, two, tree: how AI helped find millions of trees in the Sahara
India’s Bengaluru is now the world’s fastest-growing tech hub, followed by London, Munich, Berlin and Paris, with India’s financial centre Mumbai in sixth place
Amazon Warehouse Workers To Decide Whether To Form Company’s 1st U.S. Union
The Capitol riot is spurring new interest in gun-detection AI

FCC fines white-supremacist robocaller $10 million for faking caller ID — Robocaller’s fake caller ID numbers were allegedly chosen as neo-Nazi symbols
CISA tells agencies to consider ad blockers to fend off ‘malvertising’ – CyberScoop

Big Tech Has Helped Trash America

Leaked Parler Data Points to Users at Police Stations, U.S. Military Bases
Facebook will pay more than $300 each to 1.6M Illinois users in settlement
Apple fails to overturn VirnetX patent verdict, could owe over $1.1 billion
Poland proposes social media ‘free speech’ law

Far-right website 8kun again loses internet service protection following Capitol attack
Partners Feel ‘Betrayed,’ ‘Taken Aback’ By Microsoft’s Direct Calls To Customers
Parler GPS Data Shows Users Posting from Military Bases
Nearly 1.6 million Illinois Facebook users to get about $350 each in privacy settlement
Facebook Can’t Fix What It Won’t Admit To

Mass exodus from WhatsApp causes Signal servers to buckle under pressure

PC sales are the healthiest they’ve been in a decade

150,000 police records lost in the UK due to ‘technical issue’.

Smartwatches can help detect COVID-19 days before symptoms appear

Artificial Intelligence Has Discovered 1,210 New Gravitational Lenses
Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world

WhatsApp sees sudden drop in downloads as millions turn to Telegram and Signal
The NSA warns enterprises to beware of third-party DNS resolvers
Amazon.com and ‘Big Five’ publishers accused of ebook price-fixing
DuckDuckGo Reaches 100M Daily Search Queries

Intel has to be better than ‘lifestyle company’ Apple at making CPUs, says new CEO
With no charger or expandable storage, the Galaxy S21 is more like the iPhone 12 in some of the worst ways
Nikki Fried jabs Gov. DeSantis for calling Parler, big tech his ‘most important legislative issue’
Bumble removed its political views filter after women reported Capitol rioters on the app to FBI
Bumble disabled its politics filter after it was used to out Capitol rioters
