Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s war against the media
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Why is a tech executive installing security cameras around San Francisco?
10 votes -
Trump, Twitter, Facebook, and the future of online speech - The debate over censorship and Section 230 is thorny, contentious, and, above all, outdated
8 votes -
Wrongfully accused by an algorithm
7 votes -
Shows of support for racial justice from social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don’t address the way the platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs
11 votes -
Reddit is finally facing its legacy of racism
45 votes -
Apple plans to announce move to its own Mac chips at WWDC
22 votes -
How a raccoon became an aardvark
7 votes -
Facebook employees stage virtual walkout to protest US President Donald Trump posts
16 votes -
US President Donald Trump's executive order isn't only about Twitter; it's also attempting to ensure that Facebook won't change their own approach in the lead-up to the election
10 votes -
How lockdown is changing shopping for good
8 votes -
Interview with Musk on his Twitter usage, selling off his possessions, and the historic upcoming launch
7 votes -
Welcome to the age of privacy nihilism
13 votes -
Internet giants to staff: Plan to work from home for the year
9 votes -
The people who are keeping the internet running during COVID and how they're doing it
11 votes -
The Russian doll of Putin's internet clampdown
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Nearly two years after Europe's GDPR privacy law came into effect, supporters are frustrated by lack of enforcement, poor funding, limited staff resources and stalling tactics by the tech companies
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In the debate over freedom versus control of the global network, China was largely correct, and the US was wrong
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Magic Leap cuts half of jobs (about 1000) in major restructuring, plans to focus on enterprise business instead of consumer
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Apple developing high-end headphones with interchangeable parts
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Google to slow hiring for rest of 2020, CEO tells staff
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The coronavirus has changed the way Americans use the internet
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5G coronavirus conspiracy theory fueled by coordinated effort
6 votes -
Why doctors hate their computers
23 votes -
Google will move its summer internship program to a virtual format this year
7 votes -
The coder and the dictator
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YouTube to limit default video quality around the world for a month
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Google wary of sharing user location data in pandemic fight
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Amazon glitch stymies Whole Foods, fresh grocery deliveries
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Brands can now purchase an ad in the #2 slot of Reddit's "Trending" sections in the Popular page and Search dropdown
26 votes -
Cameo is the logical endpoint of modern celebrity-obsessed culture and interaction—a perfect storm of convenience, access, and affordability
13 votes -
Printing’s not dead: The $35 billion fight over ink cartridges
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The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world
9 votes -
Facebook to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois
9 votes -
Smartphones have blurred the distinction between different spaces by turning anywhere into a place you can work, watch TV/videos, talk with friends, and more
10 votes -
The secretive company that might end privacy as we know it
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Sonos, squeezed by the tech giants, sues Google
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Messaging app ToTok has been removed from the Apple and Google app stores following claims the United Arab Emirates government was using it to spy on people
12 votes -
One nation, tracked : An investigation into the smartphone tracking industry
15 votes -
The real trouble with Silicon Valley: The toxicity of the web is peanuts compared with Big Tech’s failure to remake the physical world
9 votes -
Prime leverage: How Amazon wields power in the technology world
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Tumblr’s first year without porn
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In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track [Uighurs] members of a largely Muslim minority group
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: "Cancel culture" has always existed - for the powerful, at least - now social media has democratized it
18 votes -
Inside Apple’s iPhone software shakeup after buggy iOS 13 debut
13 votes -
How activists are getting around Iran’s internet blackout
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Google is an emerging health-care juggernaut, and privacy laws weren’t written to keep up
14 votes -
Smart TVs collect data for political-advertising use
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Airbnb to verify all listings, CEO Brian Chesky says
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Reddit’s automoderator is the future of the internet, and deeply imperfect | The good: AutoMod saves time and prevents potential mental health issues. The bad: Humans still have to clean up after it.
21 votes