Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law google facebook Article 606 words 10 votes
Google offers free fabbing for 130nm open-source chips google Article 412 words, published Jun 30 2020 17 votes
Got any new electronics? Tell me about them! Ask (survey) Time for a casual show and tell! What new toys didya get? :) Last year's thread. 27 votes
ClimateAction.tech -- A global community of tech professionals using our skills, expertise and platforms to support solutions to the climate crisis Article 233 words 1 vote
What's wrong with WhatsApp? As social media has become more inhospitable, the appeal of private online groups has grown. But they hold their own dangers – to those both inside and out social media Article 3677 words 16 votes
LinkedIn iOS app is copying the contents of the clipboard on every keystroke privacy ios social media Tweet 13 votes
Hundreds arrested after European law enforcement agencies monitored over 100 million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by criminals privacy Article 2927 words 20 votes
Woolworths pays the Australian Communications and Media Authority $1 million fine for spam marketing emails Article 637 words 6 votes
Developers leak Geekbench benchmarks from the Apple silicon-Mac Developer Transition Kit, running the 2020 iPad's A12Z Bionic processor apple Article 666 words 8 votes
Spies, lies, and stonewalling: What it’s like to report on Facebook facebook social media Article 3058 words 5 votes
Over 400 advertisers hit pause on Facebook, threatening $70 billion juggernaut facebook social media Article 1604 words 8 votes
Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy facebook social media Article 1251 words 9 votes
Discord launches a new website and announces $100M in new funding as it starts to distance itself from being a gaming-oriented service, moving towards day-to-day communication and "your place to talk" Article 999 words 26 votes
US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals privacy Article 17 votes
Indian government bans fifty-nine Chinese apps for security reasons security Article 348 words 11 votes
YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer, and more for hate speech social media Article 317 words 18 votes
Reddit releases their new content policy along with banning hundreds of subreddits, including /r/The_Donald and /r/ChapoTrapHouse social media Link 85 votes
Bill requires employers to keep implanted microchips voluntary for workers privacy Article 247 words 17 votes
I joined Parler, the right-wing echo chamber’s new favorite alt-Twitter social media Article 1258 words 27 votes
Coca-Cola pauses advertising on all social media platforms globally facebook social media Article 142 words 9 votes
A social network providing a "dividend" to its users based on usage, original content, and referrals social media Video 4:48, published May 26 2020 2 votes
Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire receives far more Facebook engagement per article than any other publisher, largely driven by a network of deceptive and toxic pages that systematically promote it facebook social media Article 1732 words 15 votes
Microsoft to permanently close all of its retail stores, with locations in NYC, London, Sydney, and Redmond being converted to "experience centers" microsoft Article 350 words 10 votes
The Talk Show remote from WWDC 2020, by John Gruber. Featuring Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi and VP of Product & Marketing Greg Joswiak apple Video 1:35:14 4 votes
Anti-Defamation League sends open letter to advertisers, urging them to boycott Facebook due to ads being placed adjacent to hateful content facebook social media Link 16 votes
How the USA’s massive failure to close the digital divide got exposed by the coronavirus internet Article 2708 words, published Jun 22 2020 5 votes
Google starts deleting location history after eighteen months, by default privacy google Article 1211 words 12 votes
Intel insider claims it finally lost Apple because Skylake QA 'was abnormally bad' apple Article 452 words 15 votes