Twitter suspends accounts of prominent tech journalists who report on Elon Musk
Journalists critical of Musk have been suspended.
On Dec 15, 2022 by David Covucci
13-year-olds can be pushed videos about suicide within minutes of joining TikTok
The app served a ‘standard’ teen account a video about body image every 39 seconds.
On Dec 15, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
Hacker releases email addresses, personal data from over 75,000 Uber employees
The data appeared over the weekend on a notorious hacking forum.
On Dec 13, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Uber sues to block big new rate increase for drivers—and drivers are furious
The company sued to block the hikes, saying paying drivers more would cost them millions.
On Dec 13, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
Investors are selling off Google and Microsoft stock—and experts think it’s because of ChatGPT
Could ChatGPT be the beginning of the end of big tech dominance?
On Dec 12, 2022 by Chris Stokel-Walker
Amazon announces new holiday driver tip pool that’s just .0005% of its net worth
The company will give $5 to drivers who receive ‘thank yous’ from customers through the Alexa app.
On Dec 8, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
‘They are deleting our images’: Chinese protesters detail digital censorship, VPN struggles as fight over COVID lockdowns grows
A number of protesters spoke to the Daily Dot about their fight against the state.
On Dec 2, 2022 by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Elon Musk’s Neuralink had to euthanize monkeys after they got his brain chip—now he says it’s ready for humans
‘The test monkeys died horrible deaths… so of course it’s ready for human trials.’
On Dec 1, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Twitter alternative Hive forced to shut down over security vulnerabilities
The app was leaking private messages, posts, images, phone numbers, emails, and birthdates.
New ‘link tax’ bill in Canada could force social media companies to pay for news shared on their sites
The Online News Act seeks to tax social media companies when users post links to news articles
On Nov 30, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
Hacked Twitter data includes phone numbers, personal emails for celebrities, prominent politicians
Private information such as email addresses and phone numbers are present in the leak.
On Nov 29, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
As donations dry up and winter looms, Airbnb owners in Ukraine struggle to stay afloat
Bookings are still scant.
On Nov 21, 2022 by Anna Conkling
Musk fanboys fall for fake Twitter engineer who claims everyone hates new CEO
‘I heard that the really invaluable engineers can even get away with peeing in Elon’s coffee.’
On Nov 17, 2022 by Jacob Seitz
‘This was literally my dream job’: Meta employee says she was fired via company-wide email
Meta laid off more than 11,000 employees earlier this week.
On Nov 11, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
Scammer behind 40% of all student loan debt robocalls identified, shut down
Upwards of 40% of such scam calls made last month came from a single source.
On Nov 10, 2022 by Mikael Thalen
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