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YouTube rolls out HDR for livestreams
More vibrant video is coming to YouTube's live content.
By Matt Binder
Activists demand Google open up about user data shared with police
Fifty-nine civil rights, labor, and civil society organizations sent an open letter to Google demanding more transparency when it comes to sharing user data with law enforcement.
By Jack Morse
SpaceX's Starlink receives $886 million from FCC to improve rural internet
The FCC awarded the money to fund high-speed internet projects in underserved areas across 35 states.
By Michael Kan
California launches COVID contact tracing app for iPhone and Android
The more people who download CA Notify, the more helpful it can be
By Rachel Kraus
Photos of an extremely cool-looking Macintosh Classic prototype surface online
It's wild to look at this and think on how many it would take to rival even a first-generation iPhone.
Google fired a prominent AI ethicist, and her former colleagues are up in arms
Google claims Dr. Timnit Gebru resigned. The doctor, and scores of her now-former colleagues, disagree.
By Jack Morse
HP's 'free ink for life' plan is over because home printers are a scam
Free ink for life does apparently not mean free ink for life.
By Rachel Kraus
Apple redesigns Accessibility hub, launches videos on new features
Apple has given its Accessibility hub a thorough makeover.
Facebook will now finally ban COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Better late than never — or too little, too late?
By Matt Binder
Google Maps will let Android users submit Street View photos from their phones
Google's new beta feature will allow Android users to submit their own photos of places not represented by Street View. It's only available in a few places to start, though.
By Alex Perry
Google Authenticator for iOS gets its most important update yet
Transferring your accounts to a new iPhone is now *much* easier.
TikTok is reportedly testing longer videos
Would you watch a three-minute TikTok video?
By Matt Binder
Amazon announces new employee tracking tech, and customers are lining up
This does not bode well for workers, or for retail customers.
By Jack Morse
Microsoft waters down 'productivity score' surveillance tool after backlash
The tool, announced in late October, gave bosses a detailed look at individual workers' actions.
By Jack Morse
Facebook’s Oversight Board takes on one U.S. case
Did this Facebook user post a Goebbels quote to warn about Trump?
By Matt Binder
A fashion designer made a dress powered by your brain — Future Blink
Now that's some fashion of the future.
By Lacey Smith
Photos of workers and activists protesting Amazon on Black Friday
Protests raged from the U.S. to Bangladesh.
By Anna Iovine
YouTube suspends, demonetizes Trump’s favorite TV news network over COVID-19 misinformation
One America News Network was hit with a strike by YouTube for coronavirus misinfo.
By Matt Binder
The Wander app is a nostalgic Wayback Machine for VR
Holiday travel isn't advisable this year, but there are different rules in VR.
By Alex Perry
GoDaddy employees accidentally helped hackers mess with cryptocurrency sites
Phishing isn't exclusive to shady emails.
By Alex Perry
Thanks to a bug, Twitter Fleets didn't actually expire after 24 hours
Fleets don't always work correctly, but Twitter is aware of the issue.
By Alex Perry
Free Zoom alternative: Microsoft Teams lets 300 users video chat for 24 hours
For people with really, really big families.
By Alex Perry
Facebook labeled 180 million posts as 'false' since March. Election misinformation spread anyway.
That number doesn't tell the entire story.
By Rachel Kraus
