Google's new look for desktop search results blurs the lines between ads and search results, leading many critics to identify it as a dark pattern
is it a problem? [Poll] Deanna Ting / Digiday : Google's latest search results change further blurs what's an ad Doug Turnbull / OpenSource Connections : Opening up search is an ethical imperative Nat...
Leaked FTI Consulting report: investigators found a suspicious encrypted file on Jeff Bezos' iPhone, causing data transfers to jump by ~29,000%, but no malware
In February of 2019, intelligence information warning … Amy Thomson / Bloomberg : Facebook Says Bezos Hack Highlights Smartphone Vulnerabilities Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Irony, Outrage, Spe...
YouTube bans videos that “maliciously insult” people based on their race, gender, or sex, and will remove some of Steven Crowder's videos targeting Carlos Maza
stuff that targets entire groups. Ben Shapiro smearing Muslims as terrorists. Lauren Southern railing against “mass migration.” This is hate speech with a smile. Carlos Maza / @gaywonk : 2. YouTube ma...
Google Stadia review: works well and has a clearer picture than early rivals but 4K games do not look 4K, tons of features are missing, and it feels like a beta
its botched launch does the opposite Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net : Stadia tech review: the best game streaming yet, but far from ready Brian X. Chen / New York Times : Google Stadia Wants You t...
Toronto-based password manager 1Password raises $200M Series A led by Accel, its first external round of funding in its 14-year history
CEO of 1Password. Why?! Growth at all costs is a San Francisco ideology. We should replace it with humane ideology: bind scale to responsibility. The societal cost of all-costs growth is everything. h...
After the deaths of five people at a “party house”, Airbnb unveils new safety policies: verifying 100% of listings, a 24/7 “neighbor hotline”, and more
Earlier today, Airbnb Co-Founder … Maxwell Strachan / VICE : Airbnb Promises to Verify All 7 Million Listings After VICE Report Exposes Scam New York Times : DealBook Conference Live Updates: Airbnb P...
Court docs: Facebook execs discussed a plan in 2012 to cut off access to user data for developers seen as future rivals while pushing a user privacy narrative
to no avail Sebastian Klovig Skelton / ComputerWeekly.com : Lawmakers study leaked Facebook documents made public today Adrian Potoroaca / TechSpot : Court filings show Facebook leveraged its data pol...
Facebook debuts logo with text that has context-dependent coloring, says it's to further distinguish the company from the Facebook app, which keeps its branding
Facebook is worried people might … Marie C. Baca / Washington Post : Move fast and capitalize things: Facebook unveils new logo Tom McKay / Gizmodo : FACEBOOK IS DOING JUST FINE, OK? Matt Southern / S...
The debate over Facebook's political ads policy has been too US-centric and the company hasn't explained how that policy will work in other countries
When Facebook wrote to Joe Biden's campaign to say it would not back down from its decision to exempt politicians from its ban … Tweets: @juliacarriew , @juliacarriew , @juliacarriew , @lmanwaring , @...