Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law
For those of you who haven't been following, the law doesn't *ban* TikTok—instead, it'll prohibit “app stores” and the like from offering it or servicing it after 01/19 *if* (and only if) there isn't ...
OpenAI and DeepMind executives, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others sign a statement saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority”
and says computer scientists need ethics training Brian Fung / CNN : AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of ‘extinction’ risk Alka Jain / Livemint : Industry leaders warn ‘AI poses risk...
A Washington court rules Meta repeatedly violated the state's campaign finance transparency law for political ads and must pay yet-to-be-determined penalties
and rejected Facebook's cynical attempt to strike down our campaign finance law. https://twitter.com/... Melissa Ryan / @melissaryan : What a surprise. https://www.seattletimes.com/ ... Robert Cruicks...
Report: the official COVID-19 contact tracing app for North Dakota is sharing location data with Foursquare and an advertising ID with Google
seems that the creators weren't trying to share the data, but the use of 3rd party components led to data leaking. Sounds like a job for... #SBOM and SW component transaprency! https://www.washingtonp...
Whole Foods' first day as an Amazon subsidiary: several items' prices drop, Echo put on sale
Amazon Makes Overdue Price Cuts at Whole Foods Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : Amazon's Cheap Avocados Are Crushing the Grocery Industry Recode : Recode Daily: Harvey isn't done with Texas, Amazon makes i...
How proposed FAA drone rules will affect safety, security, privacy, and innovation
Ryan Calo / Forbes :