Google plans to remove the Movies & TV section from the Play Store in May 2022, and directs users to buy, rent, or watch movies and shows from the Google TV app
what you need to know Josiah Motley / KnowTechie : Google is removing movies and TV shows from Google Play Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat : Consumers spent $22B on mobile games in Q1 2...
Alphabet Workers Union complains that contract workers receive COVID-19 testing that is inferior to the $949 Cue Health devices given to full-time WFH employees
- Full-time employees at home get instant results from Cue — Contractors in office are offered cheaper mail-in tests
Analysis: mining bitcoin uses 91 TW/h of electricity annually, ~0.5% of all electricity consumed globally or 7x Google's total usage, and grew 10x in five years
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In an internal memo, John Matze says he has been terminated as Parler's CEO by its board of directors
“The future of Parler is no longer in my hands,” Matze wrote — EXCLUSIVE - Parler has terminated CEO John Matze, according to a memo Matze sent to staffers that has been obtained...
Facebook will now ban posts that deny or distort the Holocaust; Zuckerberg says his “thinking has evolved” as data shows an increase in anti-Semitic violence
including strongmen and their most avid followers. https://nyer.cm/bbhby6Q @newyorker : .@andrewmarantz reports on Facebook's inability or unwillingness to stamp out the hate speec...
Facebook says its new policy that bans the denial or distortion of the Holocaust does not apply to other genocides, such as the Armenian or Rwandan genocides
Facebook Inc. will ban posts that deny the Holocaust in a reversal of a long-held and controversial policy.
A bipartisan amendment to FISA to prohibit warrantless surveillance of Americans' online browsing and search histories failed in the Senate by one vote, 59-37
Congressional privacy hawks scored a critical victory on Wednesday that deepens the uncertainty about the fate of expired federal surveillance powers.
Sources: the Trump campaign has bought exclusive nationwide masthead ads on YouTube for days leading up to and on election day; ads may cost up to $1M+ a day
In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump.
Ajit Pai says FCC has concluded “that one or more wireless carriers apparently violated federal law” by selling user location data and will consider fines
More than a year after a Motherboard investigation revealed that wireless carriers were collecting and selling user location data …
Ajit Pai says FCC has concluded “that one or more wireless carriers apparently violated federal law” by selling user location data and will consider fines
More than a year after a Motherboard investigation revealed that wireless carriers were collecting and selling user location data …
Google is backtracking on desktop search redesign which made it hard to distinguish ads from organic results, will experiment with favicon placements
The company says it will experiment with favicon placement — Google is backtracking on a controversial search engine redesign …
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 et...
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
The latest desktop update blurs the lines — Last week, Google began rolling out a new look for its search results on desktop …