Unsorted Stories for the Live News 2021-11-29
Govt
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Google makes pledges on browser cookies to appease UK regulator | Reuters
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China Explores Digital Asset Exchange as Crypto Crackdown Continues
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Huge fines and a ban on default passwords in new UK law - BBC News
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Australian Minister Wins Defamation Case Over Tweet - The New York Times
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UK privacy watchdog warns adtech the end of tracking is nigh – TechCrunch
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AT&T, Verizon to temporarily turn down 5G power to address FAA worries | Light Reading
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Europe must ban Bitcoin mining to hit the 1.5C Paris climate goal, say Swedish regulators | Euronews
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Adam Mosseri, Instagram's Head, Agrees to Testify Before Congress - The New York Times
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US blocks export of quantum computing tech to Chinese organizations - CNET
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Japan to launch bank-deposit-backed digital currency in 2022 - Nikkei Asia
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New China privacy law leaves U.S. behind — and tech companies confused
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Moscow tells 13 mostly U.S. tech firms they must set up in Russia by 2022 | Reuters
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India Has No Plans to Recognize Bitcoin as Currency; RBI Working on CBDC Rollout: Reports
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Italian competition watchdog fines Apple, Amazon $225M - ABC News
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New EU law may force big messaging vendors to open up • The Register
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India police charge Amazon execs in alleged marijuana smuggling case | Reuters
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India police charge Amazon executives in marijuana smuggling case – TechCrunch
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U.S. lawmakers call for privacy legislation after Reuters report on Amazon lobbying | Reuters
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German state planning to switch 25,000 PCs to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog
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EU companies issue formal complaint against Microsoft OneDrive Windows integration | ZDNet
Business
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Nvidia’s DLSS has come to Linux gaming (but not the Steam Deck obviously) - The Verge
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Cryptocurrency miners grapple with major energy crunch in Kazakhstan - The Verge
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Microsoft Edge's latest feature called a 'shameless cash grab' by critics | Windows Central
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Apple’s AR headset coming next year with ‘Mac-level’ power: report - The Verge
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Virtual real estate plot sells for record $2.4 million | Reuters
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Elizabeth Holmes admits doctoring lab reports with pharma company logos
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Tile is selling its Bluetooth tracking business to Life360 for $205 million - The Verge
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Apple just provided the perfect example of why you can’t trust App Store review scores - The Verge
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Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Group - The New York Times
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Rolls-Royce Claims Its All-Electric Plane Is World’s Fastest
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Intel's chip recovery plan could restore US manufacturing prowess - CNET
Social
- Inside the Rise and Fall of Clubhouse, a Poster Child of Pandemic Hype
- Niantic raises $300M at a $9B valuation to build the ‘real-world metaverse’ – TechCrunch
- Adele gets Spotify to take shuffle button off all album pages - BBC News
- https://gizmodo.com/we-re-making-the-facebook-papers-public-here-s-why-and-1848083026
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/21/meta-delays-encrypted-messages-on-facebook-and-instagram-to-2023
- https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/29/22807578/jack-dorsey-rumor-resign-twitter-ceo-square-web3
Security
- https://kotaku.com/roblox-sues-youtuber-for-1-6-million-over-terrorizing-1848118632
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-windows-zero-day-with-public-exploit-lets-you-become-an-admin/
- https://therecord.media/attackers-dont-bother-brute-forcing-long-passwords-microsoft-engineer-says/
- https://www.reuters.com/technology/godaddy-security-breach-exposes-wordpress-users-data-2021-11-22/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/26/google-warns-crypto-miners-are-using-compromised-cloud-accounts-.html
Robot
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/science/microbes-construction-bacteria.html
- https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/fifa-to-test-automatic-offside-technology-next-week-in-preparation-for-qatar-world-cup-302340
- https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/walmart-pulls-children-s-toy-that-swears-and-sings-in-polish-about-doing-cocaine-1.5678364
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/adorable-redesigned-emoji-including-clippy-included-in-latest-windows-11-update/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/science/nasa-dart-launch-asteroid.html
- https://techxplore.com/news/2021-11-electric-autonomous-cargo-ship-norway.html
- https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/19/22791267/alphabet-google-everyday-robot-project-cleaning-office-prototype
Nonsense
- https://sfstandard.com/controversy-rages-as-california-follows-sfs-lead-with-new-approach-to-teaching-math/
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/17/can-i-give-you-a-call-bark-dogphone-lets-pets-ring-their-owners
- https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/lebanese-central-bank-blames-google-fb-currency-plunge
- https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/passenger-claims-woman-breastfed-cat-onboard-flight/news-story/7cdbbde8ab099cf9bcf25913ec6cb338
- https://www.mmorpg.news/2021/11/influencers-sent-to-gulag-for-35-years.html
- https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059236116/canada-taps-into-strategic-reserves-to-deal-with-massive-shortage-of-maple-syrup
- https://london.ctvnews.ca/mayor-defends-keeping-groundhog-weather-guesser-wiarton-willie-s-death-a-secret-1.5681389
- https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/leather-11242021180637.html
- https://triblive.com/local/feds-press-pittsburgh-based-poopsenders-com-to-find-client-harassing-postal-employee/?fbclid=IwAR0GfgVPXevZLl0i5sIebUcTrq0AXcJTQ9VfCEEA9RnW37D34JmB8walw0A
- https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202111/1239767.shtml
- https://www.nbc29.com/2021/11/22/grandma-kicked-out-hotel-after-leaving-bad-review/
- https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/11/19/sex-offender-negative-label/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59368488
- https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12487460&ref=rss
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018820690/wrinkle-the-duck-runs-the-new-york-marathon