Level1News - 2022-04-25

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Govt

  1. Obama says social media is ‘well designed’ to destroy democracies – TechCrunch
  2. Apple Must Compensate Brazilian Customer Over $1,000 for Selling iPhone Without a Charger, Judge Rules - MacRumors
  3. California net neutrality law to remain intact after appeals court says it won’t reconsider earlier decision - The Verge
  4. Russia says nyet, sanctions Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn’s Roslansky, VP Harris and other US leaders – TechCrunch
  5. Google to update cookie consent banner in Europe following fine – TechCrunch
  6. https://techcrunch.comGoogle to update cookie consent banner in Europe following fine | TechCrunch/2022/04/20/eu-common-charger-rules/
  7. Facebook’s fibre optics in Nigerian state put Africa pivot in focus | World news | The Guardian
  8. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/18/us-to-end-anti-satellite-asat-testing-calls-for-global-agreement.html
  9. No 10 suspected of being target of NSO spyware attack, Boris Johnson ‘told’ | Boris Johnson | The Guardian
  10. Departing Air, Space Force official on Pentagon tech • The Register
  11. Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms – TechCrunch
  12. NSO spyware allegations poison Spain's ties with Catalan separatists | The Times of Israel
  13. GitHub suspends accounts of Russian devs at sanctioned companies
  14. US Army using lessons from Ukraine war to aid own training | AP News
  15. https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-04-16/activision-cooperating-with-federal-insider-trading-probes-filing
  16. DC Attorney General asks court to reconsider Amazon antitrust lawsuit | Engadget
  17. Netflix, Hulu argue they aren’t ‘video service providers’ before Ohio Supreme Court in case brought by Maple Heights - cleveland.com
  18. Gov. Whitmer Announces First-in-the-U.S. Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Road System Contract Awarded by MDOT
  19. The new journalism uncovering poisoning and war crimes - CNNPolitics
  20. Europe seals a deal on tighter rules for digital services – TechCrunch
  21. A (relatively easy to understand) primer on elliptic curve cryptography | Ars Technica
  22. Tell the Senate: A Filter Mandate Would Devastate Internet Creators | EFF Action Center

Business

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/21/cnn-plus-streaming-shut-down-warner-bros/
  2. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/21/amazon-ramps-up-fedex-ups-rivalry-by-expanding-prime-to-third-parties.html
  3. Some chip-starved manufacturers are scavenging silicon from washing machines, as global shortage shows no sign of easing | South China Morning Post
  4. Delta confirms it worked with SpaceX to trial Starlink's satellite internet | Engadget
  5. Apple Store workers in Atlanta are forming a union 'because we love this company'
  6. Amazon reportedly paid no income tax on $55 billion in European sales in 2021 | Engadget
  7. Report: HP is working on a 17-inch foldable PC | Ars Technica
  8. Sony reportedly plans to put ads in PlayStation games - The Verge
  9. Netflix stock plummets 37% as CEO says company plans ad-supported tier | Ars Technica
  10. Leaked Game Boy emulators for Switch were made by Nintendo, experts suggest | Ars Technica
  11. Nvidia and AMD GPUs are returning to shelves and prices are finally falling - The Verge
  12. DuckDuckGo searches are suppressing legally-questionable media sites - The Verge
  13. Sega is reportedly working on big-budget reboots of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio - The Verge
  14. Amazon AR/VR product in the works - Protocol
  15. Playdate, Portland company’s video game system, begins shipping after clearing months of production hurdles - oregonlive.com
  16. Android apps on Windows 11 review
  17. Twilio Segment, Salesforce and Treasure Data sell CDPs - Protocol
  18. Honda Orders Big Takedown of Honda-Related 3D Printing Models From Maker Communities
  19. Razer’s first Linux laptop is here, but it’s not for gamers - The Verge
  20. Single mom sues coding boot camp over job placement rates
  21. Trouble for workers who turn cameras off

Social

  1. A YouTuber Purposely Crashed His Plane in California, F.A.A. Says - The New York Times
  2. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/21/musk-to-explore-potential-tender-offer-for-twitter-has-46point5b-in-committed-financing-for-potential-deal.html
  3. YouTube Blocks Hong Kong's Next Leader John Lee - Variety
  4. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/18/apollo-global-management-willing-to-finance-a-twitter-buyout-sources.html
  5. Facebook Papers on Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6
  6. Apple's App Tracking Transparency crackdown estimated to cost Facebook another $13 billion in 2022 - 9to5Mac
  7. Weibo Bars Searches for Opening Line of China's National Anthem
  8. Twitter, Elon Musk Deal Could Be Announced Monday - WSJ

Security

  1. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/if-youre-getting-bombarded-with-facetime-group-calls-youre-not-alone/
  2. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/shameful-insteon-looks-dead-just-like-its-users-smart-homes/
  3. https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/19/23032776/brave-de-amp-google-browser
  4. https://liliputing.com/2022/04/volla-phone-22-runs-ubuntu-touch-or-a-privacy-focused-android-fork-or-both-crowdfunding.html
  5. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/04/bugs-in-100-lenovo-models-fixed-to-prevent-unremovable-infections/
  6. https://whbl.com/2022/04/19/former-ebay-executive-to-plead-guilty-to-cyberstalking-campaign-targeting-couple/
  7. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/04/google-maps-stops-obscuring-russian-military-bases-in-satellite-images/
  8. https://www.zdnet.com/article/beanstalk-defi-project-robbed-of-182-million-in-flash-loan-attack/
  9. https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/emotion-ai-school-intel-edutech
  10. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/virginia-police-routinely-use-secret-gps-pings-to-track-people-s-cell-phones/article_e9c5e028-bbd4-11ec-8934-ab3eea0e9aa5.html
  11. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-is-scanning-faces-of-dead-russians-then-contacting-the-mothers/ar-AAWfxx8
  12. https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/14/muting_ciscos_webex_app_doesnt/
  13. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61008730
  14. https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/23/23038870/apple-app-store-widely-remove-outdated-apps-developers

Robot

  1. https://www.space.com/hologram-doctor-space-station-nasa-astronauts
  2. https://spectrum.ieee.org/rocket-booster-rocket-lab
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/18/scientists-hope-to-broadcast-dna-and-earths-location-for-curious-aliens
  4. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/nasa-to-roll-back-its-mega-rocket-after-failing-to-complete-countdown-test/
  5. https://petapixel.com/2022/04/11/ukraine-opens-russian-drone-finds-canon-dslr-inside/
  6. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-interstellar-meteor-to-hit-earth-solar-system-space-command/

Nonsense

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/19/saline-solution-japan-invents-electric-chopsticks-that-make-food-seem-more-salty

  2. https://www.livescience.com/transitioning-red-quasar

  3. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/us/banned-book-clubs-cec/index.html

  4. https://www.voanews.com/a/photos-indicate-russian-looting-of-radioactive-materials-from-ukraine-s-chernoby/6526620.html

  5. https://archive.ph/0Hkr9

  6. https://frontlineszambia.com/archives/7790

  7. https://kslnewsradio.com/1967588/westminster-college-gathering-social-media-attention-for-offering-pornography-class/

  8. http://entm.ag/wtjL3w

  9. https://wdwnt.com/2022/04/resellers-at-tokyo-disney-resort-allegedly-use-fake-babies-to-evade-shopping-limits/

  10. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6323347

  11. https://www.nme.com/news/music/scientists-name-new-species-of-millipede-after-taylor-swift-3207162

  12. https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/diversity-campaigners-accuse-black-dj-of-wearing-blackface/

  13. https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkp9wg/leaked-shill-price-list-shows-wild-world-of-crypto-promos

  14. https://canoe.com/news/world/some-fish-cause-earths-oceans-to-move-during-sex-study/wcm/8a4546a6-3989-48c7-a9b3-88e1aa52f2f6

  15. https://newschannel9.com/news/local/soddy-daisy-woman-at-center-of-deputy-baptism-lawsuit-found-dead-in-home-wednesday

  16. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/bear-famous-for-italian-bakery-break-in-reappears-after-attempt-to-rewild-him

  17. https://www.foodandwine.com/news/bakery-break-in-bear-returns-italian-town

  18. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article260445977.html

  19. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/windows-soul-pupils-reveal-aphantasia-absence-visual-imagination

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Update: Twitter actually agreed sellout to Musk.

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Man, I’m glad I don’t do “social” media :face_vomiting: