Cindy Harper
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Yahoo wants to settle its 3 billion account breach with a $118M payout
This is not the first time a data breach lawsuit is facing Yahoo.
You were right to think Amazon staff can listen to your Alexa conversations
The recordings they listen to include customer’s first name, their device’s serial number, account number, and other personal information.
Screening Surveillance have unveiled three short films, showing the dark side of surveillance
The short films tackle independent everyday issues that affect a lot of people around the world.
Lush cosmetics quits social media, says they’re “tired of fighting with algorithms”
The company believes that this decision would allow them to communicate better with its customers and make both sides properly heard.
AI expert slams Google for caving to the mob
She berated Google for failing to communicate its decision to pull the plug before axing the board.
Netflix cancels support for Apple’s AirPlay feature, with some suggesting it’s a tactical move in the upcoming streaming war
Apple fans are somewhat suspicious that Netflix has decided to end support for AirPlay a couple of weeks after Apple announced their own competing TV streaming service Apple TV Plus.
Linus Torvalds slams social media, calls Facebook and Instagram a “disease”
He stated that social media is all geared to the reverse of quality control… and to generate an emotional response, often one of moral outrage.
Brave Software has filed a GDPR complaint against adtech giant IAB Europe
IAB Europe said it was a claim was a PR campaign against the digital advertising industry.
91-year-old man in Sweden convicted of “hate speech” for his Facebook post
91-year-old man in Sweden convicted of “hate speech” for his Facebook post.
Paris’s High Court has ordered French ISPs to block access to the pirate libraries LibGen and Sci-Hub
Tribunal de Grande Instance asked several of the largest French ISPs; Orange, SFR, Free, and Bouygues Telecom to wholly block access to Sci-Hub and LibGen within a year.
Fox 17 in Nashville posts a fake news tweet that suggests Infowars host Alex Jones may have been involved in a high-speed chase and standoff with police
At the time of writing, the tweet has been left up for over 17 hours and has yet to be removed.
Twitter temporarily suspended the account of pro-life movie “Unplanned” during its opening weekend
Twitter is constantly being accused of being biased against conservatives