Zoom Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Zoombombing’
The videoconferencing company said it would pay $85 million to settle the suit, which claimed that it violated users’ privacy, in part by allowing...
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To Fight Vaccine Lies, Authorities Recruit an ‘Influencer Army’
The White House has teamed up with TikTok stars, while some states are paying “local micro influencers” for pro-vaccine campaigns.Read More
How Local Media Spreads Misinformation From Vaccine Skeptics
Facebook and other social media have been under scrutiny for vaccine misinformation, but local outlets have also sometimes been active.Read More
‘X’ Marks the Spot: Officials Map a Route Out of the Pandemic
Governments and organizations around the world are using geospatial data and digital mapping tools to guide their vaccination campaigns.Read More
Can Paramount+ Succeed? One Producer Hopes to Make It So.
“He’s our future,” one CBS Studios executive said of Alex Kurtzman, who has a lucrative contract to expand the “Star Trek” universe — and...
Banned Chinese Facial Recognition Technology Was Used to Search for Minneapolis Protesters
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One night in the Twin Cities, shortly after the killing of George Floyd, someone set a fire in a Goodwill. That led to an...
Can Fake Accounts Save the Internet?
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Reconsidering pseudonymity and what it means to “be yourself” online.Read More
Rover promises a network of ‘trusted sitters and dog walkers.’ That wasn’t enough to save these pets
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Rover promises a network of ‘trusted sitters and dog walkers.’ That wasn’t enough to save these pets
Like many new pandemic pet owners, Nia Morgan knew her puppy, Zorro, had grown very attached to her due to all the time she...
As if Elon Musk isn’t running enough companies, he once may have suggested taking over as CEO of America’s most valuable business, Apple.
Amazon faces a record-breaking €746 million (roughly $887 million) fine after a European Union data privacy regulator said the e-commerce giant had violated the...