Tag: tech
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X wants to erase the code that lets readers avoid its tracking
After restricting Nitter's technical access, X Corp. sent lawyers after the code. On August 24, the company demanded permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's repository, according to…
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Uber let software cut drivers off from their income
Uber turned access to work into a software output.
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Phone privacy should not be a federal felony
Federal prosecutors are trying to turn a phone's privacy defense into a felony.
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Apple wants 15% of a purchase it did not process
Apple wants a federal judge to let it collect 15% when an iPhone user taps a link, leaves the app, and buys something on the developer's website. Apple does not run that checkout. Its own support…
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Discord cannot call post-harm reports a safety system
When a regulator has to remove a feature before a company can prove that children can use it safely, the company's safety system has already failed.
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Google should not set the limits of your ad blocker
Microsoft Edge has started warning users that the extension format behind the full version of uBlock Origin is on its way out. PCWorld reported this week that Edge is following Chrome toward Manifest…
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YouTube doubled the unpaid audition before creators get paid
YouTube is doubling the audience new creators must reach before it shares a dollar of advertising revenue with them. Beginning February 1, 2027, a channel will need 1,000 subscribers plus either…
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Flock wanted gig workers' cars in its police dragnet
Flock Safety looked at the cars driven by Uber, Lyft, and delivery workers and saw a police camera network waiting to happen.
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Meta put child exploitation ads through review and let them run
Meta says every advertisement is automatically checked before it runs. That claim makes what happened on its platforms worse.
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Britain wants an iCloud key that cannot stay in Britain
Britain has tried twice to turn end-to-end encryption into a promise with an exception clause written in secret.