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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Florida man catches COVID, delaying $6M Arizona vote “audit”
Officials are unsure if the partisan exercise will produce a full report.
President Biden to host infosec roundtable with tech giant CEOs
2021 is a great year for the red teams of the world—blue teams, not so much.
Intel Foundry Services gets a boost from $100M Pentagon award for US-made chips
Currently, no onshore foundry can meet the Pentagon's needs.
Homegrown app helping Kabul residents steer clear of danger
Ehtesab tracks turbulence on the ground and sends users alerts on which areas to avoid.
Hydrogen lobbyist quits, slams oil companies’ “false claims” about blue hydrogen
Recent studies have questioned blue hydrogen’s low-carbon bona fides.
OnlyFans bans sexually explicit content to appease banks and payment services
Upcoming ban harms sex workers who helped OnlyFans become a big moneymaker.
FTC: Facebook was bad at business, so it “illegally bought or buried” competition
FTC chair Lina Khan cast deciding vote in decision to refile.
Apple photo-scanning plan faces global backlash from 90 rights groups
Groups say iPhone-scanning could harm some children and be used for surveillance.
After helping decimate department stores, Amazon plans to open its own
With smaller, curated stores, company takes a page from Trader Joe’s.
Sacklers say they won’t pay $4.5B settlement if judge rejects immunity deal
Deal lets family "walk away as billionaires with a legal shield for life," one AG said.
Facebook reveals top posts but still won’t share key data about disinformation
Report does little to shed light on hyperpartisan content or disinformation.
Pharmacist arrested for selling CDC COVID vaccine cards to unvaccinated, feds say
Indictment: Pharmacist sold 125 authentic vaccine cards to 11 buyers, made $1,277.
iPhone keyboard for blind to shut down as maker cites Apple “abuse” of developers
Apple falsely claimed that FlickType broke "full access" rule, developer says.
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul
It's meant to act as an emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting.
