After helping decimate department stores, Amazon plans to open its own
With smaller, curated stores, company takes a page from Trader Joe’s.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
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.
T-Mobile apparently lied to government to get Sprint merger approval, ruling says
T-Mobile ordered to prove it didn't lie to Calif. agency about network-shutdown plan.
US investigates Autopilot after 11 Teslas crashed into emergency vehicles
Regulator worried Autopilot can't spot parked vehicles or keep driver engaged.
A simple software fix could limit location data sharing
With Pretty Good Phone Privacy, carriers wouldn't always know where you are.
Students’ plea to block Indiana U. vaccine mandate rejected by Justice Barrett
College vaccine rule survives first SCOTUS test of a COVID vaccine mandate.
Apple defends iPhone photo scanning, calls it an “advancement” in privacy
Discussing child-abuse detection, Federighi said Apple is still "leading on privacy."
Hacker is returning $600M in crypto, claiming theft was just “for fun”
Hacker was holding onto the stolen funds to "keep it safe."
Apple and Google seem spooked by bill requiring more app stores and sideloading
Bill would make iOS and Android more open to 3rd-party stores and sideloaded apps.
Microsoft says NSA needs to undo its $10B cloud computing contract with Amazon
Disputed award includes provisions for cloud computing, hardware-as-a-service.
Facebook may be forced to sell Giphy one year after buying it
Watchdog provisionally finds competition concerns after probe into acquisition.
