No free lunches with cryptocurrency; DMV probing Tesla because words matter; Facebook toxic content moderators offered wellness coaches; YouTube Kids problem with autoplay; get ready for in-car ads; Waymo gets confused by construction; WarnerMedia and Discovery merger; Gates McFadden & Sarah Silverman; the Nevers; ProCon; playing with AirTags; NoPhone & NoPhone Air; On This Day In History; the Egg; pinball wizards; DarkSide Ransomware "quits"; buying data; leaky exercise APIs; Venmo is dumb; double-encryption; facial recognition for the people!
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IN THE NEWS
DMV probing whether Tesla violates state regulations with self-driving claims
Crypto exchange Binance faces US money laundering probe
Bitcoin and Dogecoin Are at Elon Musk’s Mercy
Chia: the ‘green’ cryptocurrency bounces on Elon Musk’s Bitcoin U-turn
Facebook moderators facing toxic content told to take up ‘karaoke and painting’, Committee hears
Facebook users bypass misinformation rules with anti-vaccine profile frames
How YouTube Kids keeps kids watching
Waymo had to rescue an autonomous van that was confused by safety cones
MEDIA CANDY
Gates McFadden Investigates: Who do you think you are?
APPS & DOODADS
The NoPhone Original Cell Phone
AT THE LIBRARY
On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell
The Egg and Other Stories by Andy Weir
SECURITY HAH!
DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized
The Pentagon is tracking US citizens without a warrant, Senator says
Echelon exposed riders’ account data, thanks to a leaky API
We Found Joe Biden’s Secret Venmo. Here’s Why That’s A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone.
Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data
Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate
This facial recognition website can turn anyone into a cop — or a stalker
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