Ello, Goodbye; Layoffs at eBay, Alphabet, Microsoft & TikTok; more doomed crypto firms; sneaking porn onto Wikimedia & Instagram; France fines Amazon over employee tracking accuracy; facial recognition leads to wrongful jailing; Meta Oversight Board remains useless; cool medical science; EVs need new tires shockingly often; Lift; Death and other Details; the Brothers Sun; Ultraviolet; Jon Stewart back to the Daily Show; more Apple+ sci-fi; Masters of the Air flies; Netflix kills lower ad-free plan; Screens 6; Paste; Tesla working on compact crossover; Apple car still coming; the Artifact; Slow Productivity; office poop etiquette; Eufy security cameras; Amazing Ring does something good; Apple stolen device protection.
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IN THE NEWS
eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce
Alphabet is cutting dozens of jobs at its X moonshot lab
Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox Staff One Day After $3 Trillion Valuation
TikTok is reportedly laying off workers to cut costs
Doomed crypto firm Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy in the US
How to Upload Porn to Instagram
France fines Amazon $35 million over ‘intrusive’ employee surveillance
Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit
Meta’s Oversight Board raises concerns over automated moderation of hate speech
6 Deaf Children Can Now Hear After a Single Injection
Florida EV Buyers Shocked To Learn Their Cars Eat Tires
MEDIA CANDY
Jon Stewart Returns to ‘The Daily Show’ as Host
Apple just dropped a mysterious trailer for its latest sci-fi series Constellation
Netflix, hungry for more growth, signals more price hikes
APPS & DOODADS
Tesla is reportedly building a compact crossover codenamed 'Redwood'
The Apple car apparently still exists, could debut in 2028 with reduced autonomy
AT THE LIBRARY
The Artifact (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras
Amazon’s Ring App Will No Longer Make It Easy for Cops to Get Video Footage
Apple releases iOS 17.3 with new Stolen Device Protection for your iPhone
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
Porn Star Jesse Jane Dead at 43 After Apparent Overdose with Boyfriend
Playboy, Maxim Model Masuimi Max Dead at 45
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