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  • TikTok selects new CEO

    Following an interim period with Vanessa Pappas of Los Angeles heading the social media video site TikTok, the company has now chosen an official CEO. Shouzi Chew, the chief financial officer of TikTok’s Chinese parent, will be taking over. The Associated Press has the story: Chief financial officer of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent, taking over the…

  • Steep increase in glaciers melting worldwide

    Data from satellites indicate that there has been a steep increase in melting of the world’s glaciers, up from earlier this century. Half of the loss is coming from the U.S. and Canada, especially Alaska. The Associated Press has the story: Glaciers worldwide melting faster than from 2000 to 2004 Glaciers are melting faster, losing…

  • Apple blocks Facebook ad tracking on iPhone

    As promised months ago, Apple is rolling out an anti-tracking shield with its latest iPhone software update to block Facebook from secretly shadowing people in order to send ads their way. The “App Tracking Transparency” will require users to opt in to any existing or future ad tracking. The Associated Press has the story: Apple…

  • Facebook stops hackers connected to Palestinian President

    Weeks ahead of parliamentary elections, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah party have been dealt a blow, as Facebook stops a hacker network associated with him. Human Rights Watch immediately denounced the hacking, which targeted dissenters try tricking them into installing malware. The Associated Press has the story: Hacker network used by Palestinian intelligence…

  • Apple has reached an agreement with Parler

    AP- Apple said it has reached an agreement with the right-wing social app Parler that could lead to its reinstatement in the company’s app store. Apple kicked out Parler in January over ties to the deadly Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol. In a letter to two Republican lawmakers in Congress, Apple said it…

  • Another fatal crash involving Tesla car on autopilot

    The fatalities are piling up with Tesla’s fully self-driving cars. Authorities are now investigating the latest crash, which killed two men in Texas. The Associated Press has the story: NHTSA and NTSB investigating latest fatal crash of self-driving Tesla DETROIT (AP) — Two federal agencies are sending teams to investigate the fatal crash of a…

  • Parler accused by Amazon of hiding ownership

    After Amazon kicked the conservative social media site Parler off its cloud-computing services, Parler accused the company of bias against conservatives and sued. Now, Parler is attempting to keep the lawsuit away from a Seattle-based federal district court judge who previously ruled against it by claiming there is no jurisdiction, but Amazon says the company…

  • Study says Facebook skews job ads by gender

    According to a new study from the University of Southern California, Facebook is more likely to show certain types of jobs to women and other types of job ads to men. This may run afoul of anti-discrimination laws. The Associated Press has the story: USC study reveals that Facebook shows certain job ads to women,…

  • Lawmakers disgusted by YouTube Kids

    The U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy is looking into Google’s operation of YouTube Kids, which representatives claim pays scant attention to content and does sneaky things with advertising. The Associated Press has the story: House subcommittee calls YouTube Kids “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content” A House subcommittee is…

  • Electric vehicle charger subsidies are bad energy policy

    Both the so-called CLEAN Future Act and the Biden-Harris Administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure package, if enacted, will impose upon America substantially more expensive and less reliable energy, and it will reduce job growth and economic expansion. This will be particularly harmful to the working poor who can least afford these burdens.  We all want a…