Category Archives: Tech News

Former Nintendo female contract testers in the US describe years of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and a lack of advancement opportunities for women (Sisi Jiang/Kotaku)

Sisi Jiang / Kotaku: Former Nintendo female contract testers in the US describe years of [...]

17
Aug
After four high-profile Twitch streamers were "swatted" in a week, Twitch says it is working to mitigate swatting but notes issues around sharing personal data (Nathan Grayson/Washington Post)

Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: After four high-profile Twitch streamers were “swatted” in a week, [...]

16
Aug
Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead pointing them towards non-medical crisis pregnancy centers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead [...]

15
Aug
Source: China has blocked Tencent-backed health platform DXY from posting on Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin amid its criticism of China's efforts to fight COVID-19 (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: Source: China has blocked Tencent-backed health platform DXY from posting [...]

14
Aug
Amazon's new reality show Ring Nation featuring footage from its Ring home security cameras is the company's latest effort to normalize its surveillance network (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: Amazon’s new reality show Ring Nation featuring footage from its [...]

13
Aug
Dutch authorities arrest a suspected Tornado Cash developer in Amsterdam, two days after the US sanctioned the crypto mixing service (Andrew Rummer/The Block)

Andrew Rummer / The Block: Dutch authorities arrest a suspected Tornado Cash developer in Amsterdam, [...]

12
Aug
Google says Search will use its AI model Multitask Unified Model to find consensus among results for info snippets and expands its "About this result" tool (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Google says Search will use its AI model Multitask Unified Model [...]

11
Aug
Vancouver-based Hootsuite plans to lay off 30% of its workforce, an estimated 400 people; PitchBook says the social media marketing company has raised $300M+ (Harri Weber/TechCrunch)

Harri Weber / TechCrunch: Vancouver-based Hootsuite plans to lay off 30% of its workforce, an [...]

10
Aug
Russia has been rerouting internet traffic in occupied Ukrainian territories through domestic networks since June, blocking uncensored information and services (New York Times)

New York Times: Russia has been rerouting internet traffic in occupied Ukrainian territories through domestic [...]

09
Aug
A look at potential Ethereum forks, led by some miners, after the shift to a proof-of-stake model, called the Merge, expected as early as September (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: A look at potential Ethereum forks, led by some miners, after [...]

08
Aug