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Hundreds of white-collar Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job, frustrated by job losses, a return-to-office mandate, carbon emissions, and leadership (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)
Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post: Hundreds of white-collar Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job, frustrated by job losses,…
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Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting users download "Slavery Simulator" game on Google Play for about a month before taking it down (María Luisa Paúl/Washington Post)
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post: Brazilian lawmakers file a complaint against Google for letting users download “Slavery Simulator” game…
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Twitter launches API Pro, a $5,000/month tier offering access to full archive search endpoints and the ability to fetch 1M tweets and post 300K tweets monthly (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Twitter launches API Pro, a $5,000/month tier offering access to full archive search endpoints and the…
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A survey of 70 cybersecurity experts: 64% favored reauthorization of FISA's Section 702, set to expire at the end of 2023, with some kind of change (Washington Post)
Washington Post: A survey of 70 cybersecurity experts: 64% favored reauthorization of FISA’s Section 702, set to expire at the…
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Ovulation tracking app Premom agrees to pay $200K to settle with the FTC and state AGs for allegedly sharing user information with third parties without consent (Tatum Hunter/Washington Post)
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: Ovulation tracking app Premom agrees to pay $200K to settle with the FTC and state…
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The Post Office Is Spying on the Mail. Senators Want to Stop It
Each year, at the request of police and intelligence agents across the country, the United States Postal Service conducts surveillance…
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Uber plans to let minors aged 13 to 17 ride solo for the first time in select US and Canadian cities starting on May 22, requiring a special family account (Heather Kelly/Washington Post)
Heather Kelly / Washington Post: Uber plans to let minors aged 13 to 17 ride solo for the first time…
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An investigation finds some US public housing agencies use surveillance cameras with facial recognition and AI to evict residents, sometimes for minor breaches (Douglas MacMillan/Washington Post)
Douglas MacMillan / Washington Post: An investigation finds some US public housing agencies use surveillance cameras with facial recognition and…
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The US announces charges, sanctions, and a $10M reward for info leading to the arrest of Russian national Mikhail Matveev, a Babuk ransomware gang operative (Spencer S. Hsu/Washington Post)
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: The US announces charges, sanctions, and a $10M reward for info leading to the…
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A jailed Saudi dissident's sister sues Twitter under the RICO Act, arguing its negligence let staff reveal his identity and thousands of others' to Saudi agents (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)
Joseph Menn / Washington Post: A jailed Saudi dissident’s sister sues Twitter under the RICO Act, arguing its negligence let…
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