November 27th, 2020 | General | No Comments Yet
Facebook Tries to Ban Privacy Browser
This week in Privacy News, Amazon Echo Buds can track our run, Apple continues its plan to limit ad tracking. Also, the world gets more dystopian as the military buys user location data and Xi Jinping wants a global tracking system. Finally, Facebook tries to ban a mobile privacy web browser. In security news, Edge gets a suite of malicious plugins and spotify battles a database of leaked passwords.
Comcast Grabs at More Cash
This week in Business News, AWS brings down the Internet, a scalper company buys out most PS5 units, and Apple fights a labor bill. Also, KFC gets a 5G self-driving delivery truck, and Comcast grabs at more of our cash. In SillyVille, a DMCA takes down all Twitch Channel’s videos, and emojis gets a cockroach. Finally, all out war occurs over the PS5 release.
Privacy
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/23/21593991/amazon-alexa-echo-buds-workouts-fitness-tracking-wireless-headphones
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/apple-moving-forward-with-plan-to-limit-creepy-user-tracking/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/11/ai-can-run-your-work-meetings-now/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-data-xmode-locate-x
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-president-xi-jinping-pushes-for-global-tracking-system-using-qr-codes
https://fossbytes.com/facebook-trying-ban-browser-for-offering-privacy/
Security
https://www.techspot.com/news/87700-edge-gets-own-slew-malicious-add-ons-under.html
https://www.engadget.com/spotify-rolling-reset-data-leak-151711849.html
Business
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/25/21719396/amazon-web-services-aws-outage-down-internet
https://www.techspot.com/news/87756-scalper-company-secured-almost-3500-ps5-consoles-resale.html
https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/23/anti-forced-labour-bill-apple/
https://torrentfreak.com/the-us-piracy-watchlist-is-a-marketing-campaign-for-pirate-sites-201123/
https://www.soyacincau.com/2020/11/18/kfc-autonomous-5g-restaurant-on-wheels-china/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/11/comcast-raising-tv-and-internet-prices-including-a-big-hike-to-hidden-fees/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/11/comcasts-data-cap-finally-goes-nationwide-in-expansion-to-12-more-states/
Silly
https://conservativepost.com/hong-kong-bakery-decorates-cake-with-joe-biden-sniffing-anime-girl/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/24/21591488/projekt-melody-twitch-ban-copyright-strike-digitrevx-vtuber
https://www.theverge.com/21719196/cockroach-emoji-unicode-consortium-proposal-nuclear-winter
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-worlds-biggest-latex-glove-maker-warns-prices-may-rise-after-thousands-of-factory-workers-get-coronavirus-12142048
https://www.cbr.com/fedex-driver-trolls-customers-xbox-delivery-with-playstation-is-better-note/
https://www.techspot.com/news/87691-amazon-customers-report-having-their-ps5-deliveries-stolen.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2020/11/21/ps5-fury-as-amazon-customers-are-sent-cat-food-instead-of-consoles/
https://globalnews.ca/news/7466949/safety-alert-gaming-console-robberies-toronto-police/