November 6th, 2020 | General | No Comments Yet
Google’s New VPN
This week in Privacy News, we see some privacy laws passed in the election and Whatsapp claims they will delete messages after a week with a new setting. Also, Walmart and Comcast team up while Google releases a new VPN.
Microsoft Kills Control Panel
This week in Business News, a few business tech measures pass the election, Apple launches new subscription service, and Gamestop has a strange competition. Also, Microsoft deals a death-blow to the control panel in new Windows 10 update.
The Oreo Vault
This week in SillyVille, the Biden campaign creates a fortnight map, soccer teaches us the problems with AI, and Gnome Chomski really goes to space. Also, Baby Shark leads the YouTube View count, NetFlix issues takedown claims on its own content, and Oreos will survive the coming apocalypse.
Privacy
https://reclaimthenet.org/michigan-votes-to-require-warrants-for-police-to-seize-and-search-digital-devices/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/4/21536892/portland-maine-facial-recognition-ban-passed-surveillance
https://www.wlbt.com/2020/10/30/want-help-city-fight-crime-youll-soon-have-new-way-help/
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/05/whatsapp-now-lets-you-post-disappearing-messages-which-go-away-after-7-days/
https://www.techspot.com/news/87451-walmart-comcast-talks-develop-distribute-smart-tvs.html
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/29/21541032/google-one-vpn-cloud-storage-subscription
Smart
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/3/21547306/walmart-shelf-scanning-robots-automation-bossa-nova-robotics-contract-ended
https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-shelves-plan-to-have-robots-scan-shelves-11604345341?st=8ibb9pvqtng6zrt&reflink=article_gmail_share
https://www.techspot.com/news/87443-lg-rolls-out-battery-powered-wearable-air-purifier.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/87432-smart-devices-could-use-ai-tell-where-voice.html
Business
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/11/massachusetts-votes-to-extend-right-to-repair-law-to-connected-cars/
https://www.techspot.com/news/87452-california-voters-pass-proposition-22-eliminating-employee-protections.html
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-one/
https://www.thegamer.com/gamestop-black-friday-hours/
https://fossbytes.com/49-facebook-employees-disagree-that-it-has-positive-impact-on-world/
https://www.xda-developers.com/pro1-x
https://www.techspot.com/news/87461-microsoft-beginning-replace-control-panel-windows-10-settings.html
Silly
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/31/21543360/biden-harris-campaign-fortnite-map-voting-election
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2020/11/3/21547392/ai-camera-operator-football-bald-head-soccer-mistakes
https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/2/21546512/valve-gabe-newell-garden-gnome-chompski-space-charity
https://www.theverge.com/21546350/baby-shark-youtube-video-most-popular-despacito-masha
https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-targets-critical-cuties-tweets-with-copyright-takedown-requests-201105/
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/oreo-constructs-vault-to-protect-cookies-from-asteroid