How Is This for Apple Privacy?
This week in the Privacy News, Google now wants to enter the stalking business, and they just settled another privacy lawsuit. Also, two states create new COPPA rules, and Apple has a security and a privacy snafu. We also look at security news.

Open Source Metaverse?
This week in Business News, Google will update Stadia controllers to prevent e-waste, Windows breaks itself with multiple updates, and the self-driving Tesla video was apparently staged. We also see the Linux Foundation creating an open source metaverse. We also visit sillyville.

The Articles

Privacy
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/google-plans-airtag-clone-will-track-devices-with-3-billion-android-phones/

https://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/us-google-to-pay-29-5-million-to-indiana-and-district-of-columbia-to-settle-location-privacy-suits/

https://dataprivacy.foxrothschild.com/2023/01/articles/general-privacy-data-security-news-developments/pending-virginia-west-virginia-bills-look-to-protect-childrens-data/

https://www.certosoftware.com/insights/how-a-little-known-iphone-feature-is-opening-the-door-for-cyberstalkers/

https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/

Security
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/01/lastpass-users-should-move-their-crypto-funds-experts-warn

https://securityaffairs.com/140772/data-breach/norton-password-manager-security-breach.html

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/01/circleci-malware-stole-github-oauth-keys-bypassing-2fa

https://threatresearch.ext.hp.com/adverts-mimicking-popular-software-leads-to-malware/#

Business
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/google-stadia-dies-this-week-but-the-controller-will-live-on/

https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-releases-fix-for-botched-windows-defender-update-but-its-still-facing-problems

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-11-apps-might-not-start-after-system-restore/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/17/tesla-self-driving-video-staged-testimony-senior-engineer

https://www.openmv.org/linux-foundation-establishes-path-to-accelerate-the-journey-to-an-open-metaverse/

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/drunken-thief-attempts-to-steal-a-st-michael-the-archangel-statue-from-catholic-church-trips-and-is-injured-by-the-angels-sword/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/times-health-commission-office-cake-sugar-passive-smoking-5s3bzb3dn

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/bitwarden-vs-lastpass/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/18/state-department-times-new-roman-calibri/

Banned
https://oversightboard.com/news/1214820616135890-oversight-board-overturns-meta-s-original-decisions-in-the-gender-identity-and-nudity-cases/

https://notthebee.com/article/disinformation-workshop-at-the-world-economic-forum-just-in-case-you-didnt-already-know-what-a-joke-the-whole-thing-is/

https://notthebee.com/article/fbi-director-in-davos-the-level-of-collaboration-between-the-private-sector-and-the-government-especially-the-fbi-has-made-significant-strides-/

https://flo.health/diversity-and-inclusion

https://thepostmillennial.com/canada-harvests-more-organs-from-euthanized-patients-than-any-other-nation-in-the-world