Microsoft Account Required for All Windows Users?
This week in Privacy News, the Texas Attorney General sues Meta over biometric data collection, Clearview says YOLO and wants to collect all facial images. Also, police arrest a woman using DNA collected from her rape kit and Microsoft developer code suggests even Windows 11 Pro may soon require a Microsoft Account.
Will the Internet Survive BV100?
This week in the Business News, Google wants to install ChromeOS on old hardware, Newegg has a scandal on its hands, and Apple messes with people's employment records. Also, Disney plans a company town, Steamdeck makes parts available, and websites may break when browsers roll to version 100. We also look at silly news.
The Articles
Privacy
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/14/22933279/texas-attorney-general-facebook-meta-facial-recognition-photo-tagging
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/clearview-ai-aims-to-put-almost-every-human-in-facial-recognition-database/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/San-Francisco-police-linked-a-woman-to-a-crime-16918673.php
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/
Security
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/02/hacking-group-is-on-a-tear-hitting-us-critical-infrastructure-and-sf-49ers/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/16/22937554/russian-hackers-target-us-defense-contractors-nsa-cisa
https://www.androidauthority.com/windows-11-android-13-3107906/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/02/police-in-spain-dismantle-a-sim-swapping-ring-that-drained-bank-accounts/
Business
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/actually-a-falcon-9-rocket-is-not-going-to-hit-the-moon/
https://www.pcworld.com/article/614720/google-chrome-os-flex-turns-old-pcs-into-chromebooks-for-free.html
https://www.windowscentral.com/pc-parts-vendor-newegg-has-bit-scandal-its-hands
https://www.theverge.com/22929661/severance-review-apple-tv-plus
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/theme-parks/2022/02/16/disney-getting-into-residential-housing-market-storyliving/6811164001/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/16/22937210/disney-residential-communities-storyliving-cotino-planned-town
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675180/view/4347665658888576968
https://www.techspot.com/news/93443-version-100-chrome-edge-firefox-may-break-websites.html
Silly
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/ibm-exec-called-older-workers-dinobabies-who-should-go-extinct-lawsuit-says/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/missouri-governor-rebuffed-journalist-wont-be-prosecuted-for-viewing-html/
https://www.techspot.com/news/93386-russian-teenager-handed-5-year-sentence-plotting-blow.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/93396-opera-now-supports-emoji-based-web-addresses.html
https://gamerant.com/apex-legends-match-twitch-streamer-interrupted-by-police/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/15/22936250/baby-shark-movie-paramount-plus-announcement
