WWIII Will Be Fought With Big Tech Cancel Culture
This week in Privacy News, Utah is getting close to a privacy bill, Google shares bandwidth, and the whole world of technology is being asked to cancel Russia. We also look at some security news.
How NOT to Sell Your Electric Car
This week in Business News, Google recalls some fitbit models, the Steamdeck already has some problems, and Amazon creates the first cashierless Whole Foods. Also, Twitch has a new misinformation policy and Rivian jacks up prices for pre-orders by about $20,000. We also go to SillyVille for some whacky tackes on modern tech trends.
The Articles
Privacy
https://www.consumerprivacyworld.com/2022/03/updated-utah-one-step-closer-to-a-consumer-privacy-bill/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/google-meet-now-shares-detailed-bandwidth-information-with-your-employer/
Security
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/unending-data-floods-and-complete-resource-exhaustion-ddoses-get-meaner/
https://www.cleafy.com/cleafy-labs/teabot-is-now-spreading-across-the-globe
WW3
https://www.techspot.com/news/93592-major-crypto-exchanges-refuse-freeze-all-russian-user.html
https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/youtube-geoblocks-rt/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22955542/facebook-meta-blocks-rt-sputnik-eu-instagram
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/netflix-russian-propaganda-channels-1235192082/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22957000/apple-russia-ukraine-invasion-halt-product-sales-app-store
https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/anonymous-hacker-collective-declares-cyber-war-against-russian-government-over-ukraine-invasion/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/ukraine-wants-russia-cut-off-from-core-internet-systems-experts-say-its-a-bad-idea/
Business
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/google-recalls-the-fitbit-ionic-for-causing-burn-injuries-offers-full-refund/
https://www.techspot.com/news/93606-valve-leave-steam-deck-repairs-pros-users-already.html
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956093/amazon-whole-foods-just-walk-out-cashierless-tech-glover-park-washington-dc
https://www.techspot.com/news/93594-tiktok-users-arent-happy-about-new-10-minute.html
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960269/twitch-new-misinformation-policy-ban-covid
https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/rivian-raises-price-on-r1t-electric-truck-r1s-suv-ahead-of-new-dual-motor-version/
Silly
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/even-in-the-metaverse-you-cant-escape-the-taxman/
https://wccftech.com/cd-projekt-red-gog-halts-sales-russia-belarus/
https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/nvidia-hackers-allegedly-attempting-to-blackmail-company-into-open-sourcing-gpu-drivers
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/microsoft-is-trying-to-lower-carbon-emissions-via-windows-update-of-all-things/