Author: Tech Support

Andy Jassy is said to be "warmer and fuzzier" than Bezos, but as Amazon's next CEO, he faces many hurdles if he wants its tech to manage workers more humanely (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Andy Jassy is said to be “warmer and fuzzier” than Bezos, but as Amazon’s next CEO, he faces many hurdles if he wants its tech to manage workers more humanely  —  One secret of Amazon’s ability to grow rapidly: software and algorithms that manage its millions of employees and

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Unlike established social media platforms, Clubhouse is built to replicate real world social structures, norms, and status hierarchies rather than collapse them (Will Oremus/OneZero )

Will Oremus / OneZero : Unlike established social media platforms, Clubhouse is built to replicate real world social structures, norms, and status hierarchies rather than collapse them  —  The hot new social app has found success by replicating real-world social structures rather than exploding them Unlike established social media platforms, Clubhouse is built to replicate real

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Jody Williams, the owner of TheDonald's domain name, explains why he pulled the plug on the pro-Trump forum that became a staging ground for the Capitol attack (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Jody Williams, the owner of TheDonald’s domain name, explains why he pulled the plug on the pro-Trump forum that became a staging ground for the Capitol attack  —  The Army veteran, a site moderator who owned its domain, watched with growing alarm as racism, threats and QAnon references flourished on the pro-Trump site.

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Study of 130+ facial recognition data sets compiled over 43 years: driven by ML's data needs, researchers gradually abandoned asking for people's consent (Karen Hao/MIT Technology Review)

Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: Study of 130+ facial recognition data sets compiled over 43 years: driven by ML’s data needs, researchers gradually abandoned asking for people’s consent  —  The largest ever study of facial-recognition data shows how much the rise of deep learning has fueled a loss of privacy.  —  hide Study of

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Profile of BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes, who remains at large after the CFTC filed a suit against BitMEX for allegedly running an unregistered trading platform (Adam Ciralsky/Vanity Fair)

Adam Ciralsky / Vanity Fair: Profile of BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes, who remains at large after the CFTC filed a suit against BitMEX for allegedly running an unregistered trading platform  —  The BitMEX cofounder created a cryptocurrency exchange that has traded trillions.  Now he’s wanted by U.S. authorities … Profile of BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes,

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Sources: CEO of Robinhood, which had 20M users in 2020 and recently raised $3.4B, told investors that he still plans to take the company public in H1 2021 (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: CEO of Robinhood, which had 20M users in 2020 and recently raised $3.4B, told investors that he still plans to take the company public in H1 2021  —  The firm that set out to bring investing to the masses has run into the reality of Wall Street regulations Sources: CEO of

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As protests grow in Myanmar, NetBlocks says the country's internet connectivity fell to 16% of ordinary levels, indicating a near-total internet shutdown (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

Jon Fingas / Engadget: As protests grow in Myanmar, NetBlocks says the country’s internet connectivity fell to 16% of ordinary levels, indicating a near-total internet shutdown  —  Myanmar’s military leaders are extending their  —  internet restrictions in a bid to limit protests against their coup. As protests grow in Myanmar, NetBlocks says the country's internet

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Consumer protection agency investigating Venmo’s collection practices

Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is investigating money transfer app Venmo over the way it handles collections, a new regulatory filing shows. First reported by The Wall Street Journal, the filing shows Venmo owner PayPal received a Civil Investigative Demand from the CFPB on January 21st,

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Study finds that the CCPA needs stronger enforcement but "authorized agents" like DoNotPay can make it much easier for consumers to opt out of data collection (Kaveh Waddell/Consumer Reports)

Kaveh Waddell / Consumer Reports: Study finds that the CCPA needs stronger enforcement but “authorized agents” like DoNotPay can make it much easier for consumers to opt out of data collection  —  A CR study reveals progress, along with problems, when Calif. consumers use “authorized agents” to stop their data from being sold Study finds

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