Commentary: Microsoft can't be the fireman and the arsonist
Microsoft could move slower to ship better code, discontinue old features (like Apple), or get its customers to a good security baseline (like Google).
Apple’s Anti-Sexting Tool for iOS Will Warn Kids About Nudes—but Won’t Notify Parents
Apple added a new feature in the iOS 15.2 iPhone update to give kids a warning before they send or open nude photos—and made a difficult decision to omit a feature that would have warned their parents.
The Verge updates its policy for tech PR people speaking “on background,” noting the practice can be “hilariously stupid”
Companies speaking to reporters — especially tech companies, but they're by no means the only ones; media companies do it too — like to add information "on background." That means that the information they provide can be included in the story, but can't be attributed specifically to …
This is an ongoing public Google Doc collecting all the stories published surrounding the Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” project.
Shortlink: https://bit.ly/fbdocstories
Facebook knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws but hasn’t fixed them. That’s a key finding of a Journal series that launched this week, based on an array of internal company documents. Read all the stories here.
Cryptocurrency promises to liberate the monetary system from the clutches of the powerful. Instead, it mostly functions to make wealthy speculators even wealthier.