510: Delightfully Evil Algorithm

510: Delightfully Evil Algorithm

Apple WWDC; NFT market collapsed; Clubhouse shark-fin; Stack Overflow gets a buyer; Twitter's geo-political problems; Facebook ends special treatment for politicians; G7 moves to shut down tax havens; Bezos takes flight; Facebook rolls out Bulletin, which is not them but is; Apple employees don't want to go back; Old; Danny Elfman; A Glitch in the Matrix; assimilating your watch; Airport fetish gear; time travel books; Ring asks for assistance; FBI follows the Bitcoin; here's your bad guy phone; TikTok's delightfully evil algorithm.

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FOLLOW UP

Here’s everything Apple announced at the WWDC 2021 keynote

The NFT Market Has Collapsed, Oh No

US Pentagon changes its mind about DJI Drones

The Drop-In Audio App Clubhouse Is Dying. It Was Fun While It Lasted

Clubhouse downloads are falling off a cliff: The app was downloaded only about 900,000 times in April, down from February’s peak of 9.6 million

IN THE NEWS

Kinda a big announcement

Twitter suspended in Nigeria amid face-off over president’s tweet

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent beard shavings to Azealia Banks so she could make an amulet to protect him from ISIS

Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban

G7 deal will likely raise taxes for tech giants like Apple and Google

Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of his company Blue Origin in July

Facebook’s ‘Bulletin’ newsletter platform could launch before the end of June

Apple employee group rejects planned return to the office

MEDIA CANDY

Old – Official Trailer [HD]

Danny Elfman Previews First Solo Album in 37 Years With New Song ‘True’

Cruel World Festival

A Glitch in the Matrix

Here’s How Long it Takes to Binge-Watch More Than 50 Popular TV Shows

Apple Watch Faces / Borg and Startrek

Exclusive: watch Lush in A Far From Home Movie

The Missing Cryptoqueen

APPS & DOODADS

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla team up for a ‘common vision’ on extensions

Logitech MX Keys Advanced Illuminated Wireless Keyboard for Mac – Bluetooth/USB

Airportag

A SpaceX fanatic created a website to find out when Starlink satellites were visible in his location.

AT THE LIBRARY

One Day All This Will Be Yours by Adrian Tchaikovsky

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Ring Launches Request for Assistance Posts on the Neighbors App

Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang

Trojan Shield: How the FBI Secretly Ran a Phone Network for Criminals

DOJ Charges Criminal ‘Influencers’ Who Worked For FBI’s Honeypot Phone Company

Maryland and Montana Pass the Nation’s First Laws Restricting Law Enforcement Access to Genetic Genealogy Databases

TikTok Quietly Updated Its Privacy Policy to Collect Users’ Biometric Data

CBC SecureDrop

MORON OF THE WEEK

S.Korean designer creates ‘Third Eye’ for ‘smartphone zombies’

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