Shoshana Wodinsky
Data Brokers Are Swapping Our New Year’s Resolutions
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret here: geolocation data isn’t always that great either, and even data-hoovering giants like Google have...
Facebook Is Wrapping Up Its Irish Tax Haven Operation
After spending the past few years funneling billions of dollars through Ireland as a way to take advantage of the country’s relatively low taxes,...
Google Search Redirects Readers From Local Outlets: Study
When we ask who should take the rap for the decline of local news, most folks agree the blame partially lies on Google’s shoulders....
Users Get Their First Look At Apple’s Tracking Tags
Of all the privacy-preserving goodies Apple promised to roll into the iOS 14 update, its so called “Tracking Transparency” alerts were probably the most...
The Facebook Ad Boycott Is Pretty Much Over
This past summer, dozens of major brands pulled their ad dollars from Facebook in a protest of the company’s handling of the hate speech...
Facebook’s Oversight Board Sees First Cases
Following a months-long staffing spree, Facebook’s Independent Oversight Board announced the first six cases it’s taking on to deliberate Facebook’s sprawling policies surrounding content moderation.Just...
AWS Suffers Major Outage
Amazon Web Services—or just AWS, for short—suffered a massive outage on Wednesday that left a ton of apps, sites, and connected devices relying...
TikTok Adds More Controls to Family Pairing
Take, for example, the new ability for parents to strip the search bar from their kid’s TikTok interface, removing the option to seek out...
Facebook Adds New ‘Vanish Mode’ for Messages
Vanish mode is part of a larger push within Facebook’s products towards ephemeral messaging. Earlier this month, fellow subsidiary Whatsapp announced users would soon...
Here’s Why Spotify Spent $235 Million To Acquire Megaphone
Another day, another Spotify acquisition. This time, it’s podcast advertising platform Megaphone, which the music streaming giant announced it was buying earlier today, in...