Monthly Archives: December 2022

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Experts weigh in on Meta’s impending decision to lift Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram ban; source: the announcement will be made later than January 7  —  Tech giant’s policy chief Nick Clegg due to rule this month whether to revoke ban on former US president

Wall Street Journal: A look at the rise and fall of Alameda Research, whose troubles began well before the crypto crash as it took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty  —  Trading firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty; ‘complete lack of a risk-management framework’

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Grubhub was ordered to pay $3.5M to settle a lawsuit filed by the Washington DC AG’s office for charging hidden fees and using deceptive marketing techniques  —  Grubhub has been ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle the lawsuit filed against the company by the District […]

Jared Gans / The Hill: Google has agreed to pay $29.5M to settle lawsuits with Washington DC and Indiana over location tracking practices, after agreeing to pay ~$392M to 40 US states  —  Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle separate lawsuits with Washington, D.C., […]

Alexandra Alper / Reuters: First pretrial hearing in the FTC’s case against Microsoft’s $69B bid to take over Activision Blizzard set for January 3, 2023  —  A judge has set Jan. 3 for the first pre-trial hearing in the Biden administration’s case against Microsoft (MSFT.O) over its $69 billion bid […]

New York Times: Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs  —  Most tech jobs are now in mainstream industries like health care, banking and retail, which are increasingly in need of […]

Enlarge / Auroral display over snow-capped mountains in Hangzhou, China. (credit: Liu Míng Sun/EyeEm/Getty Images) There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science story that […]

Jenni Reid / CNBC: A look at ABBA Voyage, the hit London concert performed by 3D digital avatars of the band created from motion capture, as its producers plan a global expansion  —  – ABBA Voyage, which sees digital avatars of the four-piece Swedish band ‘perform’ a 90-minute concert created […]

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year’s end, but didn’t in 2022, probably due to more security, streaming, and shorter release windows  —  Screeners are advance copies of recent movies that are generally sent out to critics and awards voters […]

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: A look at 2022’s worst breaches, leaks, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored hacking campaigns, and digital takeovers, including at least two Twilio breaches  —  The year was marked by sinister new twists on cybersecurity classics, including phishing, breaches, and ransomware attacks.