Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Know Pedestrians Could Jaywalk - WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/ubers-self-driving-car-didnt-know-pedestrians-could-jaywalk/
was not designed to detect pedestrians outside of a crosswalk
All the international brands that have apologized to China - SupChina
https://signal.supchina.com/all-the-international-brands-that-have-apologized-to-china/
to maintain their market access in China in recent years. Plus, a record of the even more widespread phenomenon of self-censorship for the Chinese market.
No one should buy the Facebook Portal TV - CNET
https://www.cnet.com/news/no-one-should-buy-the-facebook-portal-tv/
solidly performing, decently priced device that just isn’t suited for anyone because of the privacy concerns and increasingly alarming issues plaguing the social networking site
TikTok: U.S. views on censorship were often overridden by Chinese bosses - The Washington Post
former employees who worked in the company’s U.S. offices as recently as this spring said they were instructed to follow rules set by managers at ByteDance’s Beijing headquarters, such as demoting and removing content related to social and political topics, including those censored by the Chinese government
Back to windows after twenty years - Signal v. Noise
I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. - NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/business/secret-consumer-score-access.html
the fact that obscure companies are accumulating information about years of our online and offline behavior is unsettling, and at a minimum it creates the potential for abuse or discrimination
Security researcher gets access to all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders around the world - ZDNet
Indian nuclear power plant’s network was hacked, officials confirm - Ars Technica
After initial denial, company says report of “malware in system” is correct