Open Sourced
The hidden consequences of tech, revealed
Recode’s new multiplatform journalism project explains and exposes the hidden consequences of tech — the good, the bad, and the complicated.
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Facebook is working on a new version of its popular app targeted at children under 13.
If you’re using texts for two-factor authentication, it’s time to change to an app. Here’s what you need to know.
What is a vaccine passport? Can I get one?
App Tracking Transparency is here, but many apps aren’t offering it yet.
The long-awaited iOS 14.5 update is finally rolling out with a new privacy tool.
Apple’s new AirTag looks and works a lot like the trackers produced by Tile.
Senators have written to Facebook and Twitter to ask about vaccine misinformation superspreaders.
Some powerful tech has landed on the red planet.
America has officially blamed the Russian government for the hack of multiple federal agencies.
As Coinbase goes public, cryptocurrency is more mainstream than ever.
It’s a long shot, and you can’t appeal to remove ads.
Disruptions in the global high-tech supply chain spell bad news for Chevy Silverados and Samsung phones alike.
YouTube’s newest content moderation stat, briefly explained.
Biden wants $100 billion to give broadband to everyone. It may not be that easy.
How your employer (and others) can get your Slack messages.
A lot of sellers did well selling cloth masks. Now some shops are turning to vaccine-themed gear.
Testing can do things for us now that it couldn’t do before.
How design can manipulate and coerce you into doing what websites want.
The company is on a mission to convince users that it’s listening.
The Biden administration says it’s leaving digital vaccination records up to states and the private sector.
Facebook’s oversight board is meant to take on the platform’s toughest content decisions. Should that include its algorithms?
Graham Ivan Clark took a plea deal and will serve three years in prison for his role in a hack, which pulled in $120,000 worth of bitcoin.
On April 15, TikTok’s ad targeting will get more aggressive.
The popular app fixed one of its privacy flaws, but not all of them.
T-Mobile’s new personalized ad program is invasive — and common.
Rep. Suzan DelBene is the first of several lawmakers to introduce necessary privacy legislation this year.
Facebook critics say the anti-vaccination communities that have flourished on the platform are fueling Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Retail pharmacies are now giving out Covid-19 vaccines, and some of them are using it as an opportunity to profit off your information.
A third-party cookie ban won’t hurt the search giant’s healthy first-party data ad business.
Lipid nanoparticles are essential to the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines — and we’re staring down a shortage.
The company is introducing a new strike system that could lead to some users getting permanently banned.
Twitter, a notoriously public platform, is building a walled garden.
They’re not perfect, but App Store users still get something out of them.
Google can’t stop trackers in its apps from selling location data to the government. Maybe the government can.
Clubhouse has millions of users, millions of dollars, and very few privacy options.
The social media giant cut millions of Australians off from the news to protest a potential law with a lot of flaws.
During a pandemic that has caused a loneliness epidemic, people lost more than $300 million to romance scams.
From forged vaccine cards to fake appointments, here are the online Covid-19 scams to watch out for.
Amid the pandemic, lots of people are turning to Nextdoor for help. That’s not always what they find.
Nearly a year into the pandemic, Facebook now aims to take down misinformation on vaccines overall — not just Covid-19 vaccines.