December 2019 Culture Articles
- Mariah Carey's Twitter hacked by group claiming to be the same that hijacked Jack Dorsey's
- ToTok creator begs Apple and Google to re-enter their app stores
- Woman credits iPhone’s Emergency SOS feature for saving her from attempted assault
- Amazon's Prime return policy is broken, and consumers are paying for it
- Every company is taking a different approach to complying with California’s new privacy law
- Instagram’s fact-checking tool is rolling out, and it’s already become a meme
- Uber and Postmates are trying to halt California’s freelancer law
- Trump announces plan to sign new trade deal with China... on Twitter, of course
- Amazon is opening the largest family shelter in Washington state right inside its headquarters
- Post-holiday returns expected to reach staggering numbers this year
- Facebook quietly removes misleading ads about HIV-prevention drugs
- Apple News no longer supports user-added RSS feeds
- Say goodbye to surprise cable fees thanks to a new bill
- Ring and Amazon hit with federal lawsuit for user privacy negligence
- Spotify won’t carry political ads in 2020
- Italy wants to tax big tech companies starting January
- Elon Musk says Disney+ is coming to Tesla vehicles
- YouTube accidentally pulled cryptocurrency education videos
- New York state won't see legal electric bikes or scooters anytime soon
- Federal tax credit for Tesla buyers is coming to an end when 2020 hits
- Amazon says it had another record-breaking holiday season
- UPS expects nearly 2 million packages to be returned in one day
- Huawei is very unhappy with the Wall Street Journal's report on its finances
- Apple’s iPhone XR has been the best selling smartphone all year
- Report: Amazon’s focus on building a fast-delivery empire is literally killing people
- Report: T-Mobile considered merging with Comcast after Sprint
- Bug in Twitter app let outside party match millions of users' phone numbers to their accounts
- Uniqlo’s Tokyo warehouse is 90 percent robotic and yes, the robots can even fold shirts
- Travis Kalanick is stepping down from Uber’s board of directors
- ByteDance might sell a majority stake in TikTok
- Amazon accidentally let illegal drugs onto its platform
- Former Facebook and Foursquare execs lead digital ad firm funded by Bloomberg
- ICE is exploiting social media and third-party databases to continually widen its surveillance
- YouTube is testing a way to automatically promote creators featured in others’ videos
- Plenty of Fish app left private user information sitting out for hackers to grab
- TikTok is looking to open a global headquarters anywhere but China
- Sling TV adds new networks and free DVR storage (but price is going up)
- A 22-year-old tried to extort $100,000 in iTunes cards from Apple
- SEC is looking into Slack’s direct listing and other tech unicorn IPOs
- Facebook and Twitter disabled networks that spread political misinformation to millions of users
- NBC’s Peacock streaming service might include live video
- Federal study confirms massive racial and gender bias in facial recognition technology
- This Chrome extension will display Instagram's hidden ‘like’ counts
- New bill could help us finally say goodbye to scam robocalls
- Report: Jack Dorsey’s Africa obsession could shake his CEO position at Twitter
- Apple is in talks with MGM and others to expand movies, live sports for Apple TV+
- An ex-Apple employee says the company doesn’t care for workers with disabilities
- Facebook won’t use 2FA numbers to suggest friends anymore
- Facebook and Instagram ban census-related misinformation
- Facebook's first Super Bowl commercial will be about Groups
- Facebook wants to rain on YouTube's music video parade
- Netflix pumped out hundreds of original shows and movies this year
- Instagram will no longer allow vaping, tobacco, or weapons in branded content
- Cyber-attackers used strobing GIFs to trigger seizures on epilepsy group's Twitter page
- Apple begins pulling creepy, unlicensed Disney and Nickelodeon games from App Store
- Report: Apple News+ isn’t making publishers much richer
- Instead of better pay, Uber wants to offer drivers more jobs
- You’re likely still sharing your location with Facebook even if you've opted out
- Competition could force Netflix towards an ad-supported tier
- A rare Dark Side Rey lightsaber can be yours for $1,600
- Report: Trump advisor Peter Thiel is pushing Facebook’s political ad policy
- Activision Blizzard didn’t pay any taxes in 2018
- Facebook teams up with Reuters to offer crash course on fake news
- Facebook finally bans two groups that push dangerous black salve 'cancer cure'
- Jack Dorsey just unfriended Mark Zuckerberg... on Twitter
- Report: Conditions for employees at Away turned hazardous. “Everyone started to get sick.”
- Japan wants more disclosure from big tech
- Report: Google fired an employee for sending others required info about labor rights
- Facebook was the most-downloaded app of the decade in the App Store
- Report: Google and YouTube moderators say they have PTSD from the job
- Instagram expands fact-checking program, excludes political ads
- Amazon sellers can no longer use FedEx Ground for Prime orders
- Google, Apple, and Tesla accused of aiding and abetting child labor
- StockX now lets you buy and sell holographic 'Pokémon' trading cards
- Spotify wraps up the decade with a 10-episode podcast
- Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' gets a 4K facelift
- This is Input
- Congressman Lynch asks Apple, Google if they require mobile app developers to disclose overseas affiliations
- Ivanka Trump will, for some reason, speak at CES
- Disney told artists not to disclose paid tweets about 'Frozen 2'
- Apple dodges 15 percent tariff on iPhone thanks to Trump’s China trade deal
- Hulu announces ad-free binge-watching (but there’s a catch)
- Report: Facebook claims it doesn’t need to make policy changes under new California privacy law
- Official politician labels are returning to Twitter for the 2020 elections
- Spotify’s origin story is coming to Netflix
- Facebook Messenger rolls out 'Star Wars' theme ahead of 'The Rise of Skywalker'
- Disney came out on top in Google’s 2019 Year In Search
- Jack Dorsey announces Bluesky, says he wants to decentralize social media and Twitter
- Netflix is testing long-term subscriptions in India
- Netflix says 'The Irishman' was streamed over 26 million times in first week
- Customer service robots are a disaster
- Steph Korey steps down as CEO of Away — but she’s still working with the company
- Apple accused of monitoring ex-chip designer's text messages
- Culture
- FTC rules Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices
- Apple to host Willy Wonka-esque toy drive instead of just donating to Toys for Tots
- Uber reports staggering sexual assault and murder numbers in rides
- Apple Music users are trash-talking its year-end Replay feature
- TikTok settles child data lawsuit just a day after its filing
- Twitter’s updated ‘sensitive media’ guidelines might be problematic for sex workers
- Apple backs away from its Crimea mapping change
- The Dubai police force is getting a Cybertruck according to this PR stunt
