September 2020 Culture Articles
- The DOJ is reportedly eyeing a federal lawsuit against Google
- Coinbase CEO offers exit package for those upset by company's apolitical 'mission'
- A celeb-endorsed digital blackface app / Ikea’s eco-friendly secondhand store
- The smiley emoji shedding a single tear in iOS 14.2 is all of us
- Palantir and the LAPD know what your scars and tattoos look like
- Bird’s compassionate pandemic response? A franchise scheme targeting contractors.
- The California Forest Observatory's is turning data info fire maps
- Biden's campaign will attack Facebook over Trump posts every day until the election
- Google wants 30% from developers after years of lax enforcement
- Trump's 2016 campaign tried to discourage Black people from voting
- Voting misinformation is making the rounds on YouTube now, too
- TikTok lives to fight another day but its future is still in limbo
- Tesla’s bold battery plan / Jeff Bezos’ beyond obscene fortune
- Tomorrow 208: Lingonberry
- Immerse yourself in this wonderfully bizarre VR 'Alice in Wonderland'
- How to watch Patagonia’s ‘Public Trust’ documentary
- Dr. Bronner’s continues to use its iconic label to promote causes, now psychedelics
- Spotify’s next big thing? Becoming Netflix.
- Ava Max and ‘Roblox’ are a match made in B-list purgatory
- AI researchers tried to gauge 'trust' by looking at faces. Surprise: it's racist.
- Trained dogs will sniff out people with COVID-19 at a Finnish airport
- Google disrupts the four-year degree / The sex educators of Instagram
- An airline is selling fully stocked bar carts to scrape by during the pandemic
- Facebook's Oversight Board will kick into gear right before the election
- This robot will kick your ass at mixed martial arts
- Ring's spy tech for your home, car, and mailbox encourages paranoia, not safety
- MTA staff built a secret break room under Grand Central Terminal
- Google's Assistant wants to help you take self-care breaks
- YouTube doesn't trust AI but thinks it's fine for vetting kids' content
- Ikea is launching its own secondhand store to cut down on waste
- A global race to film a movie in orbit is the last thing we need right now
- Political ads will resume on Facebook right after Election Day, even if results aren't out
- The Gradient photo app does digital blackface, and Brody Jenner loves it
- Blacklight reveals who is tracking you when you're online
- MWC 2020 has been moved to summer 2021
- DOJ's immunity-stripping internet laws will be presented to Congress today
- The PS5 launch games are underwhelming / Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2: yea or nay?
- Facebook shuts down Chinese networks that used AI to create fake people
- Manipulated keywords are driving all that generic Spotify background music
- SXSW will be a virtual event in 2021, defeating the purpose of the festival
- As suspected, Amazon gives its own products the upper hand in search
- Nikola founder resigns amid fraud claims but still gets huge payday
- The LAPD is using facial recognition tech despite denying it is
- Quibi thinks it's worth buying, seeks a lifesaver as it sinks
- Facebook says it's helped 2.5 million people register to vote
- Civvl is a gig-based company that hires you to help evict people
- Is Twitter’s image-cropping algorithm racially biased?
- Wayback Machine and Cloudflare team up to archive the Internet
- ByteDance says no, it won't be relinquishing any control of TikTok
- The Apple Watch Series 6 and more unveiled / Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant
- Citing immigration policies, 24 Turing Award Laureates endorse Biden
- Amazon employees and consultants charged in marketplace bribery scheme
- Tomorrow 207: Vaccines and Veganism
- Kraken is granted approval to become America's first crypto-bank
- Google is coming for stalkerware this fall
- Trump wants TikTok out of U.S. app stores as soon as this weekend
- Kanye West can’t let go of Nike / How the Apple Watch became essential
- TikTok could get an Instagram co-founder as its new CEO under Trump, Oracle deal
- Facebook won't promote health groups, but won't ban bad ones either
- Trump complains (on Twitter) that Twitter is pushing propaganda against him
- Tidal and Oculus want to make home concerts a (virtual) reality
- Trump is stacking the FCC to enact his social media executive order
- Oracle's bid for TikTok still doesn't have Trump's blessing
- Spotify CEO's support for Joe Rogan's anti-trans content angers staff
- For 5 years, Facebook ignored Events’ ability to incite violence
- Facebook's Project Aria is ambitious, impressive, and a privacy nightmare
- Facebook's spreading wildfire conspiracies even though it banned them
- Here's the Pentagon's very real zombie outbreak contingency plan
- Spotify is finally letting artists post virtual concerts
- Kanye West just peed all over a Grammy on Twitter
- AT&T might soon offer phone plans with ads in exchange for discounts
- Facebook may get an FTC antitrust case for Christmas this year
- Get psyched for Xbox Series X and Series S / The Republicans’ war on social media
- American Girl's new Courtney doll is all about the gamer life
- TikTok lets Oracle take the reins to appease Donald Trump
- Facebook's own actions contradict its new climate change info push
- The Trump administration is now reviewing Oracle’s deal with TikTok
- COVID-19 has made us all scared children. Where is The Count when you need him?
- Live like ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ in this limited-time Airbnb
- Pandemic despair breathes record-breaking life into guitar sales
- Your porn is racist. These Black performers are fighting back.
- CBP says it wasn't wrong in seizing OnePlus Buds because they violate Apple's trademark
- Walmart announces its drone delivery partnership with Zipline
- Google says it's erased its entire 22-year carbon footprint
- Customs seized 2,000 OnePlus Buds, mistaking them for counterfeit AirPods
- Facebook launches group watching on Messenger, a few months late
- TikTok denies bids from both Microsoft and Oracle
- It's well past time to accept that we are living in 'Blade Runner'
- Samsung’s damn cool Galaxy Buds Live / Can Allbirds shoes be cool?
- Tomorrow 206: Topolsky's Dune
- Vinyl just outsold CDs for the first time in decades
- Pringles tubes are a 'recycling nightmare,' but that might be changing
- Facebook continues to profit from hate, now against trans people
- Stop motion genius recreates nature in these stunning clips
- It's totally legal to censor Jon Hamm's penis for comedy's sake
- TikTok admits algorithms create 'filter bubbles' that shield users from differing views
- Amazon used COVID-19 as an opportunity to overcharge for basic necessities
- A bonanza of Nintendo goodies / Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2 vs. Microsoft’s Surface Duo
- 'Campus' is Facebook’s most Facebook product yet
- Instagram's update on its recent ‘equity work’ feels empty
- A former NSA chief just joined Amazon’s board of directors
- Tile will refund you up to $1,000 for lost items — as long as the claim's legit
- Portland bans the use of facial recognition for public surveillance
- Apple employees will soon be rocking clear face masks designed in-house
- Cute! Mark Zuckerberg thinks Apple should be scrutinized over market dominance
- Ryan Reynolds (and Mint Mobile) brought Rick Moranis out of retirement
- The GOP is trying, again, to erode internet protections for social media platforms
- Wind energy could be California's key to a renewable energy future
- Fungus could be used as a substitute for leather without sacrificing quality
- Musician Dan Deacon goes to the dogs / Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr.’s queer futurist art
- Trump calls for tech censorship (again) over a Mitch McConnell meme
- Here's how Epic and Apple can both win
- Netflix, Amazon, and Disney+ dodge Indian censorship by self-regulating
- This virtual museum features over a thousand pieces of bird-themed art
- Microsoft gets to keep $10 billion JEDI contract, says Pentagon
- Sharing a video of a person's suicide doesn't make you edgy. It makes you a POS.
- You can plan murder on Facebook but you can’t die with dignity on livestream
- Tomorrow 205: Melting Pot
- Get ready to say farewell to Adobe Flash Player
- Biden's celebrity surrogates to start shilling for him on Cameo
- Facebook to remove videos of Trump telling people to vote twice
- Pressure from investors has forced Apple to speak up for free speech
- Contact tracing in America is failing due to conspiracy theories
- This Lego Nintendo toy rules! / Who is YouTube star Mr. Sausage?
- Apple will postpone iOS 14 mobile ad tracking changes until 2021
- Facebook will pay you to log off so it can study its role in elections
- Taco Bell subreddit locks down in protest at chain's decision to ax the Mexican Pizza
- TikTok's new feature lets users 'Stitch' their videos to other creators' clips
- Pinterest demonetizes election content and will pay employees to go vote
- Offer codes for subscription discounts are coming to the App Store
- The FBI promises there won't be a repeat of its 2016 mess up
- Facebook will sell misleading political ads until last week of the election
- Asphalt is becoming a greater pollutant than the cars driving on it
- The band behind a black metal 'Dark Souls' song reimagines the genre in MIDI
- Only one of the App Store top 10 apps pays the 'Apple Tax'
- Facebook plans to block content to preempt legal challenges
- Groups are lobbying Biden to keep Facebookers off his ticket
- Federal appeals court confirms NSA's snooping was illegal
- Amazon is reportedly spying on its workers' private Facebook groups
- Canadian cops are using more predictive policing algorithms than ever
- Those Nintendo 'Switch Pro' rumors / The mad scientist of Game Boy mods
- In more unnecessary tech, you can now ask Alexa to pay at the gas pump
- OnlyFans tries to absolve Bella Thorne of responsibility for its new pay caps
- Facebook catches Russian disinformation network trying to manipulate voters... again
- Ring users can monitor cops' activity through doorbell cams. The FBI is pissed.
- Whole Foods launches its first online-only store to cope with delivery surge
- Amazon is explicitly recruiting union-busting internal spies now
- Facebook would rather block all Australian news than pay for it
- Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are coming to 'Animal Crossing'
- Nearly 200 Uber employees sued the company over its terrible IPO
