New York Times
Opinion: The Maps That Steer Us Wrong (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 06:40They Never Could Work From Home. These Are Their Stories. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 06:39In the Race for 5G, Alarm and Security Services Get Stuck in the Middle
In early 2019, AT&T announced it would phase out 3G wireless service in February 2022, meaning that devices designed to communicate using 3G technology would no longer have a connection after that date. Security systems companies were replacing the older gear when the pandemic lockdown began in March 2020. By early 2021, Covid-19 concerns had eased and people were more willing to let her workers into their homes.
An Experiment to Stop Online Abuse Falls Short in Germany (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 06:31Shira Ovide: Shrink Facebook to Save the World (New York Times)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 11:48Facebook Launched Project Amplify to Defend its Image
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, signed off in August 2021 on a new initiative code-named Project Amplify. The effort, which was hatched at an internal meeting months before in January, had a specific purpose: to use Facebook’s News Feed, the site’s most important digital real estate, to show people positive stories about the social network. The idea was that pushing pro-Facebook news items — some of them written by the company — would improve its image in the eyes of its users.