Encrypted email provider Protonmail has hailed a recent Swiss legal ruling as a “victory for privacy,” after winning a lawsuit that sees it exempted from data retention laws in the mountainous realm. From a report: Referring to a previous ruling that e…
China Locks Down Thousands in North to Contain Growing Outbreak
China locked down a county that has seen the most Covid-19 cases in the nation’s latest delta outbreak, as an initial flareup in the northwest quickly spirals into a nationwide surge. From a report: Ejin, a county in China’s Inner Mongolia region, aske…
Apple Very Likely to Face DOJ Antitrust Suit
Apple so far has avoided the worst outcome in its U.S. legal battle with Epic Games, but its antitrust woes remain. The Information: In the last several months the U.S. Department of Justice has accelerated its two-year-old antitrust probe of the iPhon…
Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resources Problem
A knot of problems with Amazon’s system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers. From a report: A year ago, Tara Jones, an Amazon warehouse worker in Oklahoma, cradled her newborn, glanced over her pay stub o…
Lambda School’s Job-placement Rate May Be Far Worse Than Advertised
An anonymous reader shares a report: Leaked documents from company all-hands meetings in the summer of 2020 and January and February of this year, led by the school’s now former chief operating officer, Molly Graham, who resigned earlier this month, an…
Tesla Surpasses $1 Trillion Market Cap
Tesla’s market valuation hit and then surpassed the $1 trillion mark Monday, a milestone reached by the company 11 years after it became a publicly traded company. It also puts Tesla in select company with Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, all of whi…
Microsoft Says Russia Hacked at Least 14 IT Service Providers this Year
Microsoft said on Monday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Nobelium had attacked more than 140 IT and cloud services providers, successfully breaching 14 companies. From a report: The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) sai…
macOS Monterey is Now Available To Download
The latest version of macOS, Monterey, is now available to download, according to Apple. The software has been available in public beta for several months, but today’s release means Apple thinks the software is ready for everyday use. From a report: As…
Wireless Carriers Just Can’t Quit the Free-Phone Offers
Just when some wireless carriers were trying to move away from phone giveways, T-Mobile upped the ante on Thursday with a deal offering new customers as much as $1,000 if they switch. From a report: The second-largest U.S. wireless carrier said that st…
Paintmakers Are Running Out of the Color Blue
Dutch paint maker Akzo is running out of ingredients to make some shades of blue, the latest fallout from the global supply-chain disruptions that are spreading across manufacturers. From a report: “There is one basic color tint that is extremely diffi…