https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

Gizmodo

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/netflix-ad-spend-led-to-facebook-dm-access-end-of-facebook-streaming-biz-lawsuit/

Ars Technica

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit

Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

Ars Technica

Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.

https://techpolicy.press/another-internet-is-possible-if-you-believe-it-is/

Tech Policy Press

Another Internet Is Possible—If You Believe It Is

David Elliot Berman and Victor Pickard say we must assert greater public oversight, control, and—ultimately—ownership of the internet.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/android-app-recording-users-malware

THE_BYTE.

Android App Busted Secretly Recording Users’ Lives

An Android app that was supposed to be used to do screen recordings has been caught secretly recording audio and sending it somewhere shady.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/israel-palestine-facial-recognition.html

NY Times

Facial Recognition Powers ‘Automated Apartheid’ in Israel, Report Says

The Israeli government is using computer vision to monitor Palestinian travel across checkpoints, according to the report.

https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-hits-z-library-with-new-domain-name-seizures-230505/

Torrentfreak

U.S. Hits Z-Library With New Domain Name Seizures * TorrentFreak

The U.S. Government's crackdown on Z-Library continues this week with a new round of domain name seizures.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/31/nypd_surveillance_rules/

The Register

NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules

Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General