• Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee Alliance
• With Tile deal Amazon's Sidewalk network just became more interesting
• US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack
• Google Plans to Double AI Ethics Research Staff
• YouTube will pay $100 million to people who make popular videos for its TikTok competitor
• Tech giants have all become creator companies
• Cory Doctorow: How copyright filters lead to wage-theft
• Apple robbed the mob's bank
• Army of fake fans boosts China's messaging on Twitter
• Why does every advert look the same? Blame Corporate Memphis
• Adobe is dropping PostScript Type 1 font support. Be prepared for the change
• Google Pay US users can now send money to users in India and Singapore
• Google Fiber finally has a logo over a decade after launch
• Google brings Gboard to Wear OS for first major app launch in years, more teased for 2021
• Google Assistant Family Broadcasts from Smart Displays can now appear on phones
• Alexa, who are you? New book identifies Amazon's secret voiceover artist
• The people who want to keep masking: 'It's like an invisibility cloak'
• Anti-Maskers Ready to Start Masking—to Protect Themselves From the Vaccinated
• Private-equity firm revives zombie fossil-fuel power plant to mine bitcoin
• Elon Musk says Tesla will stop accepting bitcoin for car purchases, citing environmental concerns
• Study Finds No Link Between Time Teens' Spend On Tech Devices And Mental Health Problems
• Ebay has officially opened its platform to NFT sales

Picks:

• Stacey - M5Stack Core2 ESP32 IoT Development Kit for AWS IoT EduKit
• Jeff - Amazon's $300 million tax bill rejected by EU judges
• Leo - Stumbled - The greatest Sites of the Internet

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