Elon Musk Says Tesla Will No Longer Accept Bitcoin Due to Fossil Fuel Use
By: The Guardian May 13, 2021 Tesla has suspended customers’ use of bitcoin to purchase its vehicles, Elon Musk said on Wednesday, citing concerns about the use of fossil fuel for bitcoin mining. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest digital currency, fell almost 17% after the tweet to its lowest point since the beginning of March. It […]
How Apple’s AirTag Turns us Into Unwitting Spies in a Vast Surveillance Network
By: The Guardian May 17, 2020 Apple has launched the latest version of its operating system, iOS 14.5, which features the much-anticipated app tracking transparency function, bolstering the tech giant’s privacy credentials. But iOS 14.5 also introduced support for the new Apple AirTag, which risks doing the opposite. For the uninitiated, an AirTag […]
Amazon’s Ring is the Largest Civilian Surveillance Network the US Has Ever Seen
By: The Guardian May 18, 2021 In a 2020 letter to management, Max Eliaser, an Amazon software engineer, said Ring is “simply not compatible with a free society”. We should take his claim seriously. Ring video doorbells, Amazon’s signature home security product, pose a serious threat to a free and democratic society. Not only […]