politics In leaked audio, Michael Bloomberg defends racial profiling: "throw them up against the wall" Rob Beschizza
security Proof-of-concept supply-chain poisoning: tiny, undetectable hardware alterations could compromise corporate IT Cory Doctorow
infosec A deep dive into the technical feasibility of Bloomberg's controversial "Chinese backdoored servers" story Cory Doctorow
race Racist authoritarians insisted that ending stop-and-frisk would increase violent crime, but the opposite just happened Cory Doctorow
Business As COVID-19 surges, Apple re-closes 11 stores temporarily in Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina Xeni Jardin
police Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe charged with felony murder + 10 other crimes Xeni Jardin
Business Amazon to enforce social distancing in warehouses with AI surveillance software 'Distance Assistant' Xeni Jardin
politics Twitter kills 32,242 propaganda accounts, Russia, China, Turkey 'state-linked information operations' Xeni Jardin
surveillance Zoom CEO says it won't encrypt free calls because it wants to share them with law enforcement Rob Beschizza
facebook Facebook working with China Mobile to bring undersea internet to Africa in $1 Billion deal Xeni Jardin