Mental health app privacy language opens up holes for user data
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIn the world of mental health apps, privacy scandals have become almost routine. Every
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Month: May 2022
Amazon-owned PillPack settles DOJ insulin lawsuit for $6 million
Amazon-owned online pharmacy company PillPack agreed to pay nearly $6 million after admitting to giving patients more insulin at a
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Why fossil fuel companies see green in Bitcoin mining projects
A Bitcoin mining site powered by otherwise lost gas from an oil well near Linden, Texas, on April 4th, 2022.
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The company behind celebrity cameo videos has laid off a quarter of its workers
The company apparently grew too large during the pandemic. | Image: GettyCameo, the company that lets you pay a celebrity
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Google bought a MicroLED display company that could help make AR headsets better and cheaper
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeToday Google hardware boss Rick Osterloh confirmed that the company has acquired Raxium, a
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Intuit owes you money if it tricked you into paying for TurboTax “Free Edition”
But will I have to claim that as income on my taxes?Intuit, the company behind TurboTax, has agreed to pay
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Twitter’s decentralized, open-source offshoot just released its first code
BlueskyBluesky, Twitter’s open-source offshoot, has released early code for a decentralized social network protocol. The system is dubbed the Authenticated
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VW’s 2022 supply of EVs is ‘basically sold out’ in the US and Europe
Volkswagen’s ID 4 EV.Volkswagen’s CEO, Herbert Diess, says that the company is “basically sold out on electric vehicles in Europe
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Tesla Model S with motorized tilting screen spotted in the wild
The refreshed Model S interior and large center display. | Image: TeslaA Model S with a factory-equipped motorized, swiveling center
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The fight to unionize Amazon’s warehouses
It’s been a years-long battle between the company, organizers, and the National Labor Relations Board. | Illustration by Alex Castro
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