Coffee Briefing, December 11, 2020 – Technicity GTA recap, Salesforce news, plus more

Nvidia’s new graphics cards turn heads, Zoom’s revenue continues to skyrocket, and Apple accidentally approves Malware to run in MacOS.

A U.S.-based internet service provider suffers a major outage over the weekend and it can be traced back to Mississauga, everyone is going bananas after Apple and Tesla stocks split, and LinkedIn gets chatty about algorithms.

TikTok’s CEO steps down after 100 days in office, Apple is making it harder for Facebook to advertise, and in a shocking turn of events, it turns out Scots version of Wikipedia was written by someone who was clueless about the language.

A lengthy story about Nortel’s giant breach in 2004 makes its rounds, Cineplex is back, and Canada is getting its first high-speed travel pod.

Apple apologizes to WordPress, LinkedIn is chatty about virtual events, and Elon Musk says we can expect a Neuralink demo this week.

TikTok says it’s planning to sue the Trump administration, Apple and WordPress lock horns after Apple gets a little greedy, and a story about PIPEDA and Tim Hortons catches fire on Reddit.

The New York City Police Department uses facial recognition to find a man who allegedly shouted into a police officer’s ear with a bullhorn, you may soon be able to experience the nostalgia of BlockBuster, and swiping right at work for lunch dates is a thing now.

Amazon is being investigated by Germany’s privacy watchdog for allegedly abusing its market position during the pandemic, the CRA has been hacked, and a very large amount of Chinese users say they will ditch the iPhone if WeChat is banned.

Donald Trump says he is considering pardoning whistleblower Edward Snowden, Ontario makes a bid for Silicon Valley talent, and Fortnite throws a counterpunch at Apple.

Bill Gates sits down for a one-on-one with Bloomberg, it turns out Alexa’s web services had bugs…

A judge orders Uber and Lyft drivers to be reclassified as employees, British Court of Appeal rules that British police violated human rights using facial recognition technology, and Canadians are not yet convinced to return to the workplace. 

Amazon wants to convert Sears and JCPenney to fulfillment centers, Google Home may be listening to just about everything, and a highschool student builds an app that records your interaction with police and shares it to Instagram and Facebook right away.

A massive hack hits Reddit, Facebook doubles down on its work from home policy, and Zoom’s old news – it’s all about holograms now.

Google discontinues its flagship smartphones, residents in eastern Canada were hit with a cell service outage yesterday, scientists renamed 27 human genes to appease Excel.