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

Amazon says TikTok ban was an error, a quick recap from IT World’s virtual Digital Transformation Week event, and Google’s $10 billion for India.

AWS backtracks on its TikTok warning, iOS apps keep crashing thanks to Facebook, and Microsoft stomps out a nasty fraud campaign targeting CEOs. NOTE: This podcast was recorded prior to AWS’ update on TikTok this weekend.

TikTok users take to Twitter to yell about its meltdown, New records show Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have thousands of previously unreported military and law enforcement contracts, and Elon Musk teases an update for its brain-computer interface company Neuralink.

Facebook fails its first civil rights audit, hackers are snooping around on decommissioned police body cameras, and a trending hashtag we just had to include.

Microsoft and Zoom will not process data requests through China’s new security law, TikTok exits Hong Kong, and Uber going into grocery delivery.

Reddit is suspected for privacy concerns, Hackers spread pro-trump data on a popular kids video game, and Mark Zuckerburg expects advertisers to return soon enough.

Twitter says it will add an edit button if everyone wears masks, TikTok is being flamed by hacktivist group Anonymous, Tesla is now the most valuable carmaker in the world.

Canada’s big banks are joining the Facebook boycott, Tesla is now worth more than Toyota, and everyone is suddenly talking about their personal “Zoom shirts”.

It turns out dozens of apps are still snooping around your clipboard data, Mark Zuckerberg is a little bit poorer now, and Amazon warehouse workers in Germany are planning to strike today.

Amazon buys the naming rights to Seattle’s KeyArena and changes the name to Climate Pledge Arena, Olympus quits the camera business after 84 years, and Collision from Home wraps up.

Collision From Home continues, the U.S. says it will suspend foreign work visas until the end of the year, and Facebook boycotts continue.

Collision from home 2020, Andrew Yang says big tech should pay for user data, and Ontario’s new math curriculum will feature code and data.

We’ve dedicated today’s Hashtag Trending episode to summarize all the big announcements from Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference. Strap in, listeners, because there’s a ton to talk about.

Thousands of teens rally together on TikTok to throw a wrench into Donald Trump’s rally plans in Tulsa, Adobe wants you to uninstall Flash soon, and NBA Players are being asked to wear a smart ring when they start play again next month.

Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook will allow users to turn off political ads, the CIA’s largest data breach is due to not enough security, Twitter rolls out a new feature.