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Hashtag Trending 2021 holiday special – Part 2/2

Social media misinformation, semiconductor shortage, NFT’s explosive growth, ransomware attacks hit a new high, and right-to-repair gains traction. With the new year nearly upon us,...

Hashtag Trending 2021 Holiday Special- Part 1/2

The metaverse, Facebook’s whistleblower, El Salvador adopts bitcoin as legal tender, the race to space and Amazon’s complicated year.  With the new year nearly upon...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 23- Social media distrust; engineers love blockchain; No vaccine, no pay at Intel

Files from Tom Li Social media users don’t trust the platforms they use, silicon valley engineers are fervently pursuing blockchain opportunities, and Intel will be...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 22 – Amazon censors bad reviews; Facebook struggles to keep employees; Mental health app security breach

Files from Samira Balsara Amazon agrees to remove bad reviews from the Chinese president’s book, Facebook’s reputation has taken a hit this year and it's...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 20 – JPMorgan fined; Meta called the worst company of the year; Amazon reverses its smartphone ban

JPMorgan fined for breaking record-keeping compliance, Meta is ranked the worst company of the year by Yahoo Finance, Amazon has removed its smartphone ban. That’s...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 16- Google Vaccine Mandate; Amazon Drivers Overworked; Billionaire Space Race Carbon Emissions

With files from Samira Balsara Google gets strict about vaccines, Amazon delivery drivers are overworking this holiday season, and the space journeys that billionaires took...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 15- Apple investigation; Microsoft and iFixit; Google’s 911 bug

With files from Samira Balsara. OSHA investigates Apple, Microsoft teams up with iFixit, and a bug in Google Pixel is preventing some users from calling...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 13 – Fully self-driving cars; Activision strike; DDR5 memory scalping

Mercedes-Benz becomes the first automaker with a fully autonomous driving system, workers are staging an open-ended strike at Activision Blizzard, and scalping is rife...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 10 – Amazon Fined by Italy; Instagram Chronological Timeline Return; Metaverse Privacy Concerns

With files from Samira Balsara Italy hits Amazon with a hefty fine, Instagram is planning to revisit an old feature, and the metaverse’s roll-out will...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 9 – Apple’s 5-year deal with China; Snapchat Spectacles; Instagram’s new features

With files from Samira Balsara Apple made a secret $275 billion dollar deal with China, Snapchat steps into the metaverse, and Instagram announces new features...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 8 – Massive numbers of YouTube copyright strikes; Microsoft seizes hacker’s servers; Outage at AWS

With Files from Tom Li YouTube’s copy strike report has unveiled some unsavoury statistics, Microsoft seizes servers belonging to hackers, and Amazon has been hit...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 7 – Amazon’s shipping containers; Verizon data collection; YouTube’s copyright report

With files from Jori Negin-Shecter Amazon works on a supply chain workaround, Verizon’s App is collecting more data than you think, and Youtube makes a...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 6 – Easy default browser change; hack receipt printers for antiwork; Apple cuts iPhone 13 production goal

Windows 11 makes changing browsers easier again, hackers are using receipt printers to spread calls for better working conditions, and Apple cuts iPhone 13...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 3 – Bring back YouTube dislikes; Deplatforming bill blocked in Texas; war on disinformation

With Files from Tom Li A YouTube extension is bringing back the dislike count, an anti-social media deplatorming bill has been squashed by a Texas...

Hashtag Trending Dec. 2 – Amazon underreported COVID cases; Microsoft’s BNPL faces poor feedback; Google employee lawsuit

Files from Tom Li Amazon faces accusations of underreporting COVID, Microsoft’s Buy Now Pay Later Edge inclusion has users agitated, and Google is facing a...

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