Category: News


Apple plans to remove apps from App Store that track users without consent starting 2021


This is part of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework with iOS 14, requiring developers to receive the user’s permission to track them or access their device’s advertising identifier. The new feature will be available early next year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/09/apple-could-remove-apps-track-users-without-consent/6505743002/

President Trump seeks to join Supreme Court lawsuit challenging election results in 4 key states


President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn the 2020 election results by tossing out votes cast in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and allowing state legislatures to appoint new electors.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/09/donald-trump-seeks-join-supreme-court-lawsuit-challenging-election/3870238001/

Should Facebook be broken up? FTC, 46 states sue tech giant for antitrust over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions


The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states are suing Facebook on antitrust grounds, taking direct aim at two prized acquisitions that broadened the company’s global footprint and fueled its more than $70 billion advertising business.\

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/12/08/facebook-antitrust-lawsuits-instagram-whatsapp-mark-zuckerberg/6502309002/

Mom voted Trump, son voted Biden. Their conversation is an inspiration for a divided nation.


The last few years of presidential politics pitted friend against friend, child against parent, and husband against wife. Many Americans are no longer able to speak to — much less understand — the other side.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/12/05/trump-biden-voter-conversation-audio-column/3815823001/