AI used in a Northwestern study of police departments is showing that a small percentage of officers own a disproportionate share of the misconduct. The “Chip Shortage” is actually making the chip shortage worse because chip manufacturers can’t get the chips they need to make the chips we need. The Amazon union saga is far…

After a massive recall of its Fitbit Ionic smartwatch due to hot battery issues, Google is being sued by two women because of burns caused by the Fitbit Versa 2 and the Versa Lite. What things should we do to manage our digital footprint after we die?  We probably should have a plan for all…

Elon Musk secured financing for his $46.5 billion takeover bid of Twitter and Twitter’s board has reconsidered and accepted his offer. Patreon creates the new “Pull Up” incubator for creators of color and offers resources, training, and funding for marginalized small business owners. The recently launched  CNN+ streaming service calls it quits barely 3 weeks…

Details on how Twitter’s upcoming edit button might work have surfaced and we all have different takes on how we feel about it. Slack-like communities are coming to WhatsApp Messenger and this could give the super-popular messaging app more of a social media app look and feel. Flossing on the Gram is not really a…

Elon Musk and Twitter had a heck of a week.  Musk buys 9.2% of the stock becoming the biggest shareholder, is offered a seat on the board, but turns it down.  Twitter also announces that it is adding an “Edit” button to the platform.  They’ve been working on it for over a year and the…

Facebook’s News Feed was doling out misinformation for months due to a bug in its ranking algorithm that affected as much as half of all views.Elon Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter becoming the company’s biggest individual shareholder. Apple and Meta shared user personal data with hackers pretending to be law enforcement. And Amazon…

Will Smith smacking the taste out of Chris Rock’s mouth at the Oscars isn’t necessarily a tech story, but it needs to be discussed.  Proposed EU legislation may require messaging platforms to interoperate, but the bigger issue may be getting the carriers to roll out a standard like RCS. Is an Apple hardware subscription plan…

Facebook locks a bunch of users out of their accounts for not turning on Facebook Protect.  The problem was that Facebook’s email notification looked like a phishing scam which was largely ignored. The global chip shortage is getting real and it’s getting worse.  First, it was graphic cards that became impossible to buy.  Now some…

Instagram introduces Enhanced Tags which should make it easier for professional accounts and influencers to receive credit for their work.  Apple Announces the M1 Ultra, the new Mac Studio, and the 5K Studio Display, and they all sound kind of awesome. And we interview Gary Joanis, Pharmaceutical Consultant for Viral Vaccines & Advanced Therapeutic Medicines…

Apple’s Privacy Update wiped out over a quarter trillion dollars in market cap from 4 of the big social media companies.  Google is thinking about privacy too, but it ain’t going quite as hard as Apple. Michael Jordan and son’s NFT project Heir is doing “OK” out the gate but it did have to pull…