Tech News Today 1566

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how WhatsApp is leaving deleted messages inside the database file on iOS. Reports show that ride sharing hasn't reduced the number of drunk driving fatalities. Microsoft is shedding more of its smartphone staff as Satya Nadella undoes the effect of the Nokia years. The space requirements for PlayStation VR are revealed, and it might be a tricky setup. Finally, Disney files a patent that might replace facial recognition with technology that tracks your shoes.

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Links

• WhatsApp Forensic Artifacts: Chats Aren’t Being Deleted
• Instagram to roll out anti-harassment tools
• Uber Hasn't Had An Effect On Drunken-Driving Deaths, Study Finds
• ThinkandRide
• Microsoft to cut 2,850 more jobs, including some in Microsoft sales
• Amazon reaches new high of 268,900 employees — skyrocketing 47% in just one year
• Amazon saw spike in US demands for customer data
• Sony announces PlayStation VR space requirements—is your room big enough?
• Seeing the Xbox Design Lab work from Web interface to couch reality
• Disney patent wants to stealthily track park visitors by their shoes
• Disney’s $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband