This Week in Tech 724

This Week's Stories

•  Facebook's Cryptocurrency Libra and Congress' response
•  The appalling working conditions of Facebook's moderators exposed
•  More conversation on the distinction between a "platform" and a "publisher"
•  Ravelry, a site for knitting enthusiasts, has taken a stand against white supremacists
•  Google was just caught red-handed
•  Pandora is being sued for showing Tom Petty song lyrics
•  Netflix is petitioned to cancel an Amazon show
•  Apple is recalling selected MacBook Pro laptops because of a fire danger
•  Apple is considering moving up to 30% of production out of China
•  The system designed to verify age in the UK for porn has been delayed
•  A horror story involving a phone hack, a SIM card and what Google isn't doing
•  Apple has approved over 1,000 Best Buy locations as official repair centers
•  Is Google Chrome spying on us?
•  Facebook, Google, and The New Wilderness
•  Philips Hue's new light Trulifi is announced
•  GE's smart lightbulb update is maybe not so smart
•  A city in Florida pays $600K to a hacker to get its data back

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Links

• Apple says its devices can now be repaired in 1,000+ Best Buy locations across the US, expanding on its current network of ~270
• Apple Contemplates Moving 15 to 30 Percent of Production Capacity Outside of China Over Trade War: Report
• Apple recalls 15in MacBook Pro laptops over battery fire risk | The Guardian
• Genius: We Caught Google 'Red Handed' Stealing Lyrics Data
• Related: Pandora is being sued for showing Tom Petty song lyrics
• SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data and Google won't lift a finger | ZDNet
• Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser
• Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime's Good Omens | The Guardian
• Netflix jokes it's cancelling Good Omens, while Amazon 'kills' Stranger Things | CNET
• The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Libra | WIRED
• Chair of the House Financial Services Committee says Facebook should halt development of Libra until Congress investigates
• Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose desperate working conditions - The Verge
• Florida city pays $600,000 ransom to save computer records
• The New Wilderness (Idle Words)
• Philips Hue company announces lights that beam data at 250 Mbps - The Verge
• Once More With Feeling: There Is No Legal Distinction Between A 'Platform' And A 'Publisher' | Techdirt
• UK age-verification system for porn delayed by six months | The Guardian
• GE Lightbulb Update
• Ravelry