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How the conversation around vaccine hesitancy is changing for the better https://www.platformer.news/p/how-the-conversation-around-vaccine

Amazon Alabama Warehouse Workers May Get To Vote Again On Union https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1014632356/amazon-alabama-warehouse-workers-may-get-to-vote-again-on-union

What is Signal: A Mobile Messaging App Using Cryptography https://www.publish0x.com/bitcoin-news-blog-bitcoin-dice-casino-news/what-is-signal-a-mobile-messaging-app-using-cryptography-xdggneo

‘PwnedPiper’: Devastating Bugs in >80% of Hospital Pneumatics https://threatpost.com/pwnedpiper-bugs-hospital-pneumatics/168277/

Twitter partners with AP, Reuters to battle misinformation on its site https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-partners-with-ap-reuters-battle-misinformation-its-site-2021-08-02/

The Air Force is mounting a war against Facebook misinformation: The newly published RAND report outlines digital threats and countering strategies. https://www.popsci.com/military/us-military-facebook-disinformation/

Your Facebook Account Was Hacked. Getting Help May Take Weeks — Or $299 https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1023801277/your-facebook-account-was-hacked-getting-help-may-take-weeks-or-299

Zoom to pay $85 million for privacy miscues at start of pandemic https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/zoom-to-pay-85-million-for-privacy-miscues-at-start-of-pandemic

The Fastest Supercomputers Ever Built and Who Built Them https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/fastest-supercomputers-ever-built

ZDNet: The cybersecurity jobs crisis is getting worse, and companies are making basic mistakes with hiring. https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-cybersecurity-jobs-crisis-is-getting-worse-and-companies-are-making-basic-mistakes-with-hiring/

Reddit Can Be More Helpful Than Facebook's Own Customer Service For Hacked Accounts https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1023925008/reddit-can-be-more-helpful-than-facebooks-own-customer-service-for-hacked-accoun

Interpretable machine learning predicts terrorism worldwide https://techxplore.com/news/2021-08-machine-terrorism-worldwide.html

Tesla Autopilot Saves Unconscious Drunk Driver’s Life https://interestingengineering.com/tesla-autopilot-saves-unconscious-drunk-drivers-life

Unicorns are ready for a haircut – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/31/unicorns-are-ready-for-a-haircut/

Amazon will pay you $10 in credit for your palm print biometrics – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/02/amazon-credit-palm-biometrics/

Google is building its own chip for the Pixel 6 – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/02/google-is-building-its-own-chip-for-the-pixel-6/

Antisemitic Posts Are Rarely Removed By Social Media Companies, A Study Finds https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1023819435/antisemitic-posts-are-rarely-removed-by-social-media-companies-a-study-finds

Facebook to require all U.S. on-campus employees to wear masks https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/facebook-to-require-all-on-campus-employees-to-wear-masks.html

Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro phones announced with custom Tensor chips https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605094/google-pixel-6-pro-tensor-processor-specs-ai-ml

“A Government That Has Killed People for Less”: Pro-Saudi Social Media Swarms Leave Critics in Fear https://theintercept.com/2021/08/01/saudi-arabia-twitter-harassment-jamal-khashoggi/?comments=1#comments