Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart Workers Organize a Historic Mass Strike amazon, ethic, gigeconomy, hope, hopelessness, revenge https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7j8zw/amazon-whole-foods-instacart-workers-organize-a-historic-mass-strike?utm_content=1588257463&utm_medium=social&utm_source=motherboard_twitter
Hancock grants GCHQ powers over NHS IT systems data, ethic, health, medical, monopoly, technology https://www.hsj.co.uk/technology-and-innovation/hancock-grants-gchq-powers-over-nhs-it-systems/7027528.article
Israeli firm raises $5 million for tech to recognize mask-covered faces 1984, dystopia, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facial-recognition/israeli-firm-raises-5-million-for-tech-to-recognize-mask-covered-faces-idUSKCN22809S?utm_source=reddit.com
Show but don’t tell: why silent Zooms are golden for focusing the mind art, Covid, genius, psychology, technology https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/26/show-but-dont-tell-why-silent-zooms-are-golden-for-focusing-the-mind
NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan android, apple, Covid, health, technology https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52441428
Private sector races to build virus apps to track employees 1984, app, data, dystopia, ethic, human guinea pig, privacy, surveillance https://www.ft.com/content/caeb250b-8d8b-4eaa-969c-62a8b58464aa
Would You Sacrifice Your Privacy to Get Out of Quarantine? 1984, Covid, ethic, hopelessness, privacy, psychology, surveillance, technology https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-privacy-civil-liberties-911/609172/
How memes got weaponized: A short history 1984, art, Internet, war https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/10/24/132228/political-war-memes-disinformation/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1587490946
There’s an app for that: Coronavirus apps 1984, app, bias, human guinea pig, marketing, privacy, psychology https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3675/theres-app-coronavirus-apps