Internet users are bombarded by websites’ consent requests before the tracking begins. They’re also perplexed about how their data is used and concerned about the risk. But consumers have options, as Consumer Reports’ Matt Schwartz explains.
An investigation by The Markup found that pixel collects data from many students using other websites, including high schoolers who sign up for financial aid and college testing. Then the code shares demographic data with Meta.
Used cooking oil and recycled animal fat may be dirty stuff, but they’re ingredients of cleaner jet fuel. Argus Media’s Louise Burke says powering planes with biofuel could help countries and companies meet their climate goals.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the government to spy on foreigners overseas. The Brennan Center’s Elizabeth Goitein says loopholes and abuses of the statute have allowed the U.S. government to surveil its own citizens without a warrant.
On today’s episode of Bytes: Week in Review, Natasha Mascarenhas of The Information joins Marketplace’s Lily Jamali to discuss the biggest tech stories this week.
The billionaire executive went to Israel amid the backlash, apparently to blunt criticism. Ryan Mac of The New York Times discusses the impact of Musk’s actions on advertisers and the impact of the advertiser exodus on X.
Game companies around the globe have laid off thousands of workers. A downturn was on the horizon, as Sarah Parvini of the L.A. Times explains, when people started wandering out of their homes after COVID quarantines.
Yanely Espinal, host of the podcast “Financially Inclined,” shares the story of content creator Sid Raskind, who talks about the many projects an influencer has to have in order to make the job sustainable.
Despite half the world’s population being female, there are still few technologies on the market to help manage the symptoms of menopause. Why is there a reluctance to invest in “menotech,” and is that changing?
