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Former Google AI ethicist Timnit Gebru launches her own AI institute https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/timnit-gebru-dair

Match Group will pay Tinder’s co-founders $441 million over valuation lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/1/22811854/match-group-tinder-lawsuit-settlement-sean-rad-iac-valuation

4 Android Banking Trojan Campaigns Targeted Over 300,000 Devices in 2021 https://thehackernews.com/2021/11/4-android-banking-trojan-campaigns.html

What Industrial Societies Get Wrong About Childhood https://nautil.us/issue/108/change/what-industrial-societies-get-wrong-about-childhood

How Big Tech Turns Privacy Laws Into Privacy Theater https://slate.com/technology/2021/12/facebook-twitter-big-tech-privacy-sham.html

Getting software to “hallucinate” reasonable protein structures https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/getting-software-to-hallucinate-reasonable-protein-structures/

Researches Detail 17 Malicious Frameworks Used to Attack Air-Gapped Networks https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/researches-detail-17-malicious.html

Here’s why people might discriminate against foreign accents – new research
https://theconversation.com/heres-why-people-might-discriminate-against-foreign-accents-new-research-172539

One of the Most Unusual Cybersecurity Stories of the Year Is Getting More Complicated https://slate.com/technology/2021/12/fbi-fake-encrypted-messaging-platform-anom-sky-global.html

Researchers Detail How Pakistani Hackers Targeting Indian and Afghan Governments https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/researchers-detail-how-pakistani.html

Myanmar rappers express rage and resistance against the military regime https://advox.globalvoices.org/2021/11/26/myanmar-rappers-express-rage-and-resistance-against-the-military-regime/

Smart Contract Bug Results in $31 Million Loss https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/12/smart-contract-bug-results-in-31-million-loss.html

The Exploding Market for Devices That Help You Evade Corporate Productivity Trackers https://slate.com/technology/2021/12/mouse-movers-market-corporate-productivity-tracking.html

Testing Phone-Sized Faraday Bags https://www.mattblaze.org/blog/faraday/

Press Freedom and the Indian Judiciary https://advox.globalvoices.org/2021/11/26/press-freedom-and-the-indian-judiciary/

The Tech Moguls Are Looking for a New Playground https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/12/dorsey-zuckerberg-end-of-second-internet/620886/

An interview with media scholar Rose Luqiu about WeChat and techno-nationalism https://advox.globalvoices.org/2021/11/29/an-interview-with-media-scholar-rose-luqiu-about-wechat-and-techno-nationalism/