10 things in tech you need to know today

Learn More about BI Prime View online           10 Things in Tech You Need to Know Today     Advertisement Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday. Business Insider talked to 20 recent and former WeWork employees, executives, and business partners about life inside one the most controversial and fastest-growing startups of all time. Under cofounder and now-ousted CEO Adam Neumann, they described an atmosphere where the boundary between work and play did not exist. Elon Musk unveiled SpaceX's audacious new plan to build cities on Mars with giant Starship rockets. Starship is a roughly 40-storey rocket, designed to send up to 100 people to the surface of Mars. Google is facing yet more antitrust scrutiny over its plans to introduce a new internet protocol, the Wall Street Journal reports. Investigators are reportedly concerned the new protocol would make it harder for other companies to access consumer data. Tech companies discovered 45 million instances of child sexual abuse last year, the New York Times reports. This represents more than double the amount they found last year. Influencer Caroline Calloway took the stage at a Brooklyn podcast taping to "spill the tea" on her ghostwriter controversy. Calloway disputed a viral tell-all essay written by her former friend Natalie Beach, which accused Calloway of being a manipulative friend. Researchers studying information ahead of the 2020 election say they don't have enough access to data from Facebook. According to The New York Times, Facebook has struggled to share data for research while maintaining user privacy. The US is zeroing in on marijuana vapes as it investigates a spate of mysterious illnesses and deaths tied to vaping. The Center for Disease Control said that of about 500 people who experienced an illness linked to vaping, about 77% reported having used products containing THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis. Amazon may soon be able to track your phone's location even if you don't use any of its products or services. Amazon's new mesh network could enable the company to track your phone's location, even if you don't use its WiFi or products. A California judge ruled Friday that Tesla and Elon Musk broke federal labor law with union-busting activity, the Washington Post reports. One of the violations included a tweet from Musk arguing that employees didn't need a union. Facebook is testing hiding users' "likes" in Australia, CNN reports. The company has toyed with eliminating like counts in the past, the idea to get rid of the element of social media one-upmanship between users. Have an Amazon Alexa device? Now you can hear 10 Things in Tech each morning. Just search for "Business Insider" in your Alexa's flash briefing settings. You can also subscribe to this newsletter here — just tick "10 Things in Tech You Need to Know.     Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     Share this     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: geefunk007.bond1@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006

A mesmerizing NASA animation shows how a nearby black hole would warp spacetime like a fun-house mirror

Learn more about BI Prime View online           Tech Insider           A mesmerizing NASA animation shows how a nearby black hole would warp spacetime like a fun-house mirror   The visualization gives context to the first-ever photograph of a black hole, which scientists released in April.   READ MORE           10 things in tech you need to know today   DoorDash said it was hit it with a data breach that impacted 4.9 million people including users, delivery workers, and restaurants.   READ MORE           WeWork's Adam Neumann voted to oust himself as CEO after failed IPO, sources say   The idea would have been unthinkable with the WeWork brand strongly tied to the flamboyant entrepreneur.   READ MORE             Photos show how obsessed the wealthy are with blinged-out superyachts   When an onshore mansion just won't do, the world's wealthy take to the seas to lounge on superyachts with pools, basketball courts, and IMAX theatres.   READ MORE           WeWork is reportedly halting all new lease agreements with property owners   The US office-sharing startup is looking to curtail costs, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. It is making changes after postponing its IPO.   READ MORE           Hackers stole data of 4.9 million DoorDash users, workers, and merchants. Here's how to check if you were affected.   A data breach earlier this year exposed the information of millions of DoorDash users, delivery workers, and restaurants, the company said Thursday.   READ MORE           I tried the Theragun Liv body massager to see if it's actually worth $249 — here's how it performed and who it's best for   I recently had a chance to review the Theragun Liv body massager. It's pricey at $249, but for me it is worth the money.   READ MORE           Google has booted 46 apps made by a big Chinese developer from its app store with no explanation   The apps from Chinese developer iHandy kicked from the Play Store included a horoscope app, a security app, and a selfie filter app.   READ MORE           Google says Google Translate can't replace human translators. US immigration officials have used it to vet refugees.   Language experts said the US government's reliance on Google Translate to dig into refugee social media posts was troubling.   READ MORE           TikTok has been censoring LGBTQ content in some countries   A TikTok spokesman told Business Insider the guidelines banning LGBTQ content in Turkey are no longer in use.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     Share this     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: geefunk007.bond1@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006