After surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety
Following mounting pressure and a questionable Super Bowl ad,
the Amazon-owned company walked back its plan to integrate with the controversial
law-enforcement technology company.
https://www.theverge.co…
Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection last week, days after the council's approval of a $6B data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-ce…
⚰️ The Death of Character in Game Console Interfaces
#games
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is the most unpopular democratically elected head of government along with French President Emmanuel Macron in second place:
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/13/german-chancellor-merz-…
"Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating?"
#Chemicals #Environment #Oceans
Still too damned many not showing up. Left work at 15:30 should be at home at just after 16:00. Arrived at home at almost 17:00!
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/oc-transpo-cancels-fewer-trips-as-more-buses-hit-the-roads/
Live: UN Security Council to meet for 'a briefing on the situation in Iran' - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260115-live-un-security-council-to-meet-for-a-briefing-on-the-situation-in-iran
Adobe agrees to pay $75M to resolve a US government lawsuit accusing it of concealing hefty termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/adobe-pay-75
Amazon's Ring cancels its partnership with Flock that would have let law enforcement agencies request footage from Ring doorbell users, following backlash (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/878447/ring-flock-partnership-canceled