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„Staatliche Überwachungsapp“: WhatsApp feuert gegen russischen Messenger Max
WhatsApp kritisiert, dass der Messenger in Russland blockiert wurde. Den neuen russischen Messenger Max hält WhatsApp für eine „staatliche Überwachungs-App“.

The US CBP signs a one-year Clearview AI deal, granting access to its facial recognition tool for "tactical targeting" and "strategic counter-network analysis" (Dell Cameron/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-signs-clea

CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.

Of course it does
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smart-glasses.ht…

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.

Delaware's acting U.S. Attorney Julianne Murray
resigned her post on Dec. 12,
and the courts appointed her successor immediately,
an unusual turn of events after months of questions about the legality of Donald Trump's attempts to fill federal prosecutor roles around the country with loyalists.
Murray, who has served as both "interim" and "acting" U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware since the summer,
posted her resignation on …

State's top federal prosecutor resigns; court quickly names successor
Delaware's top federal prosecutor resigned Friday morning and the courts appointed a successor, capping months of controversy about the position.

macOS 26 “Tahoe” is so bad. My main computer is still on the previous OS because of stories like this. Resizing Windows ffs!
https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/

US DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is leaving, in a departure viewed as a victory for tech giants over some of MAGA's more populist voices (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/12/justice-antitrust-chief-gail-slateer-resigns

Justice Department antitrust chief resigns
It's being viewed as a victory for big business over some of MAGA's more populist voices.

Goldman Sachs General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler Resigns Over Epstein Ties - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/2026.02.13-013219/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/goldman-lawyer-kathryn-ruemmler-resigns.html

US DOJ antitrust chief Gail Slater says she is leaving, in a departure viewed as a victory for tech giants over some of MAGA's more populist voices (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/12/justice-antitrust-chief-gail-slateer-resigns

Justice Department antitrust chief resigns
It's being viewed as a victory for big business over some of MAGA's more populist voices.

I can only think of one instance, maybe two instances, where a US CEO lost their job over a data breach.
Lotte Card CEO Cho Jwa-jin Resigns Early Over Data Breach
https://www.chosun.com/english/market-money-en/2025/11/13/NAY73YT4TZFVRKBCGXUXQP2MPU/

Lotte Card CEO Cho Jwa-jin Resigns Early Over Data Breach
Lotte Card CEO Cho Jwa-jin Resigns Early Over Data Breach

Sources: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as 2026, and considers letting the glasses identify people with public Meta accounts (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/meta-facial-recognition-smar…