Internet Best Practices

• -Singapore's digital contact tracing program has raised concerns after the government admitted that data collected by it can be handed to police for criminal investigations. This is in contrast with previous assurances that the widely used, and in some places mandatory, technology would only be used to track Covid-19 infections. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.
  
  
• Kuaishou, TikTok's rival in China, could be the biggest IPO since the pandemic began -A short-form video app that competes with the Chinese version of TikTok is preparing for what is expected to be the world's largest initial public offering since the coronavirus pandemic began.
  
  
• Apple issues new warning: Keep your iPhone 6 inches away from your pacemaker -An important heads-up for iPhone owners: Apple is warning customers that its smartphones could interfere with medical devices, including pacemakers.
  
  
• Apple now lets you take a 'walk' with Shawn Mendes and Dolly Parton -It's 27 degrees where I live just north of New York City, but I'm taking a walk up a mountain with pop star Shawn Mendes in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Unlike me, hands in pockets, mask giving me a little extra warmth, Mendes says hello to the people he walks by, in between reflections about his life in the spotlight.
  
  
• Twitter bets on crowdsourcing to help combat misinformation -Twitter on Monday launched Birdwatch, an experiment that relies on the social network's users to provide context to tweets and to combat misinformation.
  
  
• SpaceX launches 143 satellites on one rocket in record-setting mission -A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried 143 satellites into orbit on a jam-packed rideshare mission Sunday, setting a new world record for the most satellites launched by a single rocket.
  
  
• Google Maps will soon display Covid-19 vaccination sites -Google Maps will soon display locations that offer Covid-19 vaccinations, further bolstering awareness of the virus ? and how to avoid it.
  
  
• Amazon is pushing for a milestone union vote to take place in person despite the pandemic -Amazon is once again asking the National Labor Relations Board to direct thousands of the company's warehouse workers at an Alabama facility to cast votes in-person on whether to form a union, rather than by mail, despite the ongoing pandemic.
  
  
• Incoming CEO wants Intel to again be the 'unquestioned leader' in industry -Intel investors and analysts got their first glimpse at incoming CEO Pat Gelsinger's vision for the company during its earnings call on Thursday.
  
  
• Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its ambitious internet balloon venture -Loon, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, is winding down its operations.
  
  
• Apple CEO Tim Cook once gave President Trump a $5,999 Mac Pro -In a new financial document released just hours after he left the White House, former President Donald Trump disclosed Apple CEO Tim Cook once gave him a $5,999 Mac Pro computer.
  
  
• American Airlines has so much extra wine that it is starting a delivery service -
  
  
• Google threatens to shut down search in Australia -Google says it will shut down its search engine in Australia if a controversial bill designed to benefit the news media becomes law.
  
  
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• How wearable airbags could make motorbikes safer -Balanced on two wheels without a protective shell, riding a motorbike is far more dangerous than driving a car -- but innovations in airbags could help keep motorcyclists safe.
  
  
• Instacart is cutting more than 1,800 jobs, including its only unionized workers -Last February, a group of Instacart employees who worked as in-store shoppers at a Mariano's grocery store in Skokie, Illinois, voted to unionize in a historic moment for the gig economy.
  
  
• Federal judge blocks Parler's bid to be restored on Amazon Web Services -A federal judge has denied Parler's request for a court order blocking Amazon from kicking the social media app off its platform, marking yet another setback in Parler's efforts to get back online.
  
  
• Facebook's oversight board will decide whether Trump should be banned -Donald Trump's future on Facebook and Instagram is now up in the air.
  
  
• Google agrees to pay French publishers for news -Google will pay news publications in France for the use of their content online in a landmark agreement that could soon be replicated elsewhere in Europe under new copyright laws.
  
  
• China says it is a 'victim' after Twitter locks embassy account -China says that it is a "victim" of misinformation after Twitter restricted the account of the Chinese embassy in the United States.