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Google, privacy, D.C., lawsuits, location tracking, transparency
By 01/26/2022

DC, 3 States Sue Google, Saying It Invades Users’ Privacy

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.   DC, 3 States Sue Google, Saying It Invades Users’ Privacy […]

New York State, absentee voting, 2022, Kathy Hochul
By 01/25/2022

NY Expands Absentee Voting Following Defeat of Ballot Measure

NY Expands Absentee Voting Following Defeat of Ballot Measure (Maria) The author writes, “New Yorkers can again choose to vote by absentee rather than face the risk of catching COVID-19 at polling sites through the rest of 2022 under a bill that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Friday. The Assembly passed the bill 100-45 on Wednesday, […]

climate crisis, global warming, weird weather 2021, supersized rainfalls, long droughts
By 01/24/2022

People Haven’t Just Made the Planet Hotter. We’ve Changed the Way it Rains.

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Senate, Judiciary Committee, tech, antitrust bill, vote
By 01/21/2022

Senate Panel Advances Antitrust Bill Aimed at Apple, Amazon, and Google

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.   Senate Panel Advances Antitrust Bill Aimed at Apple, Amazon, and […]

Clean Water Act, federal protections, scope, project oversight, Biden administration
By 01/17/2022

Tightened Federal Water Protections Won’t Slow Some Projects

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.   Tightened Federal Water Protections Won’t Slow Some Projects (Maria) The […]

FCC, internet, net neutrality, Joe Biden, appointees
By 01/11/2022

Net Neutrality Will Make a Comeback in 2022

Net Neutrality Will Make a Comeback in 2022 (Maria) The author writes, “A new chapter in the ongoing saga of net neutrality and who governs the internet will take shape over the next year, thanks to another shift in power at the Federal Communications Commission. With new appointees from President Joe Biden firming up a […]