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- Mitch McConnell links stimulus checks to technology legislation. Majority leader in the Republican Senate, Mitch McConnell, introduced a bill linking the $ 2,000 stimulus checks to the repeal of Section 230 and a new commission to study electoral fraud.
- An Apple vendor may be using Uighur slave labor. Lens Technology, a longtime glass supplier for iPhones, uses forced labor by Uighur minorities in its factories, according to a new report.
- Apple loses legal challenge. The iPhone maker lost an initial lawsuit in its copyright lawsuit against Corellium, a security company that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing. A judge ruled that the product was of fair use, The Washington Post reported.
- Coinbase reportedly paid less to minorities and women. Cryptocurrency trading startup Coinbase has consistently paid women and people of color less than other employees who do similar jobs, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
- TikTok removed an account that promoted illegal meetings. Vybe Together, a “secret party app” based in New York City, used TikTok to promote a major New Year’s Eve event that appeared to break the CDC-recommended security protocol COVID-19.
- Japan wants to reduce space waste. Kyoto University is teaming up with a Japanese forestry company, Sumitomo Forestry, to develop wooden satellites to be placed in orbit by 2023 in order to reduce space waste.
- Intel shares rise after letter from activist. The chipmaker’s shares rose 8% after activist hedge fund Third Point sent a letter urging it to explore strategic alternatives.
- The best of 2020: how offices will change after the coronavirus. The co-CEOs of one of the largest architectural firms in the world describe three main ways in which the workplace will change in the future.
- The best of 2020: how Google detects unconscious prejudices in action. Check out the presentation slides that the technology giant uses to deal with issues of diversity and inclusion in the company.
- The best of 2020: the best European fintechs of 2020. Business Insider asked nine of the most prominent European technology venture capitalists to choose fintech startups that they thought would explode in 2020.