It’s time to consider a different web browser: I know, ugh. But my colleague Brian X. Chen makes a compelling case for switching to a browser such as Brave or DuckDuckGo. They’re similar to Chrome and Safari, but they block many of the technologies that track what we do online.
An internal fight over a YouTube video: Some YouTube staff members asked the company to delete a music video with lyrics that they said included anti-Asian racism, Bloomberg News reported. YouTube said it wouldn’t remove artistic expression. Some employees criticized their bosses’ decision on internal websites including with mocking memes and a reference to Bloody Sunday in Selma.
We’re obsessed with tech billionaires, but uneasy about their power: Americans needed rich people during the pandemic, “in no small part because of a slow response from a public sector that created a leadership vacuum,” Recode writes. It’s a thought-provoking article about the influence of billionaires and our complex feelings about them.
The New York Times
Me: I use Firefox linked to DuckDuckGo – do it in options in Firefox – only tick DuckDuckGo, options, the box in the right hand upper side of the web page – 3 horizontal lines, like here – been using it for years – fast and 100% safe.