Latest articles Monday October 19, 2020

1. Featured Story: Media outlets are still struggling to understand what "viral" means

   Every day, thousands of events happen. The job of a journalist is to decide what is – and what isn’t – worthy of bringing to a broader audience.

   By Chris Stokel-Walker

1. What I found out when I blocked apps from tracking my iPhone for one week

   When Apple made an appearance at the CES tech conference in Las Vegas in 2019, they also put up a sign. It wasn’t a billboard, as many news outlets claimed, but a 13-story Apple ad plastered onto the side of a hotel. It had one message: “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone”.

   By Rob Sturgeon

   From the Privacy desk