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Replacement for Adam Neumann, Fight with Deepfakes, Google's Secrets & One Investor's Big Loss

WeWork's Potential CEO

WeWork's series of trials and tribulations has been one of the biggest business stories of the last few months. Co-founder Adam Neumann exited as CEO in September, then SoftBank bought a majority stake in the troubled co-working company after WeWork's failed attempt at an IPO. WeWork might already have a new chief executive lined up, though: T-Mobile CEO John Legere, whom the Wall Street Journal reported is in talks to take over.

Twitter vs. Deepfakes

Twitter said last month it was working on ways to better to handle deepfakes. It just released draft guidelines on how to address the problem and it's looking for the public to weigh in and help shape policies on what it describes as "synthetic and manipulated media." The guidelines aren't yet set in stone, and Twitter's looking for feedback through a survey and tweets with the hashtag #TwitterPolicyFeedback. You'll have until Wednesday, November 27th at 6:59 p.m. ET to weigh in.

Google Secretly Collecting Data

Google’s secret ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data on millions of Americans. Neither patients nor doctors have been notified. At least 150 Google employees already have access to much of the data on tens of millions of patients.

Mind Your Crypto
Crypto investor Michael Terpin lost roughly 1,500 bitcoins on January 7, 2018, after falling victim to a SIM swap attack. The bitcoin stake was worth $24 million that day, roughly three weeks after the asset hit its record high price.

Read and Ponder

The group’s great success in calling and enacting enormous protests at the drop of a hat has been enabled, to a large degree, by technology. In fact, tech is powering the future of civil disobedience.

How to save your data when you quit your job. First of all, check your corporate policies to see what, if anything, you’re allowed to take with you when you go. What to do next? Find the answers here.