The Guardian: Interviews with 70+ sources describe how Facebook and Instagram have become major child trafficking platforms and how they slow down prosecutors’ investigations  —  Our two-year investigation suggests that the tech giant Meta is struggling to prevent criminals from using its platforms to buy and sell children for sex Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Dropbox plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees; CEO Drew Houston blames slowing growth and because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived”  —  Cloud storage giant Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Russell Brandom / Rest of World: Since Elon Musk’s takeover, Twitter has received 971 government orders globally and has fully complied with 808, an 83% compliance rate, vs. ~50% before Musk  —  The company has not refused a single request since Musk took ownership, according to self-reported data Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Dyson Zone review: excellent noise cancelation, monitors air quality, and makes users look like Bane, but it’s $949, heavy, and air filtering kills the battery  —  The Dyson Zone is not the most practical device, but then again, did you really expect that from air-purifying noise-canceling headphones? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrea Vittorio / Bloomberg Law: Washington becomes the first US state to adopt sweeping safeguards for health data, including location records that could reveal visits to abortion clinics  —  Washington has adopted a first-of-its-kind state law with sweeping safeguards for consumer health data collected by companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: YouTube Music adds podcasts in the US on Android, iOS, and the web, available to all users regardless of whether they have a YouTube Premium subscription  —  YouTube Music is officially adding podcasts to its platform in the United States on Android, iOS and the web. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Coinbase offers a fiery response to SEC’s March notice, saying enforcement action against the exchange would present “major” risks to SEC’s regulatory model  —  – Crypto exchange Coinbase told the SEC that any enforcement action against the exchange would “fail on the merits” … Lees verder op Tech Meme