US digital contact tracing incident
Charlie Warzel, Atlantic
Unless you live in a specific number of states, you will likely never get a chance to use the contact tracing system that is the result of an unprecedented partnership between Apple and Google. As it turns out, there are a number of reasons this technology never worked in the US, from concerns about public privacy to the federal government’s inability to deviate from its vaccine strategy or its bankruptcy.
Athletic began to destroy newspapers. Then it becomes one.
Bryan Curtis, Ringer
The New York Times is spending $550 million on a sports media website based on its subscriptions and rich journalistic talent. Not long ago, its founder told the newspaper that bought it that he wanted to replace the local newspapers, with the plan “to let them bleed continuously until we are the last ones.” stand firm.” Now the site is part of one of the largest newspapers in the country.
The Epic Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
David Streitfeld, New York Times
After this week’s fraud verdict, take a look back at the decades-long play by the Theranos chief executive and some of the people she brought along.
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