Episode 34: Google tests excluding news from search results, Parler dropped from AWS, users abandon WhatsApp and Solomon Islands plan to block Facebook dropped

Nerd Factor 15

Episode 34 - Sunday 17th January 2021
This week on Nerd Factor 15:

• Google experiments with removing news from search results
• Tyro Payments suffer two-week EFTPOS terminal outage
• Parler dropped from AWS platform and user content scraped
• Users flock to Signal and Telegram after WhatsApp privacy changes
• Solomon Islands winds back plan to block Facebook
• Programmer forgets password to $US220m Bitcoin wallet

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