Shirin Ghaffary

Plus: Amazon is in talks to launch an ad-free music service, Reed Hastings is leaving Facebook’s board, and Microsoft reveals some Outlook accounts were compromised.

Plus: Alexa is caught sharing conversations with an unexpected audience, Julian Assange is arrested, and Jeff Bezos is challenging his competitors on worker pay.

There is little oversight of the algorithms that help the city decide who gets watched by police, where kids go to school, and in what neighborhoods fire stations are placed.

Plus: Facebook changes its news feed, Chinese tech giant JD makes cuts to its workforce, and Republicans host a Senate hearing on alleged anti-conservative bias in social media.

Plus: Google’s cofounders are notably MIA at company meetings, Congress holds a committee about white nationalism on social media, and Facebook says it’s using AI to be more respectful of friends who’ve passed away.

Plus: Millions of Netflix users aren’t paying, a private equity firm acquires Gizmodo Media Group, and Pinterest sets its IPO range below its initial filing.

Plus: Westworld creators move to Amazon, Americans think social media is a waste of time, and Google’s internal ethics board raises questions for some.

Plus: Women at Microsoft detail accounts of sexual harassment at work, Snap is building an ad network, and Amazon pushes ahead on plans to go to space.