Tech News Weekly 174

Amazon Vesta home robot, Verkada surveillance hack, Instagram Lite in India.

• How big of a priority is Amazon's home robot, the Vesta? Eugene Kim from Business Insider has the inside scoop.
• Surveillance camera company Verkada was hacked giving unprecedented access to sensitive video feeds around the world.
• Amazon publishes its own books but bypasses Libraries for digital distribution and that hurts those who can't afford to buy books.
• Meaghan Tobin from Rest of World talks about the potential impact of the new Instagram Lite app in India.
• Karen Hao from MIT Technology Review wrote a months long investigation into the competing forces within Facebook fighting for social good and business growth.

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Links

• Amazon Has Over 800 People Working on Its Secretive 'Vesta' Home Robot
• Verkada Workers Had Extensive Access to Private Customer Cameras
• Want to Borrow That E-Book From the Library? Sorry, Amazon Won’t Let You
• Facebook Hopes Its New Instagram Lite App Will Replace TikTok in India
• How Facebook Got Addicted to Spreading Misinformation
• Fairness On The Ground: Applying Algorithmic Fairness Approaches To Complex Production Systems