February 2022 was a mix of the very serious with Russia, and the off-kilter with Kanye West, but in between there were privacy issues, and surprising technology concerns.Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine overshadowed everything in February 2022, yet oddly, it also unexpectedly shone a light into issues around technology. Few could have predicted, for instance, that the invasion would be spotted first not on broadcast news or Twitter, but Google Maps and Apple Maps.So maybe Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen was right this month when he said there is “nothing to look forward to,” with Apple’s products, and they are always “just a slight refinement on the same thing.” But it turns out that there can still be surprises like the mapping invasion feature, even if Apple didn’t intend it. Read more…
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