When Open Source Goes Corporate
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, a FOSS application might be going corporate, SamsClub starts a creepy new way of checkout, and we see two new ways hackers are targeting people.

Privacy
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/shopify-faces-privacy-lawsuit-for-collecting-customer-data

https://www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-technology/sam-s-club-s-600-location-remodel-will-eliminate-cashiers

Security
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/zoom-attack-tricks-victims-into-allowing-remote-access-to-install-malware-and-steal-money

https://securityaffairs.com/176737/malware/supercard-x-a-new-sophisticate-malware-targets-androids-via-nfc-relay-attacks.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/beware-hackers-can-apparently-now-send-phishing-emails-from-no-reply-google-com

Robots
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/asia/china-first-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/22/1114337/bug-size-robots-that-fly-and-flip-could-pollinate-futuristic-farms-crops/

AI Overlords
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/character-ai-unveils-avatarfx-an-ai-video-model-to-create-lifelike-chatbots/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/instagram-is-using-ai-to-find-teens-lying-about-their-age-and-restricting-their-accounts/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/columbia-student-suspended-over-interview-cheating-tool-raises-5-3m-to-cheat-on-everything/

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/chatgpt-head-tells-court-openai-is-interested-in-buying-chrome/

Business
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/facebook-cracks-down-on-spammy-content-by-cutting-reach-and-monetization/

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/21/how-to-join-phone-users-shun-bundles-sim-only-savings

https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c

Silly
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/superpower-wants-to-help-people-detect-and-address-health-issues-before-symptoms-appear/

https://notthebee.com/article/someone-hacked-the-crosswalks-in-seattle-and-made-them-play-a-message-from-jeff-bezos-all-day/

https://notthebee.com/article/luckily-these-florida-residents-checked-the-video-for-the-doorbell-before-grabbing-their-amazon-packages/