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Tesla opens a center on Native American land, selling cars straight to consumers
Sources: Amazon will launch its own TV featuring Alexa software and without third-party manufacturer branding in the US, possibly as soon as October
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
In an abrupt reversal, OnlyFans suspends its October 1 policy change banning porn after securing "assurances" and aims to provide "a home for all creators"
Amazon Staffer Says She Was Fired over Bathroom Breaks for Bowel Issue
Hacker News · 4 weeks ago
Google's payments team is seeing an exodus of executives and employees
Google is dismantling its health division
AstraZeneca Scientist Says Delta Variant Makes Herd Immunity Impossible
Robinhood buys Say Technologies, which has raised $8M and whose service helps stock shareholders exercise their voting rights, in a $140M cash deal
A wind-powered vehicle that can travel twice as fast as the wind itself
Uber CEO says Uber won't require drivers or passengers to be vaccinated, though will require corporate employees to be vaccinated before returning to the office
Filings: Starlink has secured a license to build a satellite ground station on the Isle of Man, aiming to provide "blanket coverage" across Great Britain
1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
Hacker News · 2 months ago
Workers at CSAT Solutions, a Texas company that handles many of Apple's laptop repairs, call their workplace a "sweatshop" with broken AC and 13-hour shifts
A Massachusetts couple accuses eBay of harassment and torture after claiming employees sent them live spiders and a bloody pig mask
The head of the FDA is calling for an investigation into her agency's decision
Senior Google exec opposes remote work, moves to New Zealand to work remotely
GETTR, the new pro-Trump social platform, acknowledges it was hacked on its July 4 launch, with the usernames of prominent accounts being defaced
Sources: Amazon is discussing forming a "Rebel Alliance" with Slack and other companies to challenge Microsoft's dominance of the work-productivity app market
Techmeme · 3 months ago
Unemployment declining faster in states that are cutting off $300 benefits
US Navy set off a 40k-pound explosive on its new supercarrier
Coober Pedy, the Australian mining town where residents live underground
Sources: in a major leadership shakeup at Magic Leap, its CTO, COO, and chief patent officer are all set to leave, while its former CMO is being hired back
Court docs detail Google's user location data collection, efforts to hide an off toggle deep in Android settings, pressure on partners like LG to do the same
Google made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private
Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes
WhatsApp details the experience for those who don't agree to its new privacy policy, including losing access to calls, messages, and notifications
SensorTower data shows Clubhouse was downloaded only about 900,000 times in April, down from 2.7M installs in March and from February's peak of 9.6M
1 in 5 EV owners in California switched back to gas because charging is a hassle
YouTube says it has temporarily demonetized James Charles' channel, which has 25.5M+ subscribers, after 15+ sexual misconduct accusations from men and boys
One day, Larry Page decided to fire Google’s project managers. All of them
Report: hackers scraped data of 500M LinkedIn users and posted it for sale online; LinkedIn confirms the dataset includes publicly viewable info from its site
Tim Cook says Facebook’s objections to letting people pick whether or not to be tracked are ‘flimsy arguments’
Mark Zuckerberg's phone number appeared among the leaked data of Facebook users
Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from an old leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019
SCOTUS sides with Facebook, ruling that its text alerts on suspicious logins do not qualify as robocalls, in what experts say is a major win for telemarketers
Newly created Twitter accounts labeled as Amazon employees are defending the company amid a union drive; Amazon admitted in 2018 to paying for similar tweets
Techmeme · 6 months ago
Amazon’s recent spate of Twitter feuds happened because Jeff Bezos told execs to ‘fight back’ against critics, report says
YouTube has temporarily suspended monetization for three channels operated by David Dobrik following a rape allegation against a former Vlog Squad member
Dominion projects $600 million loss over next 8 years due to ‘severity, pervasiveness, and permanence of the viral disinformation campaign’ about 2020 election
Massachusetts court rejects Uber and Lyft's request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees
Amazon workers leading a historic push for unionization in Alabama describe midnight ‘education’ meetings, an unexpected mailbox, and streams of anti-union flyers as they go up against one of the world’s most powerful companies
Reddit · 6 months ago
The DOJ is creating maps from subpoenaed cell phone data to identify rioters involved with the Capitol insurrection
Google hogs traffic for itself, according to data showing nearly two-thirds of searches ended without a click in 2020
Clubhouse could finally arrive on Android and ditch invite-only joining by the summer, CEO Paul Davison said
Report: Amazon has added 3,700 new sellers every day in 2021 so far on its website for a total of 295,000; 26% of new sellers are in the US while 10.1% in India
Techmeme · 6 months ago