In internal email lists Amazon corporate employees express dismay over the firing of Christian Smalls and a report that management discussed a plan to smear him
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Amazon bans the sale of some medical supplies, like N95 and surgical masks, to the general public and will only allow hospitals and government orgs to buy them
Techmeme · 6 days ago
Instacart says worker strike had "no impact" on its operations and that its workforce has seen 40% earnings rise in the past month compared to the month prior
Techmeme · 1 week ago
Renewable energy and 100% clean power targets: The missing puzzle piece
Amazon admits it unintentionally hid competitors' faster delivery options and is working on a fix, after pushing back delivery on some items to April 21
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month
Hacker News · 2 weeks ago
A look at the rise of apps like SuperBetter that promise to reduce anxiety through gamification, even as questions remain about their effectiveness
Google confirms Verily is building a tool to expedite COVID-19 testing in the Bay Area initially; Trump says Google has 1,700 engineers working on the project
Coronavirus US: How canceled classes and events and self-quarantines save lives, in one chart – Vox
How to fight the Covid-19 coronavirus with soap and water. And why it works so well. – Vox
Coronavirus prompts Microsoft, Google, and Zoom to offer free software
Sources: Facebook and Twitter have struggled to get specifics about coronavirus disinformation from the State Department, which claims disinformation is rampant
Coronavirus in China: The most important lessons from China’s Covid-19 response – Vox
Facebook’s top news stories are like a window into an alternate dimension
Brookings study: only 10 US cities have grown their share of tech jobs since 2010, resulting in less diversity for companies and no economic windfall elsewhere
Twitter told its employees to work from home because of the coronavirus
How to prepare for coronavirus: 5 steps you can take – Vox
“No handshakes, please”: The tech industry is terrified of the coronavirus
China has censored the Archive of Our Own, one of the internet’s largest fanfiction websites
The Awakening of Norman Rockwell
Facebook canceled a major annual tech conference because of coronavirus. It’s not alone.
Sources: Walmart plans to start publicly testing a membership program called Walmart+ as soon as next month to compete with Amazon Prime
Techmeme · 1 month ago
Why Twitter says Bloomberg’s fake Sanders tweets don’t break its rules – The Bloomberg campaign’s controversial tweets fictitiously quoting Bernie Sanders, briefly explained.
New research from Northeastern University shows Amazon’s Alexa and other voice assistants regularly record audio accidentally (19 times/day)
Reddit · 2 months ago
Twitter is considering warning users when politicians post misleading tweets: Leaked design plans reveal that the company is thinking about putting bright red and orange labels on false tweets by politicians and public figures.
America’s monopoly problem, explained by your internet bill – We should be asking the government and corporate America how we got here. Instead, we just keep handing over our money.
Facebook’s political ad problem, explained by an expert – “I think Facebook is the most afraid”: an interview with former Facebook security executive Alex Stamos.
Self-driving cars turned out to be harder than expected
Amazon's one-tap ratings for product reviews, quietly introduced late last year to draw more customer feedback, could also help drown out fake reviews
Techmeme · 2 months ago
Larry Ellison is hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump next week; while Ellison has consistently backed Republicans, he wasn't a major Trump donor until now
DoorDash’s anti-worker tactics just backfired spectacularly
The T-Mobile + Sprint deal is good for you if you like paying more for your wireless plan
On Monday, Bloomberg's campaign asked hundreds of tech leaders over a conference call to refer their most talented staff to its election operation in New York
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter workers contributed ~$270K to the Bernie Sanders campaign, more than any other presidential candidate, in Q4 2019
Techmeme · 2 months ago
Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’ The Ringer – Vox
The FTC blocked the Harry’s razor startup’s sale to Schick’s owner
Why you see Facebook and Google ads for stuff you buy in the real world
UK startup Exscientia and a Japanese pharmaceutical firm claim to have created the first human trial-ready drug using AI, which took under a year to develop
Joe Rogan’s Bernie Sanders endorsement revealed something important about the American left – Vox
Hundreds of Amazon employees plan to risk their jobs this week by violating company policy: Workers say Amazon threatened to fire employees who criticized its environmental policies; now, they’re planning to speak out en masse.
Reddit · 2 months ago
New surveillance AI can tell schools where students are and where they’ve been
Sustainable building: The hottest new material is, uh, wood
How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy
Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true. – Plaintiffs suing the company say they created unique passwords but were hacked anyway.
Reddit · 3 months ago
New research shows what AI can teach us about the human brain – Papers from Google’s DeepMind show what we can learn from AI.
The new MIT report on Jeffrey Epstein raises questions about how much to blame billionaires like Bill Gates
Installing air filters in classrooms has large educational benefits?
Facebook is like sugar — too much is bad for you, says a top Facebook exec. Lots of people have compared Facebook to harmful substances. But they don’t usually work at Facebook.
Bill Gates’s big takeaway from 2019: raise his taxes – The world’s richest person reflects on taxing the rich.
A “new” Amazon waffle maker came with an old crusty-looking waffle already in it – Buying from Amazon is still a crap shoot.
Reddit · 3 months ago