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Interviews and documents shed light on Amazon's warehouse policies, exposing inconsistent health and safety protocols and tactics used to quell rising tensions
Techmeme · 2 days ago
Working for Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy isn’t always easy since it means working for Mark Zuckerberg
eBay's former CEO, Devin Wenig, denies cyberstalking of blogger, says he had "no knowledge, no private understanding, no tacit approval" of harassment campaign
The Trump administration’s flawed plan to destroy the internet as we know it
Netflix’s billionaire founder is secretly building a luxury retreat for teachers in rural Colorado; Park County hasn’t been able to figure out who is behind the 2,100 acres. We can reveal it’s Reed Hastings.
How protesters are turning the tables on police surveillance
Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Jeff Bezos will finally be grilled by Congress
Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Dorsey's plan to give $1B shows philanthropy is not as hard as billionaires say; charities with links to Silicon Valley or celebrities have an edge
The coronavirus quarantine has changed us — and it’s not all bad – Vox
Why it matters that IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business
Ta-Nehisi Coates on George Floyd, police protests, and hope – Vox
The police want your phone data. Here’s what they can get — and what they can’t.
Apptopia: since May 25's protests, Americans have downloaded secure chat app Signal 234K times and community safety app Citizen, which hit #4 on iOS, 121K times
Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg's Tuesday meeting with Facebook employees, including his thoughts on Trump's recent posts, democracy, speech, and racial justice
Trump plainly prefers fighting his countrymen to fighting the coronavirus – Vox
Executives at big tech companies have publicly stayed silent on Trump's social media executive order, with many executives thinking it's really aimed at Twitter
Feds flew an unarmed Predator drone over Minneapolis protests to provide “situational awareness”. The US has a long history of surveilling protesters, but the technology used to do so has grown more powerful.
Twitter now lets you disable replies. It could be its best change yet.
Overview of major efforts by Reid Hoffman, Eric Schmidt, Dustin Moskovitz, and Laurene Powell Jobs to boost Joe Biden's chances in the upcoming election
Tech companies, which initially saw pandemic misinformation as relatively clear-cut, are grappling with the polarization and politicization of COVID-19 content
CDC coronavirus risk guidance: Why surfaces are less of a risk than close contact – Vox
Why Attorney General Bill Barr is mad at Apple: The FBI didn’t need Apple’s help to crack a suspected terrorist’s iPhone, but it’s demanding it anyway.
Amazon warehouse workers get more coronavirus pay until June
Reddit · 2 months ago
Coronavirus long-term effects: Some Covid-19 survivors face lung scarring, heart damage, and anxiety – Vox
Letter from Brian Chesky to Airbnb employees says the company is laying off 1,900, or ~25% of its workforce, and expects a 2020 revenue decline of 50% YoY
Amazon employees shared an event invite to discuss how the company treats its workers. Then it disappeared.
Reddit · 2 months ago
Amazon is cracking down on internal communications after employees used mailing lists to critique warehouse working conditions
Reddit · 2 months ago
A look at the origin of the conspiracy theory linking 5G to COVID-19, which went mainstream as influential people and celebrities started amplifying it in March
Marc Andreessen wants America to build. First, we need to rebuild. – Vox
Most Covid-19 deaths are older people. They shouldn’t be treated as statistics. – Vox
Coronavirus: The US has a collective action problem that’s larger than Covid-19 – Vox
“Mamma Desta” and Ethiopian food in the U.S
There Is No Plan to Return to Normalcy in 2020
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
Techmeme · 3 months ago
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 · 3 months 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 · 3 months 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 · 3 months ago
Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month
Hacker News · 3 months ago