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Amazon tests how far to push white-collar workers to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions, creating a bruising, data-driven workplace — Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace — SEATTLE — On Monday mornings, fresh recruits line up for an orientation intended to catapult …
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An Amazonian's response to “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace” — Disclaimer and proviso: “The postings on this site are my own and don't represent Amazon's position in any way whatsoever”. — Update: I really appreciate the notes of thanks this post has received, here and on other social media avenues.| ProPublica: |
NSA spying relies on AT&T's “extreme willingness to help” tap Internet communications, say newly-disclosed Snowden documents — NSA Spying Relies on AT&T's ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
New Dark Web study shows drug market turns over $100M+/year in illegal substances, and the ecosystem is becoming more resilient to crackdowns, setbacks — Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100M Yearly Drug Sales — After more than four years and two giant law enforcement busts … | Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Nextbit, led by Android and HTC vets, will launch its Android smartphone on September 1 priced at $300-$400 — Google, HTC vets prep ‘friggin’ awesome' smartphone for Sept. 1 launch — Nextbit makes the bold claim that its smartphone will actually get better over time thanks to software tweaks.
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The Verge, VR-Zone, Press Examiner, Venture Capital Post, Softpedia News, Christian News …, Engadget, Phandroid, Neowin, Ubergizmo, PhoneDog.com, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Technology Personalized, Android and Me, Android Central, Pocketnow, MobileSyrup.com, TechSpot, Android Beat, Greenbot, Gizmochina and Tech Times. Thanks:@rogerwcheng
| Ron Lieber / New York Times: |
Alleged sexual assault by Airbnb host highlights need for the company to improve safety policies — Airbnb Horror Story Points to Need for Precautions — Early in the evening of July 4, Micaela Giles's mobile phone started sounding alerts, and a series of messages straight out of a horror movie began scrolling down her screen.
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Bitcoin Core committer releases Bitcoin XT fork allowing blocks larger than 1MB amid disagreement among Core committers — Why is Bitcoin forking? — So this is it. Here we are. The community is divided and Bitcoin is forking: both the software and, perhaps, the block chain too.
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Fleksy Adds Deep-Linking To Its Keyboard App, Opening New Revenue Opportunities — Fleksy, the popular third-party keyboard app for iOS and Android, has taken the next step to monetizing its service after it began enabling deep-linking to other apps. — The new features are powered by URX …
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Inside Industrial Light & Magic's secret Star Wars VR lab — I'm on Industrial Light & Magic's motion capture stage, standing inside what they call “the cave.” It's not much to look at: two big screens angled at 90 degrees, awash in a smeary blur of images.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Wildcard relaunches app to focus on presenting news from thousands of sources in card format — Wildcard Debuts A News-Reading App Designed For The Mobile Age — Besides messaging, snapping photos, and checking the weather, news reading has become one of the top activities done on mobile phones.| Jordan Valinsky / Digiday: |
Twitter says it has received 1,391 copyright takedown requests for Periscope through June 30 and complied with 71% of them — Periscope complies to 71 percent of copyright takedown requests — Periscope's live streaming capability is increasingly becoming a bigger magnet for copyright takedown requests.
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