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Nonparent staffers at companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Salesforce are increasingly voicing grievances over the extra benefits for parents working from home — Pandemic policies at tech companies have created a rift between parents offered more benefits and resentful workers who don't have children.
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| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
Interview with Reed Hastings, on the future of Hollywood, the US election and social media, his new book about Netflix's aggressive company culture, and more — Netflix started with sending DVDs — remember them? — through the mail, but now the streaming pioneer sits atop a Hollywood it has thoroughly upended.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
In court filing, Epic says Fortnite has 116M iOS users, a third of the game's 350M users, and iOS DAUs declined by 60%+ since its removal from the App Store — Epic is formally asking for a preliminary injunction — Shortly before midnight on the Friday before Labor Day weekend …
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
A look at the role of WeChat in China and abroad, its differences with TikTok, and how its features are inextricably woven with surveillance and censorship — A vital connection for the Chinese diaspora, the app has also become a global conduit of Chinese state propaganda, surveillance and intimidation.| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
US government is considering adding Chinese chip manufacturer SMIC to the Entity List, which would block US companies from selling SMIC tech without a license — Pentagon says the Trump administration is weighing possible trade sanction on SMIC — The Trump administration …
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Amazon bans foreign plant sales in the US, after mystery seeds sent to households this summer led US officials to raise alarm over ease of e-commerce seed sales — Shift by the e-commerce giant comes as agricultural authorities investigate the delivery of thousands of packets of seeds
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs on the “Holy Wars of Wireless” and why there is no US equivalent to Huawei that is pioneering next gen wireless infrastructure — Plus: Wireless at the turn of the century, a highly anticipated question, and a surprise in the stratosphere.| Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: |
Twitch says it is shutting down Twitch Sings, a live streaming karaoke game it had co-developed with Rock Band studio Harmonix, on January 1, 2021 — Twitch said it's being shuttered to ‘invest in broader tools and services’ for its music community. — Twitch Sings has sung its last …
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| Loren Grush / The Verge: |
Trump administration issues its fifth Space Policy Directive, aimed at enhancing cybersecurity, with officials saying threats “occur with concerning regularity” — Government officials are worried about increasing cyber threats — Today, the Trump administration released … | Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
A historic drop in releases of pirated content has followed a US-led bust targeting SPARKS and other piracy communities, with dozens of topsites taken down — More than a week has passed since a US Government enforcement action hit the piracy scene hard. The release group SPARKS …
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Turing.com, a service using automated tech to vet and match remote software developers with companies, raises $14M in seed funding led by Foundation Capital — Turing.com, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of an automated platform that allows companies to hire software engineers, raised $14m in seed funding.| Carl Miller / WIRED UK: |
Investigation sheds light on a huge ISIS cache of 90K+ online documents that are still being used to actively disseminate propaganda on social media and the web — The terrorist group is defeated and routed. But its backup plan survives — It all began on October 27, 2019.
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