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Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
A dozen current and former employees at Undead Labs, the Xbox studio behind State of Decay 3, describe sexism, mismanagement, and a toxic workplace culture  —  Staff say Undead Labs' transition to Xbox studio was hampered by toxic workplace conditions and lack of direction
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Workers at Amazon's Staten Island facility secure enough votes to unionize, by a 2,654 to 2,131 margin, a first for an Amazon warehouse in the US  —  - Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities.
Joe Tidy / BBC:
UK police charge a 16-year-old with five counts and a 17-year-old with six counts related to the Lapsus$ gang; the teenagers remain in custody  —  Two teenagers from the UK have been charged by police over hacking for a notorious cyber-crime gang.  —  A 16 and 17-year-old will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Washington Post:
A look at the growing skepticism from Silicon Valley investors and companies of Russian money, once welcomed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Five years ago, an up-and-coming venture capitalist with an unusual past was raising money to invest in hot Silicon Valley start-ups.
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
DWAC, Trump's Truth Social SPAC, has lost 31% of its value since the app launched; Apptopia says downloads are down 95% from its peak and the app has ~513K DAUs  —  Shares of the blank-check firm bringing Donald Trump's media venture public are sinking with daily downloads …
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Samsung partners with NFT auction service Nifty Gateway to let users “browse, display, and interact with NFTs” on select premium 2022 TVs  —  It's partnering with Nifty Gateway for its NFT platform  —  Samsung is making good on its promise from CES 2022 to bring NFTs to its TVs …
Dan Primack / Axios:
Bond Capital, the growth equity firm co-founded by Mary Meeker, raises $2.5B for its third fund  —  Bond Capital, the growth equity firm co-founded by Mary Meeker, has raised $2.5 billion for its third fund, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Many growth equity investors …
Anna P. Kambhampaty / New York Times:
A look at @depthsofwikipedia, a viral social media account created by 22-year-old Annie Rauwerda that shares bizarre, amusing, and surprising Wikipedia snippets  —  On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site's most bizarre pages.
Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters:
An Indonesian tax official says the country will charge VAT on crypto asset transactions and tax capital gains on crypto investments at 0.1% starting on May 1  —  Indonesia plans to charge value-added tax (VAT) on crypto asset transactions and an income tax on capital gains from such investments …
Bloomberg:
An interview with DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter, his first since taking office in November, on his mission, slamming the brakes on mergers, and more  —  To understand how the Justice Department's new antitrust chief, Jonathan Kanter, is thinking about his job, take a look around his office.
Karen Weise / New York Times:
The House Oversight Committee opens an investigation into Amazon's labor practices during severe weather events, after a tornado killed six workers in Illinois  —  A tornado that hit a delivery station in Illinois last year will be a focus of the inquiry.  —  The House Committee on Oversight …
Eleni Courea / Politico:
Sources: the UK quietly approved the controversial sale of Welsh microchip factory Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia, the Dutch subsidiary of China's Wingtech  —  LONDON — The U.K. government has quietly approved the controversial sale of a Welsh microchip factory to a Chinese-owned firm.

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New York Times:
Sources: Trump continues to push to replace the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with a swimming pool, as the administration builds a buffer against the press

The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: ex-Warner Bros. film heads Pamela Abdy and Michael De Luca are talking with Netflix for a film chief role but seek more theatrical release commitments

Business Insider:
Documents: WSJ planned a six-series streaming video slate, including an interview series by EIC Emma Tucker, and also talked with Feed Me creator Emily Sundberg

More News

Tiare Tuuhia / Rest of World:
How homegrown courier services in French Polynesia are building their own online shopping service to close the gaps on remote islands left by e-commerce giants
Michael H. Keller / New York Times:
To avoid erroneously flagging CSAM, Meta's training docs tell content moderators to “err on the side of an adult” when judging people's age in photos or videos
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers: an allegedly Russia-tied wiper malware, AcidRain, which shares similarities with the malware VPNFilter, was behind the attack on Viasat in February

Earlier Picks

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: The White House is split over Kaspersky sanctions, which could spur Russian cyberattacks and make enforcement hard due to the company's large clientele
Rebekah Valentine / IGN:
After announcing in January that the in-person E3 2022 was canceled, ESA informs its partners that there will be no digital event equivalent this year either
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Apple releases iOS 15.4.1, iPadOS 15.4.1, and macOS 12.3.1 to fix two zero-days that “may have been actively exploited”; Apple has fixed five zero-days in 2022
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft renames Your Phone, its Android phone linking app for Windows announced in May 2018, to Phone Link and updates the app to match Windows 11's design
Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac:
Apple Business Essentials launches for all SMBs in the US, starting at $2.99/month; the management service is getting Google Workspace integration in the spring
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Samsung partners with iFixit to launch a self-repair program, offering parts, tools, and guides, coming this summer for the Galaxy S20, S21, and Tab S7 Plus
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Google plans to add “highly cited” Search labels for original reporting and press releases, coming “soon” in the US on mobile and “in the coming weeks” globally
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