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Interview with former director of US CISA Chris Krebs on being fired by Trump via tweet, why paper ballots are key to ensuring election security, and more — Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican, was put in charge of the agency handling election security by President Trump two years ago.| Katie Abel / Footwear News: |
Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh, who stepped down as CEO earlier this year, has died at age 46, reportedly from injuries sustained in a house fire in Connecticut — Tony Hsieh, the brilliant and big-hearted Zappos.com luminary who revolutionized the shoe business and built one of the most innovative companies in modern history, has died.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Interviews with tech leaders on Tony Hsieh's legacy, his student life at Harvard, his unconventional business approach, and the culture he built at Zappos — Tony Hsieh, bestselling author and longtime former CEO of ecommerce pioneer Zappos.com, died at age 46 on Friday.
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
As China gets more expensive and US politics less predictable, Foxconn, Pegatron, and others are increasing production in places like India, Vietnam, and Mexico — - Foxconn eyes Vietnam for some production of iPads and MacBooks — Pegatron is in the process of readying an iPhone site in India| Oscar Lopez / New York Times: |
A look at Cartel TikTok, viral videos showcasing drug cartel culture, that experts say is a propaganda tool designed to mask the violence and attract recruits — Mexico is set to shatter another murder record, but that grim reality is nowhere to be seen on the TikTok videos that go viral by showcasing drug cartel culture.
Tweets: @tonyromm, @jbarbassa, @evelyndouek, @nytimes, @wadhwa, @nytimes, @tlupick, @utobian, @michaelbkelley, and @falko_ernst
| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
The UK will ban the installation of new Huawei 5G network equipment starting September 2021 and pledges $333M to diversify its 5G supply chain — - Britain set to impose security law on mobile network operators — White House pushed allies to exclude Chinese tech giant Huawei
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| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Profile of Christine Su, Twitter's senior PM for conversational safety, who is a queer Asian-American “activist-entrepreneur” with an MBA and MA in agriculture — About six months ago, Twitter quietly hired someone to become the head of product for conversational safety on the platform.
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| Masha Borak / South China Morning Post: |
JD Digits, JD.com's big data unit, unveils its plans to build an AI-powered smart city “operating system” for China's smart city project in Xiongan, China — JD Digits, the e-commerce giant's big data arm, is building up a smart city operating system that uses artificial intelligence Alibaba … | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at crowdsourced public safety apps growing amid rising violence in Brazil; Fogo Cruzado, which warns of shootings in Río and Recife, has 250K+ downloads — Shootouts are common in Brazil's cities. Apps have sprung up to tell people about spots to avoid—and to put political pressure on authorities.
Tweets: @techreview
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Q&A with CEO of Ocado Solutions on selling its grocery delivery tech to retailers like Kroger, the pandemic's impact on Ocado, plans for robotic pickers, more — The British grocery logistics company is expanding around the world and continues to invest in robotics, aiming to have robotic pickers within three years.| Alizeh Kohari / Rest of World: |
How students in a remote part of Pakistan mobilized during the pandemic to demand better internet from the military-run unit controlling it — Pakistan's government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back.
Tweets: @restofworld and @anupkaphle
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Experts say Facebook's implementation of its ban on selling historical artifacts eliminates evidence of crimes and hinders the tracking of art traffickers — A ban on selling stolen artifacts is having unintended consequences — On October 24th, 2020, an art trafficker in Darnah, Libya posted a series of unusual ads.
Tweets: @bissancampaigns, @sesmith, and @helveticade
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