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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
In a letter to Tim Cook, written and edited by about 80 people, Apple employees push back against a policy requiring them to return to the office in September — “Over the last year we often felt not just unheard, but at times actively ignored” — Apple employees are pushing …
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| Dennis Erezi / The Guardian Nigeria News: |
As Nigerian ISPs comply with government's Twitter ban blocking the service, the country's AG threatens prosecution of those trying to circumvent the ban — Nigeria's attorney general Abubakar Malami Saturday said the country will prosecute those who flout the government order to deactivate operations …
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| Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico: |
Finance ministers of G7 countries, the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, agree to back a new global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15% — G7 countries reached a landmark agreement Saturday aimed at making it harder for the world's largest companies to avoid paying taxes.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple to announce better multitasking and widget placement for iPadOS, status-based notification alerts, an improved Messages app, and more at WWDC — - Company pitching to developers amid uproar over App Store — Messages, Health apps among those gaining new capabilities
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| Elizabeth Rembert / Bloomberg: |
Square partners with Blockstream, says it will invest $5M to build a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility at a Blockstream Mining site in the US — Square Inc. will invest $5 million to build a solar-powered Bitcoin mining facility at a Blockstream Mining site in the U.S. through a partnership with the blockchain technology provider.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook buys Unit 2 Games, a studio behind Roblox-like Crayta game platform, says it will integrate Crayta's toolset into Facebook Gaming's cloud platform — Facebook has been making plenty of one-off virtual reality studio acquisitions lately, but today the company announced …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Jack Dorsey says Square is considering the development of a bitcoin hardware wallet — Square is considering the development of a bitcoin hardware wallet, according to Jack Dorsey, CEO of the payments firm. — Such a product launch isn't a done deal, according to Dorsey, who previewed the concept in a Friday Twitter thread.
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| Dani Blum / New York Times: |
Several companies and clinicians are using VR therapy, which has shown success in treating PTSD, to treat other disorders like social anxiety and phobias — An experimental treatment seems poised to address a dire mental health crisis. — When a Veterans Affairs therapist first suggested …
Tweets: @wcmpsychiatry
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
A 2007 email between Steve Jobs and then Apple SVP of Software Engineering, approving 3rd party iPhone apps and an App Store, surfaces among Epic trial docs — An email has been going around the internet as a part of a release of documents related to Apple's App Store based suit brought by Epic Games.
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| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Survey of ~400 open-source code maintainers reveals poor pay, with 46% saying they go unpaid and, of those who were paid, only 26% say they earn $1K+ annually — Maintaining open-source code is a vital but stressful job. Despite that, a recent Tidelift survey found that almost half of code maintainers aren't paid at all.
Tweets: @alexellisuk, @aschmitt, and @sjvn
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Microsoft says Bing is not displaying image results for “tank man” on the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre due to “accidental human error” — “There are no results for tank man,” the Bing website reads after searching for the term. — Joseph Cox
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| Theo Francis / Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: Palantir's Alexander Karp got compensation worth $1.1B last year and DoorDash's Tony Xu got $400M, both among the biggest CEO pay packages since 2007 — Data-analysis company's Alexander Karp and meal deliverer's Tony Xu received compensation far exceeding that of S&P 500 CEOs
Tweets: @danpriceseattle
| Nick Clegg / About Facebook: |
In response to Oversight Board ruling, Facebook suspends Trump's accounts until January 7, 2023, and says it will then reconsider suspension if conditions allow — Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook's suspension of former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts following …
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| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
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