Nine ex-Wish staffers detail how deceptive experiments and low product standards drove customers away, as MAUs fell from 101M in Q1 2021 to 27M in Q1 2022
US judge dismisses a DC AG lawsuit against Amazon, which claimed that the company maintained a monopoly by locking wholesalers into anti-competitive agreements
Maryland and Montana have passed the nation's first laws limiting forensic genealogy, the DNA matching technique that found the Golden State Killer in 2018
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Critics say the policies of Amazon, Google, and Facebook from the early days of the pandemic to restrict the sale of medical-grade masks are now outdated
Scientists are urging Americans to upgrade their face coverings. But Amazon, Google and Facebook restrict the sale of medical-grade masks.
Robinhood reduces the number of companies with trading restrictions from 50 to 8, according to its website; GME, NOK, and BB are still among those restricted
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A critique of Canada's tech startup ecosystem, whose growth is being held back by the mindset of angel investors, the government's SR&ED tax credits, and more
Mathematicians, professors, and others reflect on Game of Life, a simulation game devised in 1970, and its lasting influence on the field of cellular automata
watching complexity arise out of simplicity” https://www.nytimes.com/... Ankur Gupta / @ankurg90 : Such a beautiful read. “In this moment in time, it's important to emphasize that...
Mathematicians, professors, and others reflect on Game of Life, a simulation game devised in 1970, and its lasting influence on the field of cellular automata
watching complexity arise out of simplicity” https://www.nytimes.com/... Ankur Gupta / @ankurg90 : Such a beautiful read. “In this moment in time, it's important to emphasize that...
Members of rehab groups like Alcoholics Anonymous say moving meetings online was helpful due to the convenience of virtual sessions, which feel more intimate
Matt Richtel / New York Times : Tweets: @nythealth , @carlonews8 , @nytnational , and @nytimes Tweets: @nythealth : AA from Boise to Zimbabwe, and around the clock: substance abus...
The challenge of closing the digital divide for students has proved daunting in N. Carolina, which has a large rural population lacking reliable internet access
Millions of American students lack reliable internet access. Some are learning in parking lots connected to Wi-Fi buses or crashing with relatives to get online.
Hundreds of thousands watched the Trump-Biden debate on Twitch, with streamers who normally narrate gaming sessions providing real-time commentary
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times : Tweets: @nytnational See also Mediagazer Tweets: @nytnational : Hundreds of thousands watched the Trump-Biden debate on Twitch, with livestreamers c...
QAnon followers are hijacking #SaveTheChildren, an anti-human-trafficking movement, and joining parenting Facebook Groups in order to gain new followers
whether people realize it or not Daniel Funke / PolitiFact : QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren Erica Evans / Deseret News : How a recent surge in concern...
Research firm Forrester: US ad spending will decline by 25% this year and won't recover until 2023, and in 2020 and 2021, ad agencies will shed 52,000 jobs
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times : Tweets: @glenngabe , @lionelmedia , @davidsable , @nytnational , @myles_younger , and @mohammadfarooq_ See also Mediagazer Tweets: Glenn Gabe / @gle...
Jeff Bezos, who sources say only worked on projects that posed a major risk to the company, has taken an active leadership role at Amazon amid COVID-19
The chief executive, who had distanced himself from day-to-day management, is closely involved in the company's response to the pandemic.
Sources: Facebook's security team had disinfo concerns about The Daily Wire's sites in 2019, clashing with the policy team, which prevented action being taken
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Sources: Facebook's security team had disinfo concerns about The Daily Wire's sites in 2019, clashing with the policy team, which prevented action being taken
After spending billions to avoid a repeat of 2016, the tech giants are careening from crisis to crisis as their foes change tactics.
Research: in 2019, payments to release files from ransomware attacks averaged ~$84K in Q4, more than double the Q3 average, and jumping to $191K in December
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times :
An overview of the CCPA, set to go into effect Jan. 1, and the confusion surrounding it due to its technical complexity and rushed timeline
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times :
How Amazon has shaped the economy of Campbellsville, KY, where it opened one of its first fulfillment centers and is now the town's largest private employer
In Campbellsville, Ky., the tech giant's influences abound. The profits, not so much. — CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — In the late 1990s … Tweets: @greenhousenyt , @danieldenvir , @nytim...
Randy Suess, co-creator of the first public dial-up bulletin board system, which was a forerunner of today's social media services, has died at 74
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