Meta and Microsoft are vacating some of their Washington office buildings in Seattle and Bellevue, respectively, amid job cuts and popularity of remote work
In the latest sign of change in the tech sector — and softness in the office market here — Facebook parent Meta and Microsoft …
Insider Intelligence: US online sales will rise just 9.4% to $1T in 2022, the first single-digit YoY growth, including slower Amazon sales, up 9% to $400B
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg : Tweets: @andycwest , @seattletimes , and @reformed_trader Tweets: Andy West, PhD / @andycwest : Some unique anecdotes here pointing to a consumer slowd...
[Thread] the Russia/Ukraine cyberwar reportedly opened with a Russian cyberattack on Viasat's satellite ISP KA-SAT, but Ukraine dominates the information space
per a BSI letter cited below. https://twitter.com/... @hatr : Spiegel now also reporting Viasat was likely hacked, in german gov assessment. Lines up with our reporting that router...
In its end-of-year threat report, Meta says it took down several global disinformation networks, including anti-vaccine groups and groups linked to state actors
The takedowns described in the company's latest threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating
Amazon delays its return to offices from September 3 to January 3, 2022
“This has been such an unusual time for all of us,” an internal Amazon blog post announcing the latest delay read. Only 8% of Amazon employees want to go back to the office full-ti...
Amazon ends use of arbitration for customer disputes, which critics said put consumers at a huge disadvantage; disputes can now be pursued in federal court
Michael Corkery / New York Times : Tweets: @ddayen , @gregbensinger , @seattletimes , @shatter242 , @tdlenk , @bettermarkets , and @shiraovide Tweets: David Dayen / @ddayen : The ...
Dozens of long-serving Amazon VPs left in the past 18 months, an unusual number for the company, with more expected to leave as Andy Jassy makes changes
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Microsoft has become the second public US company to reach a $2T market value, after Apple did in August 2020 and two years after hitting its first $1T in value
- Shares of the software giant have gained 19% so far this year — Only Apple and Saudi Aramco had hit $2 trillion in value
Internal docs: Amazon tries to push 6% of its office staff out of the company each year, calling the loss of low-ranked office workers “unregretted attrition”
the number of underperforming employees who leave each year — only to resume doing so by 2018, per @_katya_long: https://www.seattletimes.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
FireEye and networking company Pulse Secure say two China-linked hacking groups used a flaw in its VPN devices to target customers in the US defense industry
Exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities — Summary Department of Homeland Security : Emergency Directive 21-03 — Mitigate Pulse Secure Product Vulnerabilities CNN :...
Profile of the trader known as DeepFuckingValue on r/WallStreetBets, who began investing in GameStop and explaining why in YouTube videos starting in mid-2019
Robinhood explains why it placed restrictions on certain securities over the past week, says its clearinghouse-mandated deposit for equities increased tenfold
managed by obscure entities at the center of the stock market called clearinghouses — kicked in Thursday, forcing Robinhood to find emergency cash to continue to be able to trade.”...
Profile of the trader known as DeepFuckingValue on r/WallStreetBets, who began investing in GameStop and explaining why in YouTube videos starting in mid-2019
Trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum helped turn the investing world upside down. “I didn't expect this.”
Washington AG Bob Ferguson sues Facebook, saying the company violated its commitment to not sell political ads in the state
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a new lawsuit against Facebook claiming the social network continues to violate state laws governing political ad disclosures.
Satya Nadella details Microsoft's response to COVID-19 as he writes a memo to employees worldwide: “We are in uncharted territory”
in quite personal Seattle Times interview and company-wide email — to stay strong and help others personally + professionally. https://www.seattletimes.com/ ... #Microsoft #Covid_1...
Satya Nadella details Microsoft's response to COVID-19 as he writes a memo to employees worldwide: “We are in uncharted territory”
in quite personal Seattle Times interview and company-wide email — to stay strong and help others personally + professionally. https://www.seattletimes.com/ ... #Microsoft #Covid_1...
Satya Nadella, whose 23-year-old son is a legally blind quadriplegic with cerebral palsy weakening his immune system, on Microsoft's role in slowing COVID-19
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits to feeling the personal anxieties many of his employees have shared about the coronavirus pandemic.
Satya Nadella, whose 23-year-old son is a legally blind quadriplegic with cerebral palsy weakening his immune system, on Microsoft's role in slowing COVID-19
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits to feeling the personal anxieties many of his employees have shared about the coronavirus pandemic.
Dell debuts a new Latitude 9510 laptop with built-in 5G, to launch March 26, and says a spring update to its Mobile Connect software will enable iOS mirroring
Ahead of next week's CES in Las Vegas, Dell today announced two PC updates that will improve its appeal to users of mobile devices …
Epik, which serves sites like Gab.com and Daily Stormer, says it will not provide 8chan with DoS or CDN services through its BitMitigate division
A Seattle-area web-hosting firm has reversed course and decided not to host the 8chan web forum linked to Saturday's mass shooting in El Paso.