More Products Google KILLED
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California law forces Amazon to reveal how algorithms judge worker productivity
www.mashable.com A new law will pry open the black box of how Amazon monitors, rewards, and disciplines its fulfillment center employees. On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that directly affects “mega-retailers” like Amazon, and how these companies use algorithms to manage warehouse workers. Mega-retailers are those that employ more than…
Daily Crunch: Chinese regulators issue blanket ban on crypto trading, mining
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Extra Crunch roundup: Here’s everything you missed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021
www.techcrunch.com If that headline sounded judgmental, I apologize. … Read More
Aiming to create a gender-equitable startup landscape?
www.techcrunch.com When it comes to gender equality in the business world, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hit the nail on the head: “Knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.” … Read More
How Ivermectin became polarized on social media
www.mashable.com “Hey Doc, are you a Democrat or a Republican?” This may seem like a bizarre question to ask your doctor. What would their political affiliation matter in the treatment of your medical issues? One emergency care physician in Montana, overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases in her ICU, recently reported being asked that very question by…
Yahoo has built a new calendar app called Day, and it’s recruited the co-founder of Sunrise to design it
www.techcrunch.com When it comes to online calendars and calendar apps, services like Google Calendar and Outlook from Microsoft rule the roost with hundreds of millions of users globally. Now another company is hoping to ruffle some feathers with its own move into the space. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Yahoo is working Day, a…
Tess Hatch joins us at TC Sessions: Space this December
www.techcrunch.com This year has been one of the busiest yet in terms of new commercial launch companies coming online, with companies like Astra and Firefly Aerospace actually getting rockets up and running (if not flying as designed quite yet), and with landmark human spaceflight missions from Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX. And with more…
FCC showers schools across the U.S. with $1.2B from Emergency Connectivity Fund
www.techcrunch.com The FCC has sent out the first checks from its Emergency Connectivity Fund, an effort to help close the “homework gap” at schools by covering the cost of computers and internet services. Thousands of school districts, in every state plus D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico, will split this first $1.2 billion distribution, and there’s…
The best dating apps for lesbians who haven't found love on TikTok yet
www.mashable.com Online dating as a lesbian, for the most part, still involves having your space invaded by straight people. The heteronormative weirdness got so alienating that lesbians began turning to TikTok as a means of meeting other single lesbians — turns out, it’s a damn good matchmaker. But it’s unrealistic to expect a social media app…