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07/11/2018

"Why the Google Walkout Was a Watershed Moment in Tech" by FARHAD MANJOO via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/technology/google-walkout-watershed-tech.html?partner=IFTTT

Outsiders have little leverage to force the industry to change. The companies’ own workers are another matter.

07/11/2018

"What We Don’t Know About Amazon’s Split HQ2" by KAREN WEISE via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/technology/amazon-hq2-know.html?partner=IFTTT

Site details? Incentives? Much of the process has been secret, and local officials and developers signed nondisclosure agreements.

07/11/2018

"Russian Trolls Were at It Again Before Midterms, Facebook Says" by SHEERA FRENKEL and MIKE ISAAC via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/technology/facebook-russia-midterms.html?partner=IFTTT

The company said Tuesday that it had taken down more than 100 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, a troll farm.

07/11/2018

"San Francisco Approves Business Tax to Fund Homeless Services" by KATE CONGER via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/technology/san-francisco-business-tax-homeless.html?partner=IFTTT

The city’s tech elites were divided over the initiative, which is seen as an effort to hold their companies accountable for exacerbating the local housing crisis.

07/11/2018

"Losers in Amazon Sweepstakes Aren’t Ready to Throw In the Towel" by JACK NICAS via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/amazon-hq2-losers.html?partner=IFTTT

There were tax breaks. Ads on Seattle buses. Amazon latte art. And, finally, fading hope that the e-commerce giant would be coming to town.

06/11/2018

"British Watchdog Finds Cambridge Analytica and Brexit Financier Misused Private Data" by ADAM SATARIANO and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/cambridge-analytica-arron-banks.html?partner=IFTTT

Investigators outlined “a disturbing disregard” of privacy in a broad look at online tools used by political campaigns.

06/11/2018

"Facebook Admits It Was Used to Incite Violence in Myanmar" by ALEXANDRA STEVENSON via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/myanmar-facebook.html?partner=IFTTT

The company, citing a human rights report it commissioned, said it was moving to prevent further abuses of its platform in Myanmar. Critics said they were unconvinced.

06/11/2018

"Amazon Is Closer to Becoming the Everywhere Company It Wants to Be" by DAVID STREITFELD via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/amazon-hq2-long-island-city-virginia.html?partner=IFTTT

Amazon defied expectations by splitting its second headquarters into two locations. For the internet company, it seems to be working out rather nicely.

06/11/2018

"Another Use for A.I.: Finding Millions of Unregistered Voters" by STEVE LOHR via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/unregistered-voter-rolls.html?partner=IFTTT

Jeff Jonas, a prominent data scientist, has used his software for a multistate project to identify eligible voters and to clean up voter rolls.

06/11/2018

"Twitter Says It Is Ready for the Midterms, but Rogue Accounts Aren’t Letting Up" by KATE CONGER and ADAM SATARIANO via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/twitter-fake-news-midterm-elections.html?partner=IFTTT

On the eve of the midterm elections, Twitter — like other social media companies — is still struggling to combat misinformation.

06/11/2018

"Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 in Two Locations" by KAREN WEISE and J. DAVID GOODMAN via NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/amazon-second-headquarters-split.html?partner=IFTTT

The surprise change would allow the company to tap into the talent pools of two different regions.

05/11/2018

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