Category Archives: Tech News

Amazon has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, an average of 1,400 a day, bringing its global workforce to more than 1.2M, up 50%+ from a year ago (Karen Weise/New York Times)

Karen Weise / New York Times: Amazon has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, an [...]

27
Nov
200+ Chinese apps are now blocked in India after the government banned another 43 apps on Tuesday, leaving Chinese tech companies facing huge losses (Financial Times)

Financial Times: 200+ Chinese apps are now blocked in India after the government banned another [...]

26
Nov
Snap's Spotlight daily payout breaks from TikTok's model, focusing on paying a large number of creators rather than nurturing primarily big-follower accounts (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: Snap’s Spotlight daily payout breaks from TikTok’s model, focusing on paying [...]

25
Nov
Apple's M1 Macs are impressive but some may want to pass on them for now due to incompatibility or stability issues with apps like Matlab, Parallels, and Docker (Patrick Moorhead/Forbes)

Patrick Moorhead / Forbes: Apple’s M1 Macs are impressive but some may want to pass [...]

24
Nov
A look at Sugon, a Chinese company at the heart of the country's surveillance efforts, and how it uses Intel and Nvidia chips to analyze video feeds at scale (New York Times)

New York Times: A look at Sugon, a Chinese company at the heart of the [...]

23
Nov
Inside YouTube Music's plans to compete with Spotify and others by putting the entire music business, including livestreams and tickets, onto a single platform (David Pierce/Protocol)

David Pierce / Protocol: Inside YouTube Music’s plans to compete with Spotify and others by [...]

22
Nov
Zillow usage since March is up 50%+ YoY, as surfing real estate listings on home buying websites becomes a form of escapism amid the pandemic (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)

Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: Zillow usage since March is up 50%+ YoY, as [...]

21
Nov
Apple announces Barbara Whye as its new head of inclusion and diversity starting in early 2021; Whye will arrive from a similar role at Intel (Michal Lev-Ram/Fortune)

Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: Apple announces Barbara Whye as its new head of inclusion and [...]

20
Nov
Google can help remove a strong incentive for criminals to steal and leak emails by rotating and publishing DKIM keys, which provide proof of an email's origin (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts …)

Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: Google can help remove a strong [...]

18
Nov
GitHub reinstates the youtube-dl project, raises its bar for DMCA takedown requests, and creates $1M legal defense fund to help open source devs fight takedowns (Abby Vollmer/The GitHub Blog)

Abby Vollmer / The GitHub Blog: GitHub reinstates the youtube-dl project, raises its bar for [...]

16
Nov