Zoom suspends China sales in partial market retraction
By: City AM August 03, 2020 Zoom is to stop selling new or upgraded products directly to customers in China, as it transitions towards a partner-only model in the region. Local Zoom customers were told today that a selection of third-party suppliers will now handle Zoom sales and some operations in China, listing a number […]
Facebook moderators call for advertiser boycott to be extended
By: The Guardian August 03, 2020 Current and former Facebook moderators have called for the unprecedented advertiser boycott of the site to be extended to prove that the action is more than a “PR stunt”. Speaking to the Guardian, one current moderator who asked to remain anonymous because they feared for their job, said that without long-term […]
New Hampshire Is First State To Allow Flying Cars On The Road
By: CNET July 31, 2020 Will New Hampshire suddenly look like GTA 5? No, but the state’s ready to let them hit the road legally. We’ve been promised flying cars for seemingly decades, and although we still don’t have one ready for production, New Hampshire has gone ahead and given them the OK. On Wednesday, the Granite […]
Lawmakers batter Big Tech CEOs, but don’t land many blows
By: AP News July 30, 2020 Congressional lawmakers finally got a chance Wednesday to grill the CEOs of Big Tech over their dominance and allegations of monopolistic practices that stifle competition. But it’s not clear how much they advanced their goal of bringing some of the world’s largest companies to heel. Invective flew as legislators […]
Is China’s Effort to Mass Collect DNA the Future of Policing?
By: New York Times July 24, 2020 For several years now, the police and other authorities in China have been collecting across the country DNA samples from millions of men and boys who aren’t suspected of having committed any crime. In a report published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute last month, we exposed the extent of […]
A Crispr Calf Is Born. It’s Definitely a Boy
By: Wired July 24, 2020 HE CALF WAS late. His due date, March 30, had come and gone. At first, Alison Van Eenennaam chalked it up to male calves tending to arrive a day or two on the tardy side. As the week wore on, the animal geneticist reminded herself that gene-edited embryos—like the one that had been […]
Apple will give employees paid time off to vote in November, report says
By: CNET July 24, 2020 Apple has told employees it’ll provide them with paid time off to vote in the US presidential election on Nov. 3, according to a report. Workers who wish to vote that Tuesday will be given up to four hours of pay, Bloomberg reported Friday citing an internal Apple memo. It follows Twitter […]
Morgan Stanley blocks remote network access for China interns
By: Financial Times July 23, 2020 Morgan Stanley is taking an extra security step that singled it out from other global financial companies. While a large number of workers around the globe have had to work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, interns in China haven’t had the same access. The company is blocking its interns in China from accessing […]
US investors try to buy TikTok from Chinese owner
By: Financial Times July 23, 2020 A group of US tech investors has launched an ambitious plan to buy TikTok from its Chinese owner, as the popular short video app tries to escape being banned by the White House. The investors, led by the venture capital firms General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital, are in discussions […]