Microsoft will inherit Activision's explosive sexual harassment lawsuit when its $68 billion deal closes, experts say
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Microsoft will inherit Activision's explosive sexual harassment lawsuit when its $68 billion deal closes, experts say
Experts say Activision employees' scandalous discrimination claims — and any reputational harm — are now housed under the Microsoft brand.
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NYC Mayor Adams will convert his city paycheck to cryptocurrency via Coinbase
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/20/22893275/nyc-mayor-adams-convert-paycheck-cryptocurrency-coinbase-bitcoin-ethereum
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NYC Mayor Adams will convert his city paycheck to cryptocurrency via Coinbase
He wants NYC to become a crypto hub.
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Amazon’s longtime strategy of hiring ‘missionaries’ over ‘mercenaries’ is imploding, employees say
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Amazon’s longtime strategy of hiring ‘missionaries’ over ‘mercenaries’ is imploding, employees say
Working at Amazon is more challenging than ever, and the "Great Resignation" is leading to more open positions and competition for talent.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick set to receive almost $400 million windfall payout from Microsoft sale after taking a massive pay cut last year amid company scandal
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick set to receive almost $400 million windfall payout from Microsoft sale after taking a massive…
Bobby Kotick will receive at least $390 million after the deal is completed. Most of his payout will be from the 3.95 million company shares he holds.
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Netflix stock plunges as company misses growth forecast.
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Netflix stock plunges as company misses growth forecast
Ouch.
Game Developers Conference report: most developers frown on blockchain games
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Game Developers Conference report: most developers frown on blockchain games
It seems that an overwhelming majority of game developers are also against NFTs and their use as a monetization method in video games. According to the Game...
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Peloton Is Imploding, and Leadership Wants Workers To Take the Fall for Them | After cashing out hundreds of millions of dollars in stock, Peloton executives plan to cut staff and close stores to make up for their past mistakes.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7n3gm/peloton-is-imploding-and-leadership-wants-workers-to-take-the-fall-for-them
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Peloton Is Imploding, and Leadership Wants Workers To Take the Fall for Them
After cashing out hundreds of millions of dollars in stock, Peloton executives plan to cut staff and close stores to make up for their past mistakes.
An employee died Wednesday at Tesla's factory hub in Fremont, California
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An employee died Wednesday at Tesla's factory hub in Fremont, California
The name and cause of death of the deceased employee has not yet been released. Cal-Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.
Elon Musk's brain chip firm Neuralink lines up clinical trials in humans
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/20/elon-musk-brain-chip-firm-neuralink-lines-up-clinical-trials-in-humans
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Elon Musk’s brain chip firm Neuralink lines up clinical trials in humans
Implants that Musk says could allow paralysed people to walk already tested on a macaque and a pig
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Intel plans $20 bln chip manufacturing site in Ohio - sources
https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-plans-new-chip-manufacturing-site-ohio-report-2022-01-21/
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Intel's $20 bln Ohio factory could become world's largest chip plant
Intel Corp said on Friday it would invest up to $100 billion to build potentially the world's largest chip-making complex in Ohio, looking to boost capacity as a global shortage of semiconductors affects everything from smartphones to cars.
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Starving Afghans Use Crypto to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions, Failing Banks, and the Taliban
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Starving Afghans Use Crypto to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions, Failing Banks, and the Taliban
NGOs looking to provide emergency aid to Afghanistan are turning to cryptocurrency.
Intel is spending $20 billion to build a massive chip-making facility in Ohio
https://www.engadget.com/intel-ichip-making-facility-in-ohio-073608482.html
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Intel is spending $20 billion to build a massive chip-making facility in Ohio | Engadget
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is expecting it to become "the largest silicon manufacturing location on the planet.".
Aldi launches facial age estimation tech to sell alcohol in new no-checkout store
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Aldi starts using facial age estimation tech to sell alcohol in new no-checkout supermarket
German-owned firm becomes first supermarket chain in UK to trial Yoti's AI device that estimates customers' ages
Elizabeth Warren says Elon Musk launches personal attacks on her, rather than actually discussing the tax system
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Elizabeth Warren says Elon Musk launches personal attacks on her, rather than actually discussing the tax system
Warren said in 2018 that "every nurse who paid taxes, every firefighter who paid taxes, paid more than Elon Musk."
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Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
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Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
Cryptocurrency is not merely a bad investment or speculative bubble. It’s worse than that: it’s a full-on fraud.
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The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward - Why did Microsoft remove so much functionality for an OS designed for work?
https://www.pcworld.com/article/549576/the-windows-11-taskbar-is-an-annoying-step-backward.html
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The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward
Windows 11's nerfed taskbar is nowhere near as capable as Windows 10's. Why did Microsoft remove so much functionality for an OS designed for work?
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Employees at Activision studio Raven Software formally organize union
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Employees at Activision studio Raven Software formally organize union
After five weeks of striking, the QA testers at Raven Software, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, have formed one of the first unions in a AAA game publisher. The union, known as the Game Workers Alliance, was formed in association with the Communications…
El Salvador’s plan to create the first Bitcoin-powered nation is tanking the economy—and is a mess by every measure
https://fortune.com/2022/01/19/el-salvador-bitcoin-economy-distressed-debt/
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El Salvador’s plan to create the first Bitcoin-powered nation is tanking the economy—and is a mess by every measure
"El Salvador now has the most distressed sovereign debt in the world, and it's because of the Bitcoin folly," says Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University.
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Russian Central Bank Seeks to Ban Crypto Mining, Investment, citing “unproductive consumption” of electric power and calling cryptocurrencies "a financial pyramid"
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/20/russian-central-bank-seeks-to-ban-crypto-mining-investment-a76104
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Russian Central Bank Seeks to Ban Crypto Mining, Investment
Russia’s Central Bank proposed Thursday to ban cryptocurrency investment and mining as governments around the world crack down on the decentralized currencies, citing threats to monetary stability.
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Ozzy Osbourne’s NFT project shared a scam link, and followers lost thousands of dollars
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/21/22895126/ozzy-osbourne-nft-scam-cryptobatz-hack-ethereum
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Ozzy Osbourne’s NFT project shared a scam link, and followers lost thousands of dollars
Tweets from Osbourne himself inadvertently sent followers to a phishing scam.
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"Living" water filter outperforms its commercial equivalent
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New Atlas
"Living" water filter outperforms its commercial equivalent
While certain types of filtration media are great at removing pathogens from water, they do clog up over time, slowing their rate of filtration. According to new research, a solution to the problem may lie in the use of "living filtration membranes."