Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft are having mixed results in building statewide vaccination sign-up websites, due to difficulties in integrating county systems
As the nation takes on one of the largest logistical challenges in history with the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination program … Tweets: @cfarivar , @aprilaser , @digiphile , and @digiphile Tweets: C...
Interviews with 40 Amazon employees and government documents: Amazon's COVID-19 response lacks oversight and transparency with inadequate worker safety policies
NBC News : Tweets: @cfarivar , @sallyshin , @hashtagmolotov , @jonschuppe , @tonyajoriley , @adielkaplan , @lowerformofwit , @brandyzadrozny , @adielkaplan , @adielkaplan , @cfarivar , @cfarivar , @a...
An analysis of Palantir CEO Alex Karp's dissertation at a German university in 2002 and how it presaged the work he would go on to do at Palantir
and what it reveals about the new tech nationalism. CW: Contains long, bone-dry summaries of late Adorno. https://www.boundary2.org/... Moira Weigel / @moiragweigel : For years I'd heard that the CEO ...
Sources detail Google's lackluster response to the BLM movement, which one employee said was to “isolate the black employees” to vent without structural changes
they were essentially “dead” links.https://www.nbcnews.com/ ... @hypervisible : Google, yes fucking GOOGLE, sent an email to employees w/ resources “for allies who are looking for ways to help” on mat...
A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce, regarding racism in America after George Floyd's death
Evan Spiegel's letter to Snap staff: https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Meg Graham / @megancgraham : Talkspace says it's ending its partnership agreement with Facebook following the company's decisio...
Tech platforms, which had mostly resisted calls for strict moderation, are now taking a “harder line” when it comes to moderating content related to COVID-19
and just in time. On coronavirus, they're working proactively to push good information while trying to contain the bad stuff. Thank gd. https://www.nbcnews.com/... April Glaser / @aprilaser : We talke...
Tech platforms, which had mostly resisted calls for strict moderation, are now taking a “harder line” when it comes to moderating content related to COVID-19
and just in time. On coronavirus, they're working proactively to push good information while trying to contain the bad stuff. Thank gd. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Mar Hicks / @histoftech : “Choosing ...
A look at Banjo, which offers Palantir-like tools to flag emergencies, crime, and more using AI and has a 5-year deal with Utah and access to surveillance data
it's off the charts, building a total surveillance state. https://www.vice.com/... Emily Coleman / @editoremilye : Well, this is a nightmare. https://twitter.com/... Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : This...
Googler says she was fired for sending pop-ups on labor rights via modified internal browser plugin; Google: she “abused privileged access” in altering the tool
and blatant retaliation against—queer labour organisers https://twitter.com/... Brianna Wu / @briannawu : It's hard to even imagine a pretext justifying this indefensible firing. This is union busting...
Blind users on Facebook say they are frustrated that the platform is consistently buggy for them, and the company isn't doing enough to fix accessibility gaps
The social network wants to be accessible. Blind users and former Facebook workers say it isn't doing enough. Tweets: @aprilaser , @sarahfrier , @carannben , @sarahmei , @sisterhoebot , @sfdirewolf ,...