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New Amazon Worker Chat App Will Ban Words Like ‘Union,’ ‘Restrooms,’ ‘Pay Raise,’ and ‘Plantation’
Amazon will block and flag employee posts on a planned internal messaging app that contain keywords pertaining to labor unions, according to internal company documents reviewed by The Intercept. An automatic word monitor would also block a variety of terms that could represent potential critiques of Amazon’s working conditions, like Read more…
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300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools’ Day
Internet fads come and go faster than a hiccup, but one that’s somehow lasted almost as long as the internet itself is the “Rick roll.” The term refers to an online prank in which the “Rick rollee” receives a URL address and it leads them to the music video for Read more…
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Epic’s Unreal Engine 5 Has Officially Launched
Epic Games has officially launched Unreal Engine 5, its newest set of software tools for making video games. While Epic may be known to much of the public for its hit game Fortnite, its core business has long been Unreal. Epic’s goal is to make Unreal Engine the definitive toolset Read more…
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Trump’s Truth Social App Branded a Disaster
Donald Trump’s Truth Social has “been a disaster,” says Joshua Tucker, director of NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics. According to the BBC, “The app launched on Presidents’ Day, 21 February, but six weeks later is beset by problems. A waiting list of nearly 1.5 million are unable to Read more…
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Google Offers Employees Free Electric Scooters To Get Them Back To the Office
Google is preparing to bring its employees back to the office this week, and as an added bonus, it’ll be offering them free electric scooters to help ease the transition. The tech giant is teaming up with e-scooter maker Unagi to launch a new program called “Ride Scoot,” in which Read more…
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Mercedes-Benz Puts 5,600 Workers On Vacation In Brazil Due To Chips Shortage
Mercedes-Benz will put more than five thousand workers on collective vacation in two plants in Brazil due to the shortage of semiconductor chips, the company said on Monday. The production stoppage will happen from April 18 to May 3 and includes 5,000 employees in the Sao Bernardo do Campo plant Read more…