Apple has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent, looking to stave off defections to tech rivals such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms. From a report: Last week, the company informed some engineers in silicon design, hardware, and select software and operations Read more…
DoorDash, the food delivery app based out of San Francisco, is requiring all its nondelivery employees, including CEO Tony Xu, to do a “dash” once a month — and some employees are seemingly furious. SFGate reports: MarketWatch first reported that the WeDash program, which was launched when the service was Read more…
“If you’ve visited a crypto company’s website recently, you’ve probably visited a URL ending in âoe.xyzâ instead of its cheugier counterpart, .com,” writes Anita Ramaswamy via TechCrunch. “From fintech Block, formerly known as Square, to venture firm Paradigm, to blockchain startups like Mirror, .xyz has become the go-to URL ending Read more…
Render creator Ian Zelbo has shared a trio of high-quality product renders of Apple’s upcoming AR/VR headset that’s expected to arrive in the fourth quarter of 2022. “The renders are based on earlier reporting from The Information and showcase the device in crisp 8K images,” reports Screen Rant. “Zelbo’s previously Read more…
“While the lack of funding in open source is certainly a problem, could funding have prevented the Log4j vulnerabilities?” asks Mike Melanson’s “This Week in Programming” column. “Would funding actually prevent similar vulnerabilities in the future…?” Or is that an oversimplification? In a blog post for the Linux Foundation’s Open Read more…
“Early benchmarks from Denmark on infections and hospitalizations are providing grounds for guarded optimism that highly vaccinated countries might be able to weather the omicron wave,” reports the Washington Post. “The developments, coupled with Denmark’s speedy rollout of booster shots, have raised hopes the country can avoid the dire surge Read more…
“We have LIFTOFF of the @NASAWebb Space Telescope!” NASA tweeted seven hours ago, sharing a 32-second video of the launch. “At 7:20am ET (12:20 UTC), the beginning of a new, exciting decade of science climbed to the sky,” they wrote, adding that the telescope “will change our understanding of space Read more…