E-commerce workers who kept China fed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their billionaire bosses even richer, are so unhappy with their pay and treatment that one just set himself on fire in protest. China’s internet industries already were known for long, demanding days. With millions of families confined at home, Continue Reading
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The silencing of Trump has highlighted the authoritarian power of tech giants | Social media- Tempemail
It was eerily quiet on social media last week. That’s because Trump and his cultists had been “deplatformed”. By banning him, Twitter effectively took away the megaphone he’s been masterfully deploying since he ran for president. The shock of the 6 January assault on the Capitol was seismic enough to Continue Reading
Looking for a Job in Tech? Make Sure the Process is About Your Growth.- Tempemail
When you talk to tech recruiters, do you sometimes feel they’re just trying to fill in open positions, and don’t actually care about your goals? The haste to hire in the IT industry, especially the frenzy to attract the top profiles, has the ironic effect of diverting attention from what Continue Reading
San Francisco office market in collapse as tech workers stay home | San Francisco
The pandemic has brought the commercial real estate market in San Francisco to a new low, with work-from-home policies and office closures slowing Silicon Valley-driven business expansion to numbers not seen in at least three decades. New office-leasing activity in 2020 dropped a staggering 71% compared with the year before, Continue Reading
Australia’s competition regulator flags legal cases against tech companies over ads | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Competition regulator Rod Sims has foreshadowed possible further legal cases against tech groups as a result of inquiries into mobile phone app stores and how ads are sold online. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which Sims chairs, has been investigating so-called “ad tech”, where search engine Google is a Continue Reading
Rightwingers flock to ‘alt tech’ networks as mainstream sites ban Trump | Donald Trump- Tempemail
Following the banning of Donald Trump and many prominent followers on mainstream social media platforms, and Amazon’s withdrawal of web hosting from Parler, rightwingers have fled to an archipelago of smaller “alt tech” sites and services that promise less content moderation or a refuge from the prying eyes of their Continue Reading
Trump claims his social media ban is ‘catastrophic mistake’ and calls big tech ‘horrible’- Tempemail
Donald Trump has claimed that his social media ban is a “catastrophic mistake” and described big tech as “horrible” following his permanent suspension from numerous internet platforms in the wake of the Capitol riots. On Tuesday, before he boarded a helicopter to travel from Alamo, Texas, back to the White Continue Reading
UK tech firms attract record $15bn in venture capital funding | Venture capital
UK technology companies attracted a record $15bn (£11.2bn) in venture capital funding in 2020, including the creation of seven “unicorn” firms valued at more than $1bn. The firms raised more money from VC investors than the rest of Europe combined, according to research by the data provider Dealroom. The $15bn Continue Reading
Tech platforms vowed to address racial equity: how have they fared? | Technology
Following the death of George Floyd and nationwide protests against police brutality and racial inequality, some of the largest technology corporations waded into the anti-racism movement with slickly worded corporate declarations that “Black Lives Matter”. Those tech platforms are now facing increased pressure to back those promises with action – Continue Reading
‘This is big’: US lawmakers take aim at once-untouchable big tech | Technology
Sign up for the Guardian Today US newsletter The attorneys general of more than 30 US states took aim at Google this week with a new major antitrust lawsuit, accusing the tech company of illegally protecting a monopoly over its search business. The lawsuit marks the third against Google in Continue Reading