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Top Patreon creators, of the ‘Intellectual Dark Web,’ say they’re launching an alternate crowdfunding platform not ‘susceptible to arbitrary censorship’
Jordan Peterson, a Canadian professor who has built a reputation for fighting 'political correctness' and 'cultural Marxism,' and the Libertarian comedian and pundit Dave Rubin announced Monday that they would launch an alternative to the crowdfunding...
Google, Mozilla, and Opera react to Microsoft’s embrace of Chromium (updated)
Microsoft today announced it is embracing Chromium for Edge browser development on the desktop. The news includes plenty of exciting changes, including the decoupling of Edge from Windows 10, more frequent updates, and support for Chrome extensions. But we...
MICROSOFT WANTS TO STOP AI’S ‘RACE TO THE BOTTOM’
"We believe it’s important for governments in 2019 to start adopting laws to regulate" facial-recognition technology, said Microsoft President Brad Smith.STEPHEN MCCARTHY/GETTY IMAGES AFTER A HELLISH year of tech scandals, even government-averse executives have...
Jeff Bezos Tells New Amazon Employees There Isn’t a Work-Life Balance. Here’s What He Says Instead
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn’t a fan of the phrase “work-life balance.” At an April awards event hosted by Axel Springer and Business Insider US editor in chief Alyson Shontell, Bezos revealed the counterintuitive advice he offers new Amazon employees. Bezos...
IBM spent $34 billion to take on Amazon. Can it succeed?
Earlier this year, there were signs that IBM really might pull off a turnaround. After more than five years of shrinking revenues, Big Blue reported three quarters of growth in a row. Sure, that growth wasn’t coming from new businesses, but from milking the upside in...
Google Employees Stage Massive Walkout at Silicon Valley HQ
Mason Trinca/Getty Today, thousands of Google employees staged a company walkout to protest Google executives’ alleged protection of sexual harassers at the company. The walkout at the Company’s HQ in Mountain View, California, is reportedly the largest worldwide....