Dec 2nd 2020
Intelligent Machines 588
I'm Still Good Boi
Salesforce buys Slack, Amazon hiring spree, Microsoft and workplace surveillance
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Salesforce buys Slack, Amazon hiring spree, Microsoft and workplace surveillance
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
- The latest word on Tony Hsieh.
- Amazon looking to buy Wondery.
- Salesforce is acquiring Slack.
- Amazon is hiring like crazy.
- Amazon is in trouble with a workers union.
- Inspiring kids to follow their passion.
- Google Authenticator for iOS gets a big upgrade.
- Google Health tool can plan for your medical visits.
- Google is shutting down Poly, we hardly knew ye.
- Winners of Google's Best of Play Awards 2020.
- Learn how to learn.
- Googe's gift guide monitors trending items.
- The Biden's dogs have a Twitter account.
- President Trump has a plan to end Section 230.
- Microsoft feature is a workplace surveillance tool.
- American's aren't OK with phone tracking.
- The top TikTok videos of 2020.
- Picks of the week:
- Stacey: OLLIVAN Plant Monitor.
- Jeff: Captcha can tell if you are American.
- Ant: Some good audiobooks to fall asleep to.
- Leo: Deepmind AI is accelerating drug discovery.
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Links
- Black Friday online shopping comes in $9B, $3.6B on smartphones
- Google's Gift Guide with trending items
- Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
- Private spies reportedly infiltrated an Amazon strike, secretly taking photos of workers, trade unionists, and journalists.
- Amazon in Talks to Buy Podcast Maker Wondery
- @thefirstdogs
- Top TikTok videos of the year
- Salesforce acquires Slack for $27.7b
- Most Americans Object to Government Tracking of Their Activities Through Cellphones
- Trump threatens 230
- Learn how to learn
- Here are the winners of Google’s Best of Play awards for 2020
- New Google Health tool helps plan medical visits, rolling out to Search
- Google Authenticator for iOS gets dark theme redesign, bulk 2FA account transfers
- Poly, we hardly knew ye. Google shuts it down.
- Om: Tony Hsieh, RIP
- EXCLUSIVE: Colleagues of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh fear his addiction to nitrous oxide whippets
- Microsoft productivity score feature criticised as workplace surveillance
- turkey frier fire
- London A.I. Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery
- OLLIVAN Plant Monitor (affiliate)
- Captcha proves you're American
- Life of the Party (affiliate)