Author: Tech Support

    • To save lives, we need technology that acts more like a thoughtful journalist, doctor, or other fiduciary agent that cares about the ethics of their choices (Tristan Harris/Center for Humane …)

    Tristan Harris / Center for Humane Technology: To save lives, we need technology that acts more like a thoughtful journalist, doctor, or other fiduciary agent that cares about the ethics of their choices  —  We are in an emergency.  This article is a call to action for major tech platforms to get more aggressive about

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    • Tokyo-based Kyash, which provides digital banking services to individual consumers as well as businesses, raises $45M Series C, bringing total raised to $73M (Pavel Alpeyev/Bloomberg)

    Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: Tokyo-based Kyash, which provides digital banking services to individual consumers as well as businesses, raises $45M Series C, bringing total raised to $73M  —  – Online services aim to take on far larger traditional lenders  —  Kyash Inc., a Tokyo-based digital banking startup … Tokyo-based Kyash, which provides digital banking services

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    • Instacart says worker strike had "no impact" on its operations and that its workforce has seen 40% earnings rise in the past month compared to the month prior (Shirin Ghaffary/Vox)

    Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: Instacart says worker strike had “no impact” on its operations and that its workforce has seen 40% earnings rise in the past month compared to the month prior  —  Vanessa Bain is one of many Instacart shoppers going on strike for better working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Instacart says worker

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    • Amazon confirms that it fired a worker, who led the Staten Island warehouse strike, for violating its quarantine measures; worker says firing was in retaliation (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg: Amazon confirms that it fired a worker, who led the Staten Island warehouse strike, for violating its quarantine measures; worker says firing was in retaliation  —  – Worker Chris Smalls says labor activism led to his dismissal  — Amazon says Smalls violated safety conditions, quarantine Amazon confirms that it fired a worker, who led

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    • New York's AG sent a letter to Zoom expressing concern over security vulnerabilities and privacy practices as more users conduct sensitive tasks on the service (New York Times)

    New York Times: New York’s AG sent a letter to Zoom expressing concern over security vulnerabilities and privacy practices as more users conduct sensitive tasks on the service  —  As the videoconferencing platform’s popularity has surged, Zoom has scrambled to address a series of data privacy and security problems. New York's AG sent a letter

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