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Workers at Amazon's Staten Island facility secure enough votes to unionize, by a 2,654 to 2,131 margin, a first for an Amazon warehouse in the US — - Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities.
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| Ethan Gach / Kotaku: |
A dozen current and former employees at Undead Labs, the Xbox studio behind State of Decay 3, describe sexism, mismanagement, and a toxic workplace culture — Staff say Undead Labs' transition to Xbox studio was hampered by toxic workplace conditions and lack of direction
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| Washington Post: |
A look at the growing skepticism from Silicon Valley investors and companies of Russian money, once welcomed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine — SAN FRANCISCO — Five years ago, an up-and-coming venture capitalist with an unusual past was raising money to invest in hot Silicon Valley start-ups.
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| BBC: |
UK police charge a 16-year-old with five counts and a 17-year-old with six counts related to the Lapsus$ gang; the teenagers remain in custody — Two teenagers from the UK have appeared in court charged with hacking for a major cyber-crime gang. — A 16- and 17-year-old appeared …
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| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
Sources: at a recent employee town hall and a management offsite meeting, Netflix executives cautioned employees to be more mindful about spending and hiring — Netflix is tightening its belt. — In two separate meetings over the past few weeks, Netflix executives cautioned employees … | Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Samsung partners with NFT auction service Nifty Gateway to let users “browse, display, and interact with NFTs” on select premium 2022 TVs — It's partnering with Nifty Gateway for its NFT platform — Samsung is making good on its promise from CES 2022 to bring NFTs to its TVs …
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| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
DWAC, Trump's Truth Social SPAC, has lost 31% of its value since the app launched; Apptopia says downloads are down 95% from its peak and the app has ~513K DAUs — Shares of the blank-check firm bringing Donald Trump's media venture public are sinking with daily downloads …
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| Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: |
Twitch stops its Boost Train test, which let users boost a channel by purchasing subscriptions and bits, after it was used to push porn to the site's front page — It was bound to happen. — Audio player loading... In October 2021, Twitch began testing a new feature that enabled viewers …
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| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin mining company PrimeBlock will go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.25B valuation; PrimeBlock made $24.4M in revenue in Q4 2021 — The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year. — Bitcoin miner PrimeBlock confirmed its plan to go public through a merger … | Karen Weise / New York Times: |
The House Oversight Committee opens an investigation into Amazon's labor practices during severe weather events, after a tornado killed six workers in Illinois — A tornado that hit a delivery station in Illinois last year will be a focus of the inquiry. — The House Committee on Oversight …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Bond Capital, the growth equity firm co-founded by Mary Meeker, raises $2.5B for its third fund — Bond Capital, the growth equity firm co-founded by Mary Meeker, has raised $2.5 billion for its third fund, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: Many growth equity investors … | Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters: |
An Indonesian tax official says the country will charge VAT on crypto asset transactions and tax capital gains on crypto investments at 0.1% starting on May 1 — Indonesia plans to charge value-added tax (VAT) on crypto asset transactions and an income tax on capital gains from such investments …
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| Emily Birnbaum / Politico: |
Apple opposes bills targeting gay and transgender people in Iowa, Texas, Florida, and other states through lobbying, filing court briefs, and recruiting allies — Apple is quietly mobilizing its vast resources to lobby against anti-LGBTQ legislation proliferating across the country … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Justin Kan's game-focused NFT marketplace Fractal has raised a $35M seed led by Paradigm and Multicoin Capital, with a16z, Solana Labs, and others participating — Twitch cofounder Justin Kan's Fractal has raised $35 million to build out its marketplace for gaming non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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The Block, Multicoin Capital, PR Newswire, CoinDesk, Protocol, Bloomberg, and Blockworks. Tweets: @karamouzis. Thanks:@cammylizz
| Bloomberg: |
An interview with DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter, his first since taking office in November, on his mission, slamming the brakes on mergers, and more — To understand how the Justice Department's new antitrust chief, Jonathan Kanter, is thinking about his job, take a look around his office.
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