By Mita Mallick November 27, 2022 As we scroll through our social media feeds, news of layoffs continue to dominate the headlines: “Thousands at Meta, Twitter, Salesforce lost jobs this week—the shock could ripple through the economy for months” and “Mass Layoffs Are Happening at Amazon” and “Disney Plans Layoffs, Rigorous Review Of Spending … Continue reading How to support a friend who has been laid off
By Andrew Fennell November 18, 2022 Twitter’s job cuts may be dominating news headlines right now, but that’s just part of a massive wave of layoffs from tech firms this year. The industry has been rocked with redundancies. Such big names as Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Google have all recently made cuts. If … Continue reading 5 steps to take if you have been laid off
Instagram on the web has been redesigned for large screens It’s ‘cleaner, faster and easier to use,’ said Instagram chief Adam Mosseri. S. Dent @stevetdent Thomas White / Reuters After finally allowing posting last year, Instagram continues to make changes to its desktop web app. The latest update introduces a refresh user interface that … Continue reading Instagram on the web has been redesigned for large screens
Data Reveals Twitter Has Been Shedding Advertisers Since June by Colin Kirkland , November 4, 2022 According to new data from advertising intelligence platform MediaRadar, Twitter has shed thousands of advertisers since May of this year. Due to the excitement surrounding Elon Musk’s initial announcement to buy the platform, there was a brief increase in … Continue reading Data Reveals Twitter Has Been Shedding Advertisers Since June
By Pavithra Mohan October 14, 2022 In 2020, disabled people were among the hardest hit by pandemic-related job losses. The employment rate for workers with disabilities fell to 17.9%, eventually yielding a record high unemployment rate of 17.7% in late 2020—a major blow for a community that has long faced workplace discrimination and other … Continue reading The employment rate for disabled workers is higher than it has been in years
By Eva Galperin June 29, 2022 Roe v. Wade is no more, but this is not 1972, the year before it was passed. In some ways, it’s even worse. When the Supreme Court ruled last week that banning abortion is not unconstitutional, abortion immediately became illegal in several states with “trigger … Continue reading Now that Roe has been overturned, it’s up to the tech industry to protect our data
Meta will limit hiring this year due to slowing revenue growth It will reportedly slow or pause the intake of mid-to-senior level employees. M. Moon @mariella_moon May 5th, 2022 Dado Ruvic / reuters Meta is limiting its intake of new employees as part of its efforts to cut costs due to weak revenue forecasts, according … Continue reading PayPal has been laying off workers to reduce costs
A Third Of Apps Last Updated 2+ Years Ago Have Been ‘Abandoned’ by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 13, 2022 An analysis of developer-abandoned mobile apps across Google and Apple app stores shows that 33% of all apps were updated two or more years ago, according to data released Friday. Pixalate determines the length of abandonment … Continue reading A Third Of Apps Last Updated 2+ Years Ago Have Been ‘Abandoned’
Alejandro Arrieche Last updated: 16 April 2022 The head of the world’s largest institutional crypto investor, Michael Saylor, recently qualified its investment strategy consisting of purchasing huge amounts of Bitcoin on behalf of its company MicroStrategy as a “tremendous success”. These comments were embedded within a letter directed to MicroStrategy’s shareholders ahead of the Annual … Continue reading MicroStrategy’s Saylor Says Its Bitcoin Initiative Has Been A “Tremendous Success”
Dozens of gig workers have been the victims of homicide Gig Workers Rising found that death benefits are sometimes nonexistent. A. Khalid @askhalid April 6th, 2022 App-based gig worker M.J. makes a fist out of her car’s sun roof during a demonstration outside Los Angeles City Hall to urge voters to vote no on Proposition … Continue reading Dozens of gig workers have been the victims of homicide. Their families often don’t receive a dime.
