This summer has been eventful for ByteDance, the owner of the rapidly growing social network TikTok. First, the Indian government banned the application from distribution in the country, due to concerns that the Chinese government might access user data. Then a number of U.S. companies warned employees to remove TikTok …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Pandemic will continue for some time, experts tell Congress as U.S. case tally nears 4.5 million
With close to 4.5 million Americans confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus illness COVID-19, the pandemic will continue for some time, public health officials will tell Congress on Friday, underscoring the importance of following their recommendations on face masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing. “While it remains …
Read More »Key Words: Fauci says some states should pause reopening, but hopes to avoid another shutdown
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that the U.S. is not doing great at containing the spread of COVID-19, but stopped short of saying parts of the country might need to shut down again. “ “I don’t think you can say we’re doing great. I mean, we’re just not.” ” — …
Read More »Some Steps for a Budget Friendly Construction
Whenever spending money, one wants to make sure that his money is invested in the right place. When specifically construction is concerned, many times one runs out of the budget without even realizing it. It is an investment that is not gathered or saved easily, it takes years of hard …
Read More »The ‘work-from-home’ ETF is here. Get ready for some surprises.
For all the weirdness of the past few months — the Zoom fatigue, the challenge of caring for children and pets and aging parents alongside co-workers — the coronavirus pandemic that’s kept millions of white-collar workers in their homes, not their offices, has presented new opportunities. It seemed only a …
Read More »Some tech workers are slowly trickling back to the office now
It’s back to the office for some tech employees this month. Apple Inc. AAPL, +2.57% and Juniper Networks Inc. JNPR, +0.52% , for example, are allowing small pools of employees to return in what is expected to be a series of gradual phases, though companies are reluctant to talk. (Apple …
Read More »Some Americans who got laid off are going back to work — here’s which sectors are rehiring
2.7 million Americans who were temporarily laid off amid the coronavirus pandemic were rehired last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report. But economists aren’t overly optimistic that employers will continue to rehire at that pace. The biggest gains in May were in leisure and hospitality, where …
Read More »Some Steps to Help Us Get Started on our Anti-Racism Learning
Hey fellow white people. Like me, if you were born in America and grew up in America, you were raised to be racist. Even if we like to think we “don’t see color”. Even if we can’t identify anything racist we’ve ever said or done or thought. Even if our …
Read More »Key Words: Some of the people who literally helped write Facebook’s community standards say Zuckerberg is wrong on Trump posts
Nearly three dozen former Facebook Inc. employees, dismayed with Mark Zuckerberg’s hands-off policy on President Donald Trump’s posts and his defensive posture on the matter, forcefully pushed back in a stinging letter released Wednesday. “We grew up at Facebook, but it is no longer ours,” the 33 former employees, who …
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