Amazon to axe 18,000 workers as more US tech firms cut jobs Amazon boss blames economic uncertainty and recent rapid hiring while Salesforce cuts 8,000 roles, almost 1 in 10 staff The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2023
Amazon, Salesforce jettison jobs in latest tech worker purge E-commerce giant Amazon and business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S. tech companies to announce major job cuts The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023
Inside the final days of Twitter 1.0: How Elon Musk razed us to the ground Io Dodds reports on the true human cost of Twitter’s layoffs, the employee rights that were trampled over, and the chaos that ensued in offices across the world when Musk took the helm The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022
Inside NASA's monumental effort to deliver the first Webb Telescope images JWST is the most powerful space telescope ever flown. Here's how researched created the gigantic scope's first products. Inverse · Dec 22, 2022
Computer expert faces contempt of court proceedings over Bitcoin libel ruling ‘leak’ A computer expert who claims to have invented cryptocurrency Bitcoin is facing contempt of court proceedings over the alleged leaking of a High Court ruling. Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2022
Experts Reckon If You Use These Silly Emojis At Work It Means You Fkn Loathe Your Colleagues I'm looking at you, thumbs up emoji. Pedestrian.tv · Dec 20, 2022
'Asking for a friend': Marc Benioff wants to know why Salesforce pandemic hires aren't as productive Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told staff that those hired in 2021 and 2022 are "facing much lower productivity." Fortune · Dec 16, 2022
Inside the final days of Twitter 1.0: How Elon Musk razed us to the ground Io Dodds reports on the true human cost of Twitter’s layoffs, the employee rights that were trampled over, and the chaos that ensued in offices across the world when Musk took the helm The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022
Supreme Court will review conviction in murder-for-hire case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal arising from a murder-for-hire ordered by the onetime leader of a violent international crime ring The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Twitter Files: FBI, DHS Reported Tweets for Election Misinformation Content moderators had "weekly confabs" with law enforcement officials, reports Matt Taibbi. Reason · Dec 10, 2022
Slack founder Stewart Butterfield is the latest Salesforce exec to leave the company Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is departing the company along with the CPO and SVP of marketing. Fortune · Dec 5, 2022
Slack CEO Butterfield to Depart Next Month Slack Chief Executive Officer Stewart Butterfield plans to leave the workplace messaging platform in January, parent company Salesforce Inc said on Monday. Lidiane Jones, who is the senior vice-president of product management for Salesforce Commerce Cloud, will take over as CEO of Slack, a company spokesperson said. Business Insider had… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 5, 2022
Elon Musk wants 3 kinds of ideas from Twitter workers Twitter employees are invited to submit ideas to make Twitter better. Fortune · Dec 3, 2022
Slack CEO on Bret Taylor exit: No way to spin this as a good thing Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield sent a note to staff that his executive team was "surprised" by Bret Taylor's departure from the firm's parent company, Salesforce. Fortune · Dec 1, 2022
The Walrus · Nov 28, 2022 Why the Future Is Analog During the pandemic, our digital lives hollowed us out. Getting back in touch with reality could make us whole again
The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022 Kickstart your writing year: An online retreat with Guardian Masterclasses A creative writing programme with bestselling and award-winning authors that combines exclusive practical workshops with an online community to help you on your writing journey
Axios · Nov 21, 2022 Why Zoom could get pushed off screen Pandemic-driven growth has given way to the usual startup problems, as bigger rivals incorporate Zoom's capabilities.
Dynamite News · Nov 18, 2022 Hundreds Of Twitter Employees Resign After Elon Musk's 'Extremely Hardcore' Ultimatum Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to start exiting social media company following an ultimatum by Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," or leave. Read on for details:
The Guardian - US · Nov 18, 2022 Twitter ‘closes offices’ after Elon Musk’s loyalty oath sparks wave of resignations The tech company is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded employees sign a pledge to work ‘long hours at high intensity’
Fortune · Nov 15, 2022 ‘Bunch of cowards’: The Twitter engineer reportedly fired by tweet speaks out about Elon Musk’s reign An engineer who worked at Twitter for over eight years was fired after criticizing Musk.
Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2022 Elon Musk’s ‘everything app’ plan for Twitter is nuts, says Slack boss Cal Henderson The era of one-size-fits-all software solutions has ended, Henderson said
Daily Mirror · Nov 9, 2022 'Work was taking over my life - but a solo holiday changed everything' Ellie Twigger decided to go on a WeRoad holiday to Cuba, having suffered from burnout by working hard and saving for a mortgage in her job as an account director
Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022 Elon Musk walks back on Twitter job cuts, blue checks in second week Twitter Inc. is heading into its second full workweek under Elon Musk with half its workforce, mounting losses and a couple of unexpected reversals to its plans.
The Guardian - US · Nov 4, 2022 Twitter slashes nearly half its workforce as Musk admits ‘massive drop’ in revenue Claims that the social media platform’s entire curation team was dismissed prompts fears content could become ‘more toxic’
Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2022 Elon Musk blames ‘massive revenue loss’ amid Twitter lay-offs Elon Musk has already announced changes to the platform including dissolving the board of directors and charging for the platform’s blue tick