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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

Wynn-Williams was previously Meta's director of global public policy, with Careless People covering her time at the company from 2011 to 2017. Mashable has reached out to Meta for comment. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism was published this week by Macmillan.

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Amnesty International calls for a ban on facial recognition in New York City

The Verge

Amnesty International has launched a new campaign against facial recognition titled Ban The Scan — and is launching with a demand for New York City to halt police and government use of the technology. Other major cities across the US have already banned facial recognition, and New York must do the same.”.

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Amazon sues to block state investigation of New York warehouse labor fight

The Verge

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the New York state attorney general’s office as a preemptive effort to prevent legal action over the company’s handling of COVID-19 conditions at a Staten Island warehouse last spring. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. billion.

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Two Leaders Join Benetech’s Senior Team!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For more than a decade, Nadine has worked at the intersection of policy and media in major markets including New York, Chicago and Washington, DC. She was the Assistant Director of Communications at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and then head of media for Foreign Affairs magazine in New York.

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Amazon extends work-from-home policy for corporate employees to 2021

The Verge

Amazon is extending its corporate work-from-home policy through January of next year. Amazon’s decision aligns with those of Facebook and Google , both of which have announced work-from-home policies that extend through 2020. Amazon, Facebook, and Google have all extended work-from-home policies through 2020.

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Cast.ai nabs $7.7M seed to remove barriers between public clouds

TechCrunch

When you launch an application in the public cloud, you usually put everything on one provider, but what if you could choose the components based on cost and technology and have your database one place and your storage another? Developers use the policy engine to decide how much they want to control this process.

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Roblox files to go public

TechCrunch

Roblox, the child-friendly gaming company, filed to go public today. Its listing comes one day after the lending company Affirm initiated its own public offering and a mere two days after Airbnb’s filing. The company is not the first gaming platform company to go public this year, with gaming engine Unity debuting earlier this year.

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