NEWSWORTHY
Less gig, more economy. The new co-chief executive officers of the company formerly known as WeWork Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham had bad news for their employees, saying required cost cutting would lead to layoffs. Bloomberg reports the cuts could total 2,000 people, or 16% of the company's workforce. Meanwhile at HP, the PC and printer maker's new CEO, Enrique Lores, is also looking at cutting about 16% of the company's workforce, or 9,000 jobs.
Peering over your shoulder. U.S. Attorney General William Barr and officials from Australia and the United Kingdom asked Facebook to end a plan for adding end-to-end encryption to its messaging applications unless it also adds backdoors to allow law enforcement to decode all messages. Facebook pushed back, saying it would not.
Have I got a job for you. Adding to its driving and delivery businesses, Uber unveiled a service called Uber Works to help match temporary workers with potential jobs and employers. The new service is available only in Chicago, so far.
Chill out. Payments processor Square says it will accept retailers selling marijuana derivative CBD as customers. CBD is sold as a wellness and relaxation agent, but does not have the psychoactive properties of THC.
Minimalist. Fans of small(er) phones may get what they wanted from Apple. The iPhone maker is rumored to be working on a revision of its SE model that will include the latest chips and cameras packaged with a 4.7-inch screen.
Criminal responsibility. Six men who were part of an illegal drug ring called Mike's Candyshop were indicted this week for their involvement in the death by overdose of Colin Kroll, co-founder of the HQ Trivia game app.
FOR YOUR WEEKEND READING PLEASURE
A few longer reads that I came across this week that may be appealing for your weekend reading pleasure:
The Closet Chronicles: How I Buy and Sell $1,000 of Clothing a Month (Wall Street Journal)
Grailed, a marketplace for men's clothing, has radically changed how our reporter thinks of his wardrobe.
Tech's Most Controversial Startup Now Makes Drone-Killing Robots (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Founded by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel, Anduril is rekindling the connection between the American military and Silicon Valley.
The Shaw Family Admission Plan (New York Magazine)
One Wall Street billionaire and the ultimate college hedge.
The Best New Hotels Around the World (Surface Magazine)
From Mexico to Macau, micro to massive, the Surface Travel Awards finalists in the hotel and resort categories reveal an industry awash in creativity.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
It's been just over a year since police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer serial murderer, by tracing DNA from his relatives posted in genealogical databases. But the success has sparked debate about how much the databases should be made available to law enforcers, especially when people who posted their DNA records opted out of such matching. Sarah Zhang digs deep into the controversy for
The Atlantic, finding
not everyone is ready for the full match police:
Genetic genealogists—who use consumer DNA tests to build family trees—had been a close-knit community. Many began as volunteers. The tools they use were created by volunteers. GEDmatch was originally created by volunteers. None of it was meant for criminal investigations. As the genealogist Shannon Christmas puts it, "It was built for finding ancestors. It was built for reuniting families, and now it is being used essentially to get families to put their members in jail."
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
OpenAI Will Need More Capital Than Any Non-Profit Has Ever Raised By Jonathan Vanian
Instagram's New Messaging App Can Use Your Phone's Sensors To Auto-Update Your Status By Danielle Abril
Twitter Took a Trump Tweet Down, but Should It Have? And Is Nickelback to Blame? By Jeff John Roberts
Why Your Cable TV Bill Is Much Higher Than Advertised By Aaron Pressman
Europe's Incoming Internet Tax Czar Is Also an Amazon Shareholder By Eric J. Lyman
M. Night Shyamalan Says Apple TV+ Series 'Servant' Presented New Opportunities By Radhika Marya
Domino's Delivers a Dilemma to the Supreme Court: A Website Accessibility Case That Could Impact Thousands of Companies By Jeff John Roberts
BEFORE YOU GO
Need help putting your phone down? Perhaps the Forest app can help. Open the app and a forest begins to grow. The longer you keep the app open, the more your forest thrives. But switch to any other app–say, to check your Insta feed or watch a few TikTok videos–and the forest withers. That's a lot of (virtual) responsibility.
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