Reuters: JioMart is disrupting the traditional salesperson-driven retail distribution model in India by offering mom-and-pop stores fast deliveries, credit, and training — For eight straight days, household goods salesman Vipresh Shah has failed to sell a single pack of Dettol soap to the storekeepers …
Daily Archives: November 22, 2021
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Rich Woods / XDA Developers: Sources: Qualcomm has an exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Windows on ARM that is set to expire soon, opening up chip vendor competition — Last week, we reported that MediaTek is planning to build a chipset for Windows on ARM. As it turns out, the […]
David Thiel / @elegant_wallaby: [Thread] A former Facebook employee says Meta announced an “absurdly accelerated timeline” for e2ee messaging to preempt antitrust action and generate good PR — Please stop with this. Child safety is not FUD, nor disingenuous. Here is what happened with Facebook’s haphazard E2EE plan, from someone […]
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times: Two former Netflix employees, one who just resigned, at the center of protests over Chappelle’s special have withdrawn their NLRB charge against the company — Two former Netflix employees who raised concerns about transphobic remarks in Dave Chappelle’s latest special “The Closer” …
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: DoorDash has agreed to pay $5.3M to settle with San Francisco over allegations that it stiffed ~4,500 delivery workers of the city’s mandated employee benefits — Restaurant-delivery company DoorDash will pay $5.3 million to settle allegations with San Francisco that it stiffed almost 4,500 […]
Enlarge / Do these people look prone to motivated reasoning? (credit: Getty Images) A new study lays out a bit of a conundrum in its opening paragraphs. It notes that scientific progress depends on the ability to update what ideas are considered acceptable in light of new evidence. But science […]
Juli Clover / MacRumors: Tile, which makes Bluetooth-based tracking accessories that compete with Apple AirTag, is being acquired by location tracking service Life360 for $205M — Tile, known for its range of Bluetooth-based tracking accessories that compete with the AirTag, is being acquired by location tracking service Life360, Tile announced […]
Enlarge / Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. (credit: Flickr / Bobby Kotick) Embattled Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told colleagues that he would consider stepping down and departing the organization if the company’s deep-running sexual harassment and other cultural problems are not resolved. This is according to a Wall Street […]
VICE: ConstitutionDAO faces existential questions as a “core team” makes key decisions; high transaction fees mean ~50% of investors may lose the money they put in — ConstitutionDAO tried to buy the Constitution. Now it has a $40 million mess on its hands and entire refunds are being wiped out […]
Enlarge / The GTS Sport Turismo is the wagon version the Porsche Taycan always deserved. (credit: Porsche) When Porsche announced the Taycan Cross Turismo, plenty of automotive enthusiasts raised half an eyebrow. The car checked so many boxes—wagon body style, blazing fast, all-electric. Yet at the same time, it was […]