by Tyler | Aug 14, 2019 | Amazon, American workers, Apple, big banks, Big Tech, foreign workers, H-1B, H-1B Visa, immigration, offshoring, Outsourcing, Politics, silicon valley, Tech, Trending, U.S. Workers
Tech conglomerates and big banks have imported thousands of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program to take U.S. white-collar jobs, newly released federal data reveals.
by Tyler | Aug 12, 2019 | 2020 Election, Censorship, Free Speech Online, Google, James Damore, Kevin Cernekee, Masters of the Universe, Mike Wacker, Politics, Tech, Trending
Free speech at Google is long since dead. But it didn’t go down without a fight. As the tech giant embarked on its self-described “shift towards censorship”, many employees inside the company spoke out against it — and were rewarded with harassment...
by Tyler | Aug 11, 2019 | Academic Insanity, Education, Environment, environmentalism, lgbt, Penn State, recycling, Tech, Trending
An unusual new study from Penn State suggests that straight men avoid recycling due to fear that they may have their heterosexuality questioned by their peers.
by Tyler | Aug 10, 2019 | 2nd Amendment, Doug McMillon, Gun Sales, Mass Shooting, Pre-Viral, Tech, Trending, Walmart
Walmart has quietly instructed employees to remove any signage or displays that “contain violent themes or aggressive behavior.”
by Tyler | Aug 10, 2019 | Alexa, Amazon, Asia, child labor, China, Economy, Foxconn, Jeff Bezos, Masters of the Universe, Tech, Trending
According to a recent report from China Labor Watch, at least 1,000 Chinese school-aged teenagers are being recruited to work long and often illegal hours as “interns” at factories producing Amazon Alexa devices.
by Tyler | Aug 10, 2019 | 2020 Election, Censorship, Donald Trump, Facebook, FCC, Free Speech Online, FTC, Google, Masters of the Universe, Politics, Tech, Trending, Twitter, Youtube
The White House is reportedly planning an executive order that would give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a role in determining what gets censored on big tech platforms.
