Olivia Solon
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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Russia’s Mysterious Interest in Old Shipwrecks
Welcome to Bw Daily, the Bloomberg Businessweek newsletter, where we’ll bring you interesting voices, great reporting and the magazine’s usual charm every weekday. Let us know what you think by emailing our editor here! If this has been forwarded to you, click here to sign up. And here it is … For almost a decade, the Russian navy has been visiting World War II-era shipwrecks, removing military… → Read More
Elon Musk’s Job Cuts Decimated Twitter Team Tackling Child Sexual Abuse
Elon Musk has dramatically reduced the size of the Twitter Inc. team devoted to tackling child sexual exploitation on the platform, cutting the global team of experts in half and leaving behind an overwhelmed skeleton crew, people familiar with the matter said. → Read More
Senate introduces bill to allow farmers to fix their own equipment
A new bill aims to make it easier for farmers to repair their own farm equipment and is part of the broader "right to repair" movement fighting repair restrictions. → Read More
Disgruntled neighbors and dwindling shorebirds jeopardize SpaceX expansion
Celia Johnson, a retired social worker in her mid-70s, can still vividly describe childhood trips to the slender, sandy beach in Boca Chica Village, Texas. → Read More
Jack Dorsey expected to step down as Twitter CEO
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will step down as head of the social media platform he co-founded, sources told CNBC on Monday. → Read More
The Facebook Papers: Documents reveal internal fury and dissent over site’s policies
Thousands of leaked documents highlight employees’ disillusionment with spread of misinformation and calls to violence. → Read More
China-linked disinformation campaign blames Covid on Maine lobsters
In mid-September, Marcel Schliebs, a disinformation researcher at the University of Oxford, spotted the emergence of a surprising coronavirus origin theory. → Read More
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp 'coming back online' after major outages
The networks went down shortly before noon on Monday; WhatsApp employees were even locked out of their own conference rooms as a result of the outage. → Read More
Tech companies meet with FDA to discuss how to curb sale of opioids online
Representatives from social media companies including Twitter, Facebook, Snap and TikTok met with the United States Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to → Read More
Crypto traders want payback after losing millions to Binance glitches
Crypto traders have banded together to sue Binance. → Read More
'I will not be silenced': Women targeted in hack-and-leak attacks speak out about spyware
Female journalists and activists say they had their private photos shared on social media by governments seeking to intimidate and silence them. → Read More
California sues Activision Blizzard over alleged sexual harassment and ‘frat boy’ culture
California on Thursday filed a lawsuit alleging the video game company Activision Blizzard has a “pervasive ‘frat boy’ culture” where female employees are sexually harassed and paid and promoted less than male counterparts. → Read More
Drought-stricken communities push back against data centers
As cash-strapped cities welcome Big Tech to build hundreds of million-dollar data centers in their backyards, critics question the environmental cost, NBC News reports. → Read More
Drought-stricken communities push back against data centers
As cash-strapped cities welcome Big Tech to build hundreds of million-dollar data centers in their backyards, critics question the environmental cost. → Read More
Amazon warehouse workers vote not to unionize in Bessemer, Alabama
An overwhelming number of Amazon workers in Alabama voted against a union. → Read More
Fired, interrogated, disciplined: Amazon warehouse organizers allege year of retaliation
The number of charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board accusing Amazon of interfering with workers’ right to organize more than tripled during the pandemic. → Read More
Organizers hope Biden's support of Amazon unionization advances broader efforts
The president’s remarks “could well be the most pro-union statement by a sitting president,” one expert said. → Read More
Math game Prodigy upsells to kids, child protection group alleges
Math game Prodigy upsells membership to kids, child protection group Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood alleges. Prodigy is used in elementary schools. → Read More
The great attention deficit: More parents seek ADHD diagnosis and drugs for kids to manage remote learning
Zoom schooling prompts more parents to seek ADHD meds for their children. → Read More
Google workers mobilize against firing of top Black female executive
The firing follows a series of internal battles about how the tech company handles diversity and inclusion. → Read More