A Tech Company Tried to Limit What Employees Talk About At Work. It Didn’t Go Well. – WSJ

When leaders of the project management and communication software company Basecamp announced last week that it would curb political conversations at work, fallout came fast. Tech employees, workplace consultants and politicians alike assailed the decision on Twitter and LinkedIn, though other company leaders called it a courageous move . Some employees publicly threatened to quit. […]

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Toyota’s Woven Planet snaps up Lyft’s self-driving cars unit for $550 million – CNN

Hong Kong (CNN Business) Toyota is hitting the gas to achieve its self-driving goals by buying Lyft’s autonomous vehicle business for over half a billion dollars. The two players announced the $550 million acquisition on Tuesday, saying that it would allow them to create a “dream team” of about 1,200 researchers and engineers around the […]

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More top-notch tech talents set their sights on Singapore, Business News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – Top-notch tech talents, from start-up entrepreneurs to experienced industry operators, are starting to set their sights on Singapore. There have been about 60 applications approved as at March 31 for the new Tech.Pass that aims to attract top-tier foreigners, the Economic Development Board (EDB) told The Straits Times. Please subscribe or log in […]

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Whole Foods plans layoffs as part of reorganization involving merchandising, operations, HR, and tech teams

Whole Foods is laying off some corporate employees as part of a reorganization, the company confirmed. In a press release , it said the restructuring would impact merchandising, operations, HR, and tech teams. Amazon-owned Whole Foods has seen an explosion of business during the pandemic . See more stories on Insider’s business page . Whole […]

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African speculative fiction is finally getting its due. Let’s talk about books to seek out.

Black writers of speculative fiction once struggled to find a place on bookshelves. As Samuel R. Delany wrote in his 1998 essay “ Racism and Science Fiction ,” even when Black writers did get published, sometimes their works were whitewashed, like the early book covers of Octavia E. Butler’s works , or were otherwise sidelined. […]

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3 Thrown From Car, Critically Injured In Evergreen Park Crash – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — Three people were critically injured Tuesday morning, when their car crashed in southwest suburban Evergreen Park. Shortly after 5:10 a.m., Evergreen Park Police responded to reports of a crash near 92nd and Western, and found three people had been thrown from their car in a single-vehicle crash. The car ended up on […]

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Book of The Little Prince author’s love letters marks end of feud between heirs | Books | The Guardian

It was a romance that helped inspire one of the great works of 20th-century fiction and a bitter conflict between his heirs, but a new book of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ’s love letters to be published on Thursday suggests a reconciliation may finally have been achieved. The Little Prince, by the French aviator, poet and […]

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Man jumps through car window to stop dangerous driver in Albania – CNN Video

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