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- Facebook claims it mistakenly hid posts calling for India’s prime minister to resign
- Amazon’s pay raise for over 500,000 workers comes at an interesting time
- AT&T is giving its top prepaid hotspot plan a big price cut and more data
- Space community mourns the death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins
- Facebook expects ad tracking problems from regulators and Apple
- Apple’s iPhone 12 and Mac sales skyrocket despite ongoing pandemic
- HBO Max’s cheaper ad-supported tier will reportedly cost $9.99 per month
- A fired Amazon worker is trying to unionize four NYC-area facilities
- Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial
- General Motors has a solution for our crappy EV charging infrastructure
| Facebook claims it mistakenly hid posts calling for India’s prime minister to resign Posted: 28 Apr 2021 06:04 PM PDT  When Facebook users tried to view a hashtag calling for the resignation of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, they instead saw a message saying that Facebook was temporarily hiding the posts in order to keep the community safe. Buzzfeed News reports that the posts were hidden for about three hours. Facebook has now restored the posts. The company tells The Verge that the hashtag was blocked "by mistake" and claims it wasn't because the Indian government asked Facebook to remove it. It also says the block was the result of some of the content that used the hashtag, but did not specify what kind of content. The temporary suspension of the hashtag is likely to fuel concerns about the influence that Modi's BJP party wields... |
| Amazon’s pay raise for over 500,000 workers comes at an interesting time Posted: 28 Apr 2021 04:40 PM PDT  Amazon has announced that over 500,000 of its workers will get a permanent increase in their hourly wages starting in mid-May, from as low as an additional 50 cents an hour to as much as three extra dollars per hour (via GeekWire). That's a substantial chunk of its 1.3 million person workforce getting at least a small pay bump, and the company shared that it's investing over $1 billion in these pay increases. Amazon said that it's also on a hiring spree for "tens of thousands of jobs across our operations in the US." Amazon previously recognized its warehouse and delivery workers with a $2 pay bump last March as the company worked to meet increased demand during the pandemic, but that was a temporary raise that disappeared in May 2020,... |
| AT&T is giving its top prepaid hotspot plan a big price cut and more data Posted: 28 Apr 2021 03:49 PM PDT  AT&T says it will now offer a prepaid 5G data-only plan with up to 100GB of data for $55 per month — a big upgrade from its previous offering of 40GB for $75. The new pricing extends to Cricket Wireless customers as well as AT&T's direct prepaid subscribers, though those on Cricket won't be able to access the 5G network. These plans allow customers to buy data for their tablet or mobile hotspot separate from their voice plan. That 100GB is a lot of data at a lower price than the other major carriers are offering; currently, T-Mobile has a prepaid data-only plan of 50GB for $50 and Verizon has a 30GB plan for $65 per month. It may be no coincidence that Verizon and T-Mobile are also eager to expand their own 5G and LTE-based fixed home... |
| Space community mourns the death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins Posted: 28 Apr 2021 03:04 PM PDT  Michael Collins, the witty "forgotten" astronaut of NASA's legendary Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, died of cancer on Wednesday, his family said. An icon of space exploration and an eloquent storyteller (who, arguably, had the best sense of humor among the Apollo 11 crew), Collins passionately advocated for further exploration of other worlds. Astronauts, NASA officials, and others in the space community who are heeding his advocacy mourned his death today. Collins was the Columbia command module pilot who stayed in orbit around the Moon in 1969 while his crew mates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, descended to the lunar surface and became the first two humans to set foot on another world. Aldrin, now the only living Apollo 11 astronaut,... |
| Facebook expects ad tracking problems from regulators and Apple Posted: 28 Apr 2021 02:06 PM PDT  Facebook's ad revenue was up more than 45 percent during the first three months of 2020, soaring to $25.4 billion — or about seven times what Twitter makes in an entire year. But the company sees some potential problems on the horizon that could limit continued growth: regulators are closing in on ad tracking practices, and a feature launched this week by Apple could harm its ability to target ads. "We continue to expect increased ad targeting headwinds in 2021 from regulatory and platform changes," Facebook CFO Dave Wehner writes in the company's Q1 2021 earnings release. Wehner specifically calls out iOS 14.5, which includes a feature that lets iPhone and iPad users easily stop apps from tracking them in certain ways. Facebook expects... |
| Apple’s iPhone 12 and Mac sales skyrocket despite ongoing pandemic Posted: 28 Apr 2021 01:44 PM PDT  Apple's iPhone 12 lineup maintained enormously strong demand from consumers from January through March, according to the company's fiscal Q2 earnings posted today. Apple reported record March quarter revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54 percent year over year. The iPhone took in just under $48 billion, jumping up by 66 percent from a year ago. Sales of Mac and iPad hardware also surged for yet another quarter, up 70 and 78 percent respectively, due in part to continued remote work and schooling necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. That success might slow down as some regions of the world return to a sense of normalcy, so most eyes — as usual — are on the iPhone. It's been reported that the iPhone 12 mini isn't doing as well as Apple hoped,... |
| HBO Max’s cheaper ad-supported tier will reportedly cost $9.99 per month Posted: 28 Apr 2021 01:17 PM PDT  HBO Max's upcoming ad-support tier will cost $9.99 per month, or $5 less than the standard $14.99 per month that the regular version of HBO Max costs, according to a new report from CNBC. The upcoming ad-supported tier is still set to launch in June and will feature a few major differences from the $15 per month plan — including access to WarnerMedia's same-day theatrical release strategy for films like Dune or The Matrix 4, which will be limited to subscribers to HBO Max's more premium tier. WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has also confirmed in a March analyst event that HBO original shows won't get ads added in, so customers won't have to worry about Euphoria, The Sopranos, or Game of Thrones getting interrupted by commercials. |
| A fired Amazon worker is trying to unionize four NYC-area facilities Posted: 28 Apr 2021 12:58 PM PDT  Amazon workers at four different facilities near Staten Island have begun the process of unionizing with the Amazon Labor Union. The organizing effort is being led by Christian Smalls, a former warehouse worker who was fired in March after organizing a walkout to protest unsafe working conditions during the pandemic, according to Protocol. The company has responded by posting anti-union messages on TV screens at JFK8, the fulfillment center where Smalls used to work. "KNOW THE FACTS BEFORE YOU SIGN A UNION CARD," reads one of the messages obtained by Motherboard. "If someone asks you to provide your personal information or sign a union card, do not release your personal information without knowing all the facts." Several hundred workers... |
| Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial Posted: 28 Apr 2021 12:31 PM PDT  Next week, Epic Games and Apple will appear in court for a long-anticipated legal battle. Epic argues that Apple unfairly kicked its hit game Fortnite off the App Store last year, exercising an illegal monopoly over the ubiquitous iOS platform. Apple claims Epic is trying to break the iOS platform's vaunted safety and security for its own gain. Both parties have laid out how they expect to win their respective cases, and this week, they've provided near-final lists of the people they expect to call for testimony. Apple and Epic both filed revised tentative witness lists on April 26th. The lists don't guarantee every witness will be called, and crucially, they don't tell us when we'll see a given person on the stand. But with the closely... |
| General Motors has a solution for our crappy EV charging infrastructure Posted: 28 Apr 2021 12:00 PM PDT  General Motors announced a "holistic charging approach" to electric vehicle charging that it's calling the Ultium Charge 360. Much like Ford does with its FordPass network, the Ultium Charge 360 will integrate GM's own vehicle apps and software with a variety of third-party charging services, such as Blink, ChargePoint, EVgo, Flo, Greenlots, and SemaConnect. The goal is to create a seamless experience in which an owner of a GM electric vehicle can drive up to a station, plug in, and start charging without having to juggle multiple apps or third-party memberships. "There is a lot more to EV adoption than just buying the vehicle and just having a large connected network," said Travis Hester, GM's chief EV officer. "And our mission is to... |
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