Slack partners with Amazon to take on Microsoft Teams
Slack is partnering with Amazon in a multi-year agreement that means all Amazon employees will start to use Slack. The deal comes just as Slack faces increased competition from Microsoft…
Senators criticize AT&T for not counting HBO Max toward data caps
Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CO) have written a letter to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson criticizing the company’s decision to exempt HBO Max streaming data…
Donald Trump weakens environmental regulations with new executive order
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday allowing major infrastructure projects and energy projects to move forward without rigorous environmental review. Agencies would be able to waive provisions put…
LinkedIn employees use forum about diversity to defend racism
On Wednesday, LinkedIn hosted a town hall about racial justice in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. The forum was supposed to be an opportunity for employees…
Facebook starts labeling ‘state-controlled media’ pages
Facebook has begun labeling media outlets that are “wholly or partially under the editorial control of their government,” following an announcement of the policy in 2019. It will start labeling…
Rising sea levels could wipe out mangroves by 2050
Mangrove forests aren’t moving fast enough to escape rising sea levels and could disappear by 2050, according to new research. That’s because these forests won’t be able to keep up…
Why do online trolls call SWAT teams? Because the police hurt people
Americans in all 50 states are protesting against police brutality. That alone should be all anyone needs to know that something is gravely wrong and that police violence has touched…
Facebook’s tool for transferring media to Google Photos is now available for everyone
Facebook’s Google Photos transfer tool, first announced for the US and Canada back in April, is now available globally, the company announced on Thursday. The new data transfer tool allows…
What other social networks can learn from Snapchat’s rebuke of Trump
On Sunday, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sent employees an unusually personal note reflecting on the events of the past several weeks. Many brands took the occasion of George Floyd’s murder…
Go read this profile of Unicorn Riot, an indispensable witness to current protests
It’s impossible to properly understand the protests happening across America right now — either their original cause or their current character — without watching on-the-ground footage being shared by ordinary…