Isolated at home, I started work on a project I've been planning for a long time. A box, covered in glowing interactive orange lights, for my son. In doing so we both found some escapism, and a metaphor in these very real times...

There is a plethora of data and research available that outlines *exactly* how companies can build a hiring process for software engineers that's truly predictive of their future, on-the-job performance. Yet, the tech industry at large has all but ignored…

Programming with truth and statefulness.

While families' cats and dogs are enjoying the upside of spending days with their owners...

This blog is about the latest research in degenerative diseases.

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Yelp faced backlash from those it was trying to help

Pharmaceutical company Roche announced Friday afternoon that it will release the recipe for its lysis buffer if Dutch laboratories ask for it. Earlier today Follow the Money revealed that the European Commission was exploring options for an intervention in…

The proprietary filesystem vendor unleashed a '90s-level torrent of FUD yesterday.

Inspired by comments on the previous question Is it true that Netscape Navigator eventually became Mozilla Firefox? (Answer: Yes).

In 1998, Netscape released a large amount of their existing sourc...

My friend just got laid off along with 400 other employees by dialing into a pre-recorded Zoom message. Her manager never even called to say goodbye. The virus may be out of your control, but how humanely you handle it is not.

Airbnb plans to halt all of its marketing, pause most hiring, and likely withhold employee bonuses as it tries to conserve cash amid a slide in bookings, CEO Brian Chesky told employees in a video conference call Thursday, a person familiar with the matter…

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the grocery delivery company has refused to offer its 175,000 gig workers basic protections like hazard pay, hand sanitizer, and paid leave for those with pre-existing health conditions.

The change comes after Motherboard found the Zoom iOS app was sending analytics information to Facebook when users opened the app.