2k20, what's the worst enormous tech company?

the thing about the metaverse via headset is that kids these days are always multitasking. how do I get on Discord while also in the metaverse? do I walk up to a computer in the metaverse to check on the chat?

great point but solvable. in fact it should be better than real life, because in the metaverse you can pretend to be making eye contact with someone while actually looking at an invisible Discord window.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Salesforce, the largest private employer in San Francisco, is laying off hundreds of employees and joining a string of major Bay Area tech companies cutting their workforces.

The Big Down-Turn is coming fast & hard - not sure if it's just a cyclical contraction or if this is like the whaling industry

The whaling industry at least gave us a pretty good novel.

I for one don't want to pay for anything, or see any ads

Haven't used an oil lamp in years.

definitely eager to hear what Japan's scientific whaling uncovers about these fierce leviathans of the deep

i'd prefer not to

Smart Move, Google

For as long as I can remember, maps.google.com was the defacto domain for Google Maps. Also for as long as I can remember, I allowed this domain to use the location services of my browser.

Yesterday I was asked to allow the usage of location services for Google Maps seemingly out of nowhere. Of course I accepted. After all, I just wanted to check a route to a local business and I was in a hurry. Back home I opened Google Maps again, and noticed that maps.google.com now redirects to google.com/maps. This implies that the permissions I give to Google Maps now apply to all of Googles services hosted under this domain. So far I only identified Google Flights to have made the same switch (google.com/flights), though I'm sure they're just beginning to transfer their services to the main google.com domain.

Congratulations, you now have permission to geo-track me across all of your services.

Smart move, Google.

congratulations to the tories!

As a parent, and based on recent experience, fucking Roblox

my nephew is absolutely addicted. so i've seen him play it a million times, and also read the stuff about manipulating kids into becoming employees. is there anything new to be horrified at with roblox or is it mainly that? the internet, arguably, is bad

The boy's basically learned how to code through Roblox.

I'm not saying that's a great thing, but it's better than what I got from Sega Genesis.

I don't know how common a problem it is or if they've made improvements with this, but I've definitely heard of predators on roblox

YouTube Will Stop Removing Videos Pushing Lies About the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election https://t.co/AUcJ5lfGvN

— Variety (@Variety) June 2, 2023

It's cool to see the entire world slowly shifting towards 'but what if we just stopped giving a fuck about anything?' as an overarching ethos. The structure of society will regulate itself independent of the behavior of its constituents, nbd.

I just wanna see Deep Purple videos from 1971, not this garbage

Google’s return-to-office crackdown reportedly includes a $99 hotel for workers

The tech giant is offering a $99-a-night “Summer Special” deal for an on-campus hotel to “make it easier for Googlers to transition to the hybrid workplace,” according to CNBC, which viewed promotional materials and internal forums. Employees must pay out of their own pockets for the special, which is open until Sept. 30, the outlet found.

The offer comes as the YouTube and Android owner cracks down on remote work by more strictly enforcing its three-day-a-week policy. The Wall Street Journal reported in June that Google told employees office attendance records would start to figure into performance reviews.

I'd figure the answer is ALL OF THEM at this point.

Good, I want people to stop moving here while still making their coastal salaries.

Well this pretty fucted. Humans suck.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/02/ai-chatbot-training-human-toll-content-moderator-meta-openai

https://erinkissane.com/meta-in-myanmar-part-i-the-setup

ignoring repeated credible warnings that your product is enabling genocide - pretty bad i would say.

they pay very well though.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/11/business/ebay-cyberstalking-settlement/index.html

Seems like a slap on the wrist, though the lawsuit from the targeted couple is still pending.

Should have been more, but:

the $3 million settlement, announced Thursday, is the statutory maximum fine for eBay’s charges