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Weekend Roundup: Elon Musk Makes Bank, Xbox's Future
It’s not the weekend quite yet, but given how most of the U.S. will be taking the Thanksgiving holiday off, we decided to go ahead and post some of the week’s most interesting tech tidbits for yo… -
Google Bans Meetings for a Week. Can That Help Fix Burnout?
In an internal memo that leaked earlier this month, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a few steps to help his company’s employees avoid burnout. Key among them: An official ‘no meetings week’ sc… -
Can New York City Control Automation and A.I. in Hiring?
Whether or not you’re actively applying for jobs, you know that your application is most likely screened by A.I. software before ending up in the hands of a flesh-and-blood hiring manager. Becaus… -
Java Beats C++ in Battle for High-Speed Trading Systems
According to the accepted wisdom, if you're building a high-speed trading system, you probably want to use C++ instead of Java: It's closer to the metal and is therefore faster (i.e., lower laten… -
4 Things to Consider Before Moving From a Major Tech Hub
With many companies extending their work-from-home policies into next summer, 81 percent of tech workers living within 30 miles of the country’s biggest innovation hubs are considering or have al… -
Amazon Targeting Banks, Financial Firms for Fresh AWS Talent
When Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud division, announced its third quarter results for 2020 a few weeks ago, it disclosed a 37 percent year-on-year increase in revenues. That revenue gr… -
What Google, Apple, and 13 Other Tech Companies Pay H-1B Workers
Whoever President-elect Joe Biden selects to head up Homeland Security and other agencies, it’s clear that H-1B (and tech immigration as a whole) could soon end up looking very different than it… -
Some FAANG Technologists Hope Their Companies Don't Go All-Remote
During the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work became a necessity for many technologists. Depending on the progress of a vaccine, companies will soon need to decide whether they’ll continue to embrace… -
Weekend Roundup: 2020's Worst Passwords, Apple’s Epic Brawl
It’s the weekend! Let’s cover some notable tech stories from the week, including the always-popular release of the year’s worst passwords; plus, the legal war between Apple and Epic rumbles on… T… -
The New Generation of Developers Will Look Nothing Like The Last
For the past three decades, whenever the world has faced a problem that can be solved through technology, professional developers have been there to provide the solution. Let’s take the current h…