Feb 26, 2016

Company that told employees to stop having inappropriate sex lays off 17% of staff


One struggling billion-dollar startup is hoping its story doesn’t end with a bang.


Zenefits, the high-flying human resources software startup that has been dragged down in recent weeks by compliance failures and reports of sex in the office, announced Friday that it will be laying off about 250 employees, or 17% of its staff.


The layoffs, said to be “almost entirely” in its sales division — coincidentally, the one that was the primary target of the lecture about the sexual activity — represent the startup’s latest attempt to curb its reckless growth and equally reckless behavior.


“We are letting go of many great people today, and it is not their fault,” David Sacks, the newly named CEO of Zenefits, wrote in a memo to all employees, obtained by Mashable. “It is no secret that Zenefits grew too fast, stretching both our culture and our controls.” …


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Company that told employees to stop having inappropriate sex lays off 17% of staff

Baidu apps are 'leaking' personal data


Data about millions of Chinese people is being leaked by apps that use code written by the net giant Baidu, say researchers. – Source



Baidu apps are 'leaking' personal data

Nintendo halves profit forecast


Video game giant Nintendo halves its full-year profit forecast, blaming slow sales and the strong yen. – Source



Nintendo halves profit forecast

Gmail: 5 new features you may not know about


Google has been constantly upgrading its free e-mail service Gmail to better user experience and make its enhance security.


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Gmail: 5 new features you may not know about

The recall shoe drops on 2016 Honda Civics. (AutoComplete, Ep. 7) - Roadshow


Honda recalls 40K Civics for misassembled engines, cordless charging comes to Teslas, and Audi’s newest crossover is also its smallest.


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The recall shoe drops on 2016 Honda Civics. (AutoComplete, Ep. 7) - Roadshow

In bid to fight terror on social media, draconian Section 66A may be back in a softer form


A government committee has recommended fresh provisions to be included in the IT law through an amendment, and it has already drafted the clause aimed at filling the vacuum left by Section 66A. In March 2015, the SC agreed with Internet freedom advocates and struck down Section 66A, saying that it “arbitrarily, excessively and disproportionately invades the right of free speech”.


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In bid to fight terror on social media, draconian Section 66A may be back in a softer form

The Politics Of The Internet Of Things 


The prospective scale of the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to fill anyone looking from the outside with the technical equivalent of agoraphobia. However, from the inside, the view is very different. Looked at in detail, it is a series of intricate threads being aligned by a complex array of organizations. As with any new technological epoch, questions around shape, ownership… Read More


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The Politics Of The Internet Of Things 

How to Watch Donald Trump Make America Great Again Tonight By Debating With Other Republicans, Even If You Don't Have Cable Television And Can't Be Bothered to Visit Your Parents Who Do Have TV, Despite The Fact That You Haven't Called Your Mom In Li


There’s another Republican debate tonight. And it’s important, if only because it’s the last one before Super Tuesday, the day that thirteen states hold their Republican primaries and caucuses.



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How to Watch Donald Trump Make America Great Again Tonight By Debating With Other Republicans, Even If You Don't Have Cable Television And Can't Be Bothered to Visit Your Parents Who Do Have TV, Despite The Fact That You Haven't Called Your Mom In Li

Miss Tim Cook's ABC News interview? Watch the whole thing right here


As we told you yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke with ABC News for 30 minutes yesterday. The discussion centered on the court order issued by the government, requesting that Apple unlock the Apple iPhone 5c belonging to terrorist Syed Farook. Farook and his wife gunned down 14 people in a San Bernandino office building on December 2nd, and then were both gunned down by police in a subsequent shootout.


Cook told reporter David Muir that creating a unique version of iOS to unlock the specific phone at the center of this legal controversy is the “software equivalent of cancer.” The executive … – Source



Miss Tim Cook's ABC News interview? Watch the whole thing right here

Mark Zuckerberg Asks Employees To Stop Crossing Out “Black Lives Matter” On Facebook’s Walls


Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is asking his employees to stop being ignorant and racist (my words, not his). In an internal memo obtained by Gizmodo, Zuckerberg said he was disappointed by the “several recent instances of people crossing out ‘black lives matter’ and writing ‘all lives matter’ on the walls at MPK.” MPK is one of Facebook’s buildings in… Read More


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Mark Zuckerberg Asks Employees To Stop Crossing Out “Black Lives Matter” On Facebook’s Walls