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Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division

Video game layoff season – an extension of what has basically at this point become video game layoff year – is in full swing, and now Amazon is getting in on it, Aftermath reported. Two sources with knowledge of the…

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Apple

The Right To Repair Movement Is Just Getting Started

Several months back, Apple refurbisher John Bumstead received a batch of about 20 MacBooks from an e-waste recycler. Bumstead, who routinely refurbishes MacBooks that are more than 10 years old, shouldn’t have had a problem salvaging these computers, the oldest…

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DOJ Says Apple Discriminated Against U.S. Citizens In Hiring

Apple illegally discriminated against US citizens and other US residents in its hiring and recruitment practices for certain types of positions that went to foreign workers, the US Department of Justice said yesterday, ArsTechnica reported. Apple discriminated “against US citizens…

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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Details Tumblr’s Future

This week, WordPress.com owner Matt Mullenweg confirmed his company would be shifting the majority of Tumblr’s workforce to other areas at the parent company Automattic in light of the social blogging site’s continued financial woes, TechCrunch reported. After acknowledging and…

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