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Amazon will halt construction of its planned $2.5 billion Virginia headquarters, as layoffs at the company continue

Fri, 03/03/2023 - 11:30

Tech Insider

Amazon Virginia HQ renderings — A rendering of the Amazon Virginia HQ
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Pink-slip parties of the dot-com bust helped laid-off tech workers land new jobs — and need to make a comeback

Thu, 03/02/2023 - 13:32

Tech Insider : Economy

Man in a suit blows confetti — More than 120,000 tech workers have lost jobs this year, according to layoff.fyi.
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Careers, Strategy, Nordic, Tech, Layoffs, Networking, meta

Spaceflight Shakeup: Leading Rocket Company ULA Is Reportedly Up for Sale

Thu, 03/02/2023 - 12:15

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Ars Technica spaceflight reporter Eric Berger writes that prominent launch provider ULA is up for sale and that investment firm Morgan Stanley and consulting firm Bain & Company are overseeing the transaction.

spaceflight, ula, spacex, business2cfinance, atlas, timfernholz, Aerospace

Gotham Knights Taps Killer of Batman's Parents for 'Who Killed Batman' Mystery

Thu, 03/02/2023 - 10:00

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Netflix teases its new Chupacabra movie. Scream 6 dives into making the deadliest Ghostface yet. Amazon wants to take a crack at Day of the Triffids. Plus, what’s to come in the season finale of The Winchesters. Spoilers now!

gotham, batman, chupacabra, entertainment2cculture, johanrenick, thetriffids, dougbradley

Kohl's blamed its rough quarter on a squeezed middle class, but one analyst says it's because stores are a mess

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 16:32

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Exterior of Kohl's store at night with car driving by outside — John Raoux/AP

Retail, News, Kohl's, Department Stores, Inflation, Inventory, Sephora

Cool It, George Soros (Not Literally)

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 16:11

Gizmodo : Environment

George Soros may want to to hack the atmosphere to refreeze the Arctic.

georgesoros, Environment, jameshansen, climateengineering, globalwarming, sarahdoherty, solarradiationmanagement

What’s the Deal With Bezos’s Grounded Rocket?

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 11:33

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Blue Origin’s chief architect, Gary Lai, provided an update Tuesday on the investigation into the failed launch of the company’s New Shepard rocket in September of last year. Troublingly, it’s what he didn’t say about the ongoing investigation that’s giving us cause for concern.

amazon, blueorigin, humanactivities, jeffbezos, alanshepard, vtvl, donbeyer

Updates From Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros Movie, and More

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 10:00

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Dune spinoff Sisterhood has hit some major problems. Get a look at Picard and Crusher together in new images from Star Trek: Picard. Star Wars: The Acolyte finds itself some new directors. Plus, what’s coming on Quantum Leap. Spoilers get!

spider man, mariobros, dune, katebosworth, startrek, karansoni, quantumleap

Mark Zuckerberg is turning Facebook into Instagram as part of his self-declared “year of efficiency.”

Wed, 03/01/2023 - 06:50

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Happy March, reader. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I need to up my phone security. I lazily use the pattern unlock feature on my Android phone, but my colleague Sam Tabahriti's story scared me.