June 29, 2020 Amazon hopes a small bonus will please staff working through COVID-19 Amazon is paying its logistics workers a one-time $500 bonus as a “thank you” for working on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic,…
June 29, 2020 YouTube bans Richard Spencer and David Duke over hate speech YouTube has banned the accounts of multiple high-profile alt-right figures, including David Duke, Richard Spencer and Stefan Molyneux (via The Verge). Among other infractions,…
June 29, 2020 ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ matches expand to 200 players for a limited time Your quads matches in Call of Duty: Warzone are about to get a little more intense. The max player count is expanding from 150…
June 29, 2020 The New York Times removes its articles from Apple News Articles from The New York Times will no longer appear in the Apple News app. Today, the NYT announced that it is ending its…
June 29, 2020 Reddit bans r/the_donald for a pattern of inciting hate speech Earlier this month, several high-profile Reddit pages took a hiatus in protest of the company’s refusal to ban racist content. This seems to have…
June 29, 2020 Twitch has suspended Donald *****’s account Twitch has temporarily suspended Donald *****’s account. The company says the channel’s broadcast of the President’s Tulsa Rally and recent re-airing of one of…
June 29, 2020 India has banned TikTok, WeChat and many other Chinese apps India has banned dozens of apps made by Chinese companies, including TikTok, WeChat and several QQ and Baidu apps. The Ministry of Information Technology…
June 29, 2020 Singapore offers Bluetooth COVID-19 trackers to smartphone-less seniors It’s not a given that everyone has a smartphone. That’s usually all fine and good, but countries around the world are hoping to use…
June 29, 2020 Mercedes halts its car subscription service after lackluster demand Mercedes-Benz is learning how difficult car subscription services can be. Automotive News reports (via The Verge) that Mercedes has halted its Collection subscription pilot…
June 29, 2020 Impossible Sausage will be available to any restaurant that wants it Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Impossible Foods has been aggressively rolling out its fake meat products in 2020. Earlier this year, the company announced that…