Oct. 8, 2021
Fri. 10/08 – Tesla Goes Texas; Apple Goes Hollywood
Tech real estate report. Tesla leaves for Texas, while Apple rocks up in Hollywood. YouTube is gonna stop doing those year-end Rewind videos. A developer says Facebook banned him for life cause they didn’t like his app. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions where we ask the question: is Google’s famous hiring gauntlet broken?
Tech real estate report. Tesla leaves for Texas, while Apple rocks up in Hollywood. YouTube is gonna stop doing those year-end Rewind videos. A developer says Facebook banned him for life cause they didn’t like his app. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions where we ask the question: is Google’s famous hiring gauntlet broken?
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Links:
- Tesla to Move Headquarters From California to Texas, Elon Musk Says (WSJ)
- Apple Is Building a Massive New Campus Straddling L.A. and Culver City (Variety)
- YouTube To Stop Making Year-End ‘Rewind’ Videos (Exclusive) (TubeFilter)
- Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less (Slate)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- How WhatsApp Swallowed Half The World (Gizmodo)
- Brazil’s Central Bank Built a Mobile Payment System With 110 Million Users (Bloomberg Businessweek)
- WeBack (Ramp Recap)
- Google’s recruiting system is famously brutal. Many workers think it’s also failing. (Protocol)
- HEY SIRI, WHAT HAPPENED? (The Verge)
- Planet Squid Game (Vulture)
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