Month: February 2020
Reddit’s Female Dating Strategy offers women advice — and a strict rulebook for how to act
A woman recently went to Reddit for advice: her fiancé had financially ruined her due to a gambling addiction, and she wasn’t sure what to do. Members of Female Dating Strategy, a subreddit offering dating advice exclusively to women, spotted the thread and added their own assessment: her choice to…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 2 is missing in action – but it could still take on the Apple Watch 6
Some people were a little surprised that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 2 wasn’t unveiled at the Galaxy S20 launch event on February 11; as of writing it’s been a long time since the original Galaxy Watch launched, and smartwatch fans were hoping for a new iteration. But the lack of…
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California court says Apple Store workers must be paid for time spent waiting to be searched
The California Supreme Court says state law requires Apple to pay retail store employees for the time they spend waiting for bag searches at the end of a shift, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We conclude that plaintiffs’ time spent on Apple’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, mandatory exit searches…
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Vergecast: Motorola Razr review, Samsung’s Galaxy S20 event, and T-Mobile and Sprint allowed to merge
There are a few things in this episode of The Vergecast that you don’t want to miss. In a busy week that included a foldable phone review, a Samsung hardware event, and a huge merger, we’ve got the perfect people to discuss all of this on our podcast. Executive editor…
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Better know a CSO: Dropbox head of security Justin Berman
Justin Berman has one of the most important jobs at Dropbox. As head of security, he oversees the company’s cybersecurity strategy, its defenses and works daily to keep its more than 600 million users’ data private and secure. No pressure, then. Berman joined the file storage and workspace giant a…
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Blue Origin’s new rocket engine production facility opens on Monday
Blue Origin is opening its new rocket engine production center in Huntsville, Alabama on Monday, the company said today on Twitter. The new Huntsville facility will be able to produce its rocket engines at a much higher rate than is currently possible, which will be useful as the company is…
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