Author: Zach_Wilson
Sonos plans return-to-office push for its product teams
Sonos will soon encourage employees on its various product teams who live near its US office locations to come in for at least two days per week, The Verge has learned. That’s a notable break from the company’s history, throughout which Sonos has enthusiastically supported fully remote and hybrid work.…
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads were down – here’s what you need to know
Refresh 2024-12-12T00:15:13.756Z Mopping up Meta did eventually hop onto X (formerly Twitter) to first acknowledge the issues and then let everyone know they’re working on it. At around 6PM, Meta returned to X to tell everyone, “We’re 99% of the way there.” No details about what happened, like which technical…
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads are down or failing – here’s what you need to know
Refresh 2024-12-11T21:11:34.863Z A rough ride WhatsApp may have had the roughest ride with two massive outage report spikes, as per Down Detector. It being a private messaging app, it’s hard to know what people were experiencing or what they were saying (and not able to say) about the outage. Based…
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Android will let you find unknown Bluetooth trackers instead of just warning you about them
The advent of Bluetooth trackers has made it a lot easier to find your bag or keys when they’re lost, but it has also put inconspicuous tracking tools in the hands of people who might misuse them. Apple and Google have both implemented tracker alerts to let you know if…
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Android is making it easier to find unknown trackers to prevent stalking
Google is rolling out two new updates to its unknown tracker alerts feature that should make it easier for Android device owners to detect unfamiliar trackers, the company announced on Wednesday. Introduced in July 2023, the safety feature automatically sends notifications if an unwanted Bluetooth tracker is traveling with you.…
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NYT tech workers win tentative union contract after election week strike
Enhanced job security with ‘just cause’ protections Guaranteed wage increases for the first time of up to 8.25% (plus additional base rate discretionary compensation) that prioritize the largest wage increases for the lowest paid members over the life of the contract Additional compensation for on-call work Important protections that lock…
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