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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. See Also: New Guidelines for Developers: XR Software Should Be Accessible for Users With Disabilities. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions.

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How We Determined Predictive Policing Software Disproportionately Targeted Low-Income, Black, and Latino Neighborhoods

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Huge metropolises like New York City crunched reams of crime and arrest data to find and target “hot spots” for extra policing. The expansion of digital record-keeping by police departments across the U.S. in the 1990s ushered in the era of data-driven policing. Researchers at the time found that this reduced crime … Read more.

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Amazon’s New York Union Drive Might Be Coming at Just the Right Time

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Workers looking to mobilize at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse and elsewhere are in good company. That’s according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll which found 77% of registered voters said they support employee rights to collective bargaining. That support, unlike just about everything else nowadays,… Read more.

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Facebook crypto scammers pose as Tesla, Amazon, and even Facebook

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While scams in Facebook ads aren’t a new phenomenon and cryptocurrency scams have plagued platforms well beyond Facebook, these ads are particularly brazen: a network of scammers imitating the tech industry’s biggest players, on the tech industry’s largest social media platform, to shake down its users.

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AR Leaders Join the ‘Four-Comma Club’

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Among tech’s big five — Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook — all but Facebook have crossed the mark. Apple was first, followed by Microsoft and Amazon (which has since dipped below the mark). Image Source: New York Times. Software has easier capital requirements and unit economics. Tentacles Anchored.

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'Wordle' today: Get the answer, hints for June 23

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Wordle is a daily word game created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn-based software engineer who has developed something of a reputation as a crafter of interesting social experiments. SEE ALSO: The best early Prime Day deals: Amazon devices, kitchen essentials, and more. Not the day you're after? What happened to the Wordle archive?

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'Wordle' today: Here's the answer, hints for June 24

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Wordle is a daily word game created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn-based software engineer who has developed something of a reputation as a crafter of interesting social experiments. SEE ALSO: The best Kindle deals at Amazon ahead of Prime Day. Not the day you're after? You'll find the Wordle answer for June 23 here.