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This detail about Meta’s headquarters shows its blindness: Frances Haugen

This detail about Meta’s headquarters shows its blindness: Frances Haugen

Facebook parent company Meta’s (FB) Menlo Park, California, headquarters features the world’s largest open floor plan. It’s a massive single room where employees, or Metamates as CEO Mark Zuckerberg now calls them, build the apps that billions of people use. But according to Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, it’s not practical. And that impracticality reflects Meta’s inability to notice its own blindspots, she says — especially when it comes to figuring out how to address… Source link

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Commanders employees detail new allegations of misconduct

Commanders employees detail new allegations of misconduct

Content warning: This story contains instances of alleged sexual misconduct. Former Washington Commanders employees detailed multiple new accusations of misconduct within the organization Thursday. Multiple former employees spoke about new allegations of misconduct during an episode of HBO’s “Real Sports” podcast. The podcast episode was released the same day Congress held a roundtable with former members of the team to discuss misconduct within the organization. Allegations discussed on the… Source link

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Inspection reports for collapsed Miami-area condo detail ‘major structural damage’ over garage

Inspection reports for collapsed Miami-area condo detail ‘major structural damage’ over garage

Engineers noted design flaws and failing waterproofing that would lead to “exponential damage” about 990 days before much of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex collapsed, documents released late Friday night show. The town of Surfside, Florida, released the documents including an “unverified” 40-year inspection report that had been received 16 hours after the building’s catastrophic failure. A letter to the condominium association’s treasurer on Oct. 8, 2018, included pages of… Source link

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Attorney general to detail new guidelines for domestic terrorism investigations and cases

Attorney general to detail new guidelines for domestic terrorism investigations and cases

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected in his testimony before Congress on Wednesday morning to highlight new Department of Justice guidelines for investigations and cases related to domestic terrorism. The new guidelines, as outlined in a Justice Department memo obtained by Yahoo News, represent significant changes to how cases and investigations into domestic violent extremism are handled by federal prosecutors around the country, and put in place procedures for tracking those… Source link

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Scary detail lurking in photo behind Collin Morikawa

Scary detail lurking in photo behind Collin Morikawa

World No.4 Collin Morikawa (pictured) was preparing for his shot at the RCB Heritage when an alligator popped up behind him. (Image: CBS) Commentators at the RBC Heritage couldn’t help but become nervous for 2020 PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa after noticing a scary detail behind him. The American was forced to make a chip shot, near the water, on the 15th hole at the South Carolina tournament. INTERESTING: Photo sparks concerning theory about Woods’ future in golf ‘SHAMEFUL’: Legend’s… Source link

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Divorced student debtors detail anguish over 1990s law that’s turned into a ‘nightmare’

Divorced student debtors detail anguish over 1990s law that’s turned into a ‘nightmare’

Problems with student loan debt pushed Congress to create a seemingly straightforward law in the 1990s to help borrowers lower default rates by consolidating debt with their spouses. Two decades later, divorced borrowers are struggling with the unforeseen consequences. “This problem, in particular, is a great metaphor for how broken the student loan system is,” Bonnie Latreille, director of research and advocacy at the Student Borrower Protection Center, told Yahoo Finance. “This product was… Source link

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Disturbing detail in woman’s holiday photo

Disturbing detail in woman’s holiday photo

A chilling detail has been spotted in a Spring Break photo after a woman was found dead in a hotel room. De’Asia Skillern, 22, posed for a photo in a bikini at a Miami beach, in the US state of Florida, before uploading the photo to social media complaining about two men who photobombed her. In the picture, two men are seen walking past her signalling as they stare into the camera a day after another young woman’s body was found. After posting the image, Ms Skillern was shocked when a friend… Source link

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Women doctors detail widespread sexism in medicine

Women doctors detail widespread sexism in medicine

Women have made major strides toward careers in medicine in America over the last few decades but continue to face stifling sexism throughout their careers. “It’s a very well-kept secret,” Roberta Gebhard, the former president of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), told Yahoo Finance. “We find ourselves trying not to poison our young when they’re coming up. We try and educate them on what to do if you find yourself in a position where you’re either being sexually… Source link

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Google Stadia Reports Detail Development Troubles, ‘Tens of Millions’ Spent on AAA Ports

Google Stadia Reports Detail Development Troubles, ‘Tens of Millions’ Spent on AAA Ports

Multiple reports have come out detailing Google Stadia’s troubles that include everything from internal struggles on the development team to “tens of millions” of dollars spent on AAA games like Red Dead Redemption 2 to development roadblocks created by Google itself. Bloomberg reported that, despite all the hype built up by Google for Stadia’s reveal, gamers around the world were disappointed. This led to a lackluster launch and Stadia is said to have “missed its targets for sales of… Source link

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