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Apple Adjusts Global Supply Chain, Shifting Production from China to India

November 22, 2022
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Amid economic and policy uncertainty in China, the bulk of Apple’s manufacturing is shifting to India. Many suppliers in Apple’s Chinese supply chain have either stopped recruiting or are laying off workers, while Apple’s contract manufacturers in India are furiously hiring. In Shanghai, Pegatron, the second-largest contract manufacturer of Apple in China (after Foxconn) and…

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Tech Layoffs Send H-1B Visa Holders Scrambling for New Jobs

November 22, 2022
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Recent layoffs in the American tech sector have sent hundreds of H-1B visa holders scrambling for new jobs, with thousands fearing the same chase. Major tech firms have left many foreign tech workers with temporary work visas in the United States with only two months to find a job, or they will will be forced…

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Prominent Australian Health Expert Apologises for Incorrectly Linking COVID to Deaths

November 22, 2022
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Australia’s public broadcaster has been forced to apologise on behalf of prominent health editor and broadcaster Norman Swan for incorrectly linking the deaths of cricketer Shane Warne and Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching to COVID-19. For much of the pandemic, Swan was a regular public face on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) where he pushed governments to…

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Apple Exec Deletes Twitter Account but Tech Giant, CEO Still Active on Platform

November 21, 2022
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Apple Inc.’s Twitter account remains online and CEO Tim Cook continues to post on his Twitter account, quelling speculation that the tech giant will remove the platform from its App Store, which would dramatically restrict iPhone access to the site. Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, who leads Apple’s App Store and Apple Events, deactivated his Twitter…

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Children’s Privacy on Facebook Tightens

November 21, 2022
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Australian children who join Facebook will automatically have tighter privacy settings under a global shift by the social media giant to protect young people. The change will kick in on Tuesday for Australian children under the age of 16, and teenagers already on the app will be prompted to limit what other people see on…

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Technology Campaigner Sues Meta in London High Court Over Facebook Ads

November 21, 2022
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A technology campaigner is suing Facebook’s parent company Meta in the High Court in London over the social media giant’s refusal to let users opt out of user profiling data it uses to sell adverts. Tanya O’Carroll, 35, says she believes her legal challenge could lead to a landmark change to the rights of social…

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Restores Account of Investigative Reporting Group Project Veritas

November 21, 2022
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The Twitter account of the non-profit investigative journalism watchdog Project Veritas is the latest account to be resinstated after the social media platform was taken over by Elon Musk. “Thank you @ElonMusk for reinstating the Project Veritas Twitter account and for standing up for real investigative journalism,” the watchdog wrote in a post on the platform…

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Bob Iger Returning as Disney CEO Less Than One Year After Retiring, Chapek Steps Down

November 21, 2022
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The Walt Disney Company announced late Sunday that former Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger will return to his position for two years, effective immediately, less than a year after he retired. In a press release, the Walt Disney Company Board Of Directors said that Iger, who spent more than 40 years at the company and served as Disney CEO…

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YouTube Ads Are Funding Beijing’s Overseas Push to Change Hearts and Minds: Report

November 20, 2022
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Beijing is circumventing its own firewall to leverage YouTube, and profiting off its advertising service, in the battle to win hearts and minds in the West, according to a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The report, named “China is using ethnic-minority influencers to spread its Xinjiang narrative on social media” and funded by…

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