HSBC names Malaysia banking head
HSBC has names Christina Cheah as head of global banking for Malaysia.
Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers’ vote on whether to form a union in AL (Jennifer Epstein/Bloomberg)
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers’ vote on whether to form a union in AL — – ‘The choice to join a union is up to the workers,’ Biden said — Mail-in voting for 6,000 workers began in mid-February
A look at Biden’s efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC (Bob Davis/Wall Street Journal)
Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal:A look at Biden’s efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC — Combined efforts in semiconductors, artificial intelligence seen as way to thwart Beijing’s ambitions
An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer support for their peers before and during major cloud service outages (Tom Krazit/Protocol)
Tom Krazit / Protocol:An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer support for their peers before and during major cloud service outages — When something breaks on the internet, the people who know how to fix it just want to give their colleagues a hug — even if they’re…
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Cleantech Media Survival & Value
We recently noted that cleantech media giant Greentech Media is closing down shop. It’s a big loss to the industry, and thus to the world. Being in this industry for more than a decade, and running CleanTechnica for most of that time (since mid-2010), I thought I could offer some perspective on this, some words…
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DBS appoints Malaysia country head
DBS Group Holdings has named a new Malaysia head and made a senior appointment in Singapore.
Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users (Will Oremus/OneZero )
Will Oremus / OneZero :Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users — Products like Clubhouse and Twitter’s “Super Follows” offer a new kind of engagement — Open Facebook, Instagram, TikTok …
Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a reality TV-focused catalog with 55K episodes, rivaling Netflix in sheer volume (Ben Smith/New York Times)
Ben Smith / New York Times:Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a reality TV-focused catalog with 55K episodes, rivaling Netflix in sheer volume — Discovery’s new app has taken off largely because viewers love watching people fix houses, tour diners and bicker about their relationships.
Here’s how the Purpose Bitcoin ETF differs from Grayscale’s GBTC Trust
The newly launched Purpose Bitcoin ETF surpassed even the most bullish expectations but how does it differ from Grayscale’s GBTC Trust?
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, BNB, DOT, XEM, MIOTA
Bitcoin’s correction is accelerating, but a bounce off the 50-day moving average could give altcoins reason to rebound off lower support levels then move higher.