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10/16/2017 - Midnight Reads – Tech Giants, Once Seen as Saviors, Are Now Viewed as Threats

Tech Giants, Once Seen as Saviors, Are Now Viewed as Threats

– The New York Times 

Tech companies are under fire for creating problems instead of solving them and the 2016 election is far from the only area of concern. Tech companies have accrued a tremendous amount of power and influence. Amazon determines how people shop, Google how they acquire knowledge, Facebook how they communicate. All of them are making decisions about who gets a digital megaphone and who should be unplugged from the web.

 

Why Retailers Should Retire Holiday Shopping Season

– Harvard Business Review 

The retail industry has been disrupted in practically every way imaginable. It’s about time that retailers also rethink their approach to the holiday shopping season. According to the Harvard Business Review, it no longer makes sense to rely on disproportionate revenue from the holiday season to make up for softness in sales during the rest of the year.

 

U.S. Discrimination Watchdog Is Headed for Pro-Business Makeover

– Bloomberg 

The federal agency tasked with combating workplace discrimination is about to get a Republican majority for the first time in a decade, inspiring relief among employers and anxiety among workers’ rights advocates. Bloomberg explores why here.

 

Google To Give $1 Billion To Nonprofits and Help Americans Get Jobs in The New Economy

– USA Today 

Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in nonprofit organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work, the largest philanthropic pledge to date from the Internet giant. The announcement of the national digital skills initiative is a tacit acknowledgment from one of the world’s most valuable companies that it bears some responsibility for rapid advances in technology that are radically reshaping industries and eliminating jobs in the U.S. and around the world.