Summary: <p><strong><em>The great winter of tech worker discontent is definitely here, Disney’s streaming service has a name, Vine might be coming back, Github hits a major milestone and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.lightstream.com/ride" target="_blank"><strong>Lightstream.com/ride</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://metalab.co/" target="_blank"><strong>Metalab.co</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-selling-apple-iphones-ipads-after-turf-war-with-apple-2018-11?op=1" target="_blank">Amazon is finally selling new iPhones after a long and complicated 'turf war' with Apple </a>(BusinessInsider)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/note-our-employees/" target="_blank">A note to our employees</a> (Google)</li> <li> <a href="https://medium.com/@GoogleWalkout/googlewalkout-update-collective-action-works-but-we-need-to-keep-working-b17f673ad513" target="_blank">#GoogleWalkout update: Collective action works, and we need to keep working. True equity depends on it.</a> (Google Walkout For Real Change)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/amazon-all-hands-facial-rekognition-ice" target="_blank">Amazon Execs Addressed Concerns About Amazon Rekognition And ICE At An All-Hands Meeting </a>(BuzzFeed)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/08/vine-co-founder-plans-to-launch-successor-byte-in-spring-2019/" target="_blank">Vine co-founder plans to launch successor Byte in Spring 2019</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/08/github-passes-100-million-repositories/" target="_blank">GitHub passes 100 million repositories</a> (Venture Beat)</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>The <a href="https://www.betterment.com/ride" target="_blank">Betterment</a> Weekend Longreads:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/" target="_blank">Why Technology Favors Tyranny</a> (The Atlantic)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/business/yuval-noah-harari-silicon-valley.html" target="_blank">Tech C.E.O.s Are in Love With Their Principal Doomsayer</a> (NYTimes)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/11/4/17965380/hq-trivia-colin-kroll-rus-yusupov-ceo-change-employee-complaint-new-game" target="_blank">HQ Trivia was a blockbuster hit — but internal turmoil and a shrinking audience have pushed its company to the brink</a> (ReCode)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-giant-and-has-like-five-million-buttons-the-office-desk-phone-wont-die-1541432514" target="_blank">‘It’s Giant and Has Like Five Million Buttons.’ The Office Desk Phone Won’t Die</a> (WSJ)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers" target="_blank">Why Doctors Hate Their Computers</a> (The New Yorker)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/here-comes-smart-dust-the-tiny-computers-that-pull-power-from-the-air-1541689224" target="_blank">Here Comes ‘Smart Dust,’ the Tiny Computers That Pull Power from the Air</a> (WSJ)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/astronomers-see-material-orbiting-a-black-hole-right-at-the-edge-of-forever?cachebust" target="_blank">ASTRONOMERS SEE MATERIAL ORBITING A BLACK HOLE *RIGHT* AT THE EDGE OF FOREVER</a> (SyFy Wire)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>
