Sunday, July 11, 2021

Disney says Marvel's Black Widow has earned $60M+ on opening weekend via its Premier Access program, which lets Disney+ subscribers rent the movie for $30 (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney says Marvel's Black Widow has earned $60M+ on opening weekend via its Premier Access program, which lets Disney+ subscribers rent the movie for $30  —  The film, starring Scarlett Johansson, is the first from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to open simultaneously in movie theaters and on Disney Plus …



Leaker Evan Blass tweets that Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event will allegedly be on Aug. 11 and shares renders of new phones, smartwatches, and wireless earbuds (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Leaker Evan Blass tweets that Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event will allegedly be on Aug. 11 and shares renders of new phones, smartwatches, and wireless earbuds  —  New phones, watches, earbuds, and a date: August 11th  —  We might now know a lot of what's coming at Samsung's next Galaxy …



Makers of "CVCheat" say their computer vision-based cheat tool can provide undetectable "full auto-aim and auto-shots" for any game on PC, Xbox, or PlayStation (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Makers of “CVCheat” say their computer vision-based cheat tool can provide undetectable “full auto-aim and auto-shots” for any game on PC, Xbox, or PlayStation  —  Capture cards, input hardware, and machine learning get around system-level lockdowns.



The key for tech companies to make remote work sustainable is not through policy, but by shifting "work" away from in-person surveillance toward defined results (Cal Newport/New Yorker)

Cal Newport / New Yorker:
The key for tech companies to make remote work sustainable is not through policy, but by shifting “work” away from in-person surveillance toward defined results  —  Companies must move away from surveillance and visible busyness, and toward defined outcomes and trust.



Amazon not alerting employees about 'performance monitoring': Report

According to documents obtained by The Seattle Times, some Amazon employees have "described the experience of being on the performance-management plan, called Focus, as baffling and demoralising". https://ift.tt/3yN05fq

Intel details its European expansion plans, says $20B investment into a regional semiconductor fab may be spread across several EU member states (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Intel details its European expansion plans, says $20B investment into a regional semiconductor fab may be spread across several EU member states  —  Semiconductor maker talks of ‘ecosystem-wide project’ as it lobbies for support from bloc  —  US chipmaker Intel has said investment …



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...