security After elderly tenant was locked in his apartment by his landlord's stupid "smart lock," tenants win right to use actual keys to enter their homes Cory Doctorow
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Business Big Tech's addiction to illegal, overreaching NDAs protects wage discrimination, sexual harassment, and other evils by "terrorizing" employees Cory Doctorow
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class war How hedge funds, Goldman Sachs, and corrupt executives used Gymboree's chaotic bankruptcy to cash out while destroying the careers of loyal employees Cory Doctorow
class war Kickstarter employees want to unionize under OPEIU and have formed Kickstarter United to make that happen Cory Doctorow
class war From prisons to factories to offices: the spread of workplace surveillance and monitoring tech Cory Doctorow
Science Massive study finds strong correlation between "early affluence" and "faster cognitive drop" in old age Cory Doctorow
class war Striking West Virginia teachers won swift and decisive victory; Oakland next? Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Artists against Article 13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn't matter who gets the bigger piece Cory Doctorow
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Business LA Times demands that reporters sign away rights to books, movies and other works they create while working at the paper Cory Doctorow
class war Burning Man purges one-percenter camp that charged up to $100K, littered like crazy, and ripped off its attendees Cory Doctorow
