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Alibaba

Alibaba head Jack Ma#39;s remarks spark debate over China working hours

Remarks by the head of Chinese online business giant Alibaba that young people should work 12-hour days, six days a week if they want financial success have prompted a public debate over work-life balance in the country. Jack Ma is one of China's richest men …

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Alibaba

Alibaba head’s remarks spark debate over China working hours

BEIJING (AP) Remarks by the head of Chinese online business giant Alibaba that young people should work 12-hour days, six days a week if they want financial success have prompted a public debate over work-life balance in the country. Jack Ma is one of China'…

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Alibaba

Alibaba head’s remarks spark debate over China working hours

BEIJING (AP) Remarks by the head of Chinese online business giant Alibaba that young people should work 12-hour days, six days a week if they want financial success have prompted a public debate over work-life balance in the country. Jack Ma is one of China’…

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Free Internet

The Real Russia. Today. How Roskomsvoboda became Roskomsvoboda, Russia’s assault on anarchists, and outlawing the phrase ‘Putin is a thief’

Thursday, April 18, 2019 This day in history: 91 years ago today, on April 19, 1928, Soviet writer Maxim Gorky published a thoroughly racist article in Pravda denouncing jazz as the music of the fat men, dismissing the genre as degenerate negro culture adopt…

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

US, Japan meet amid standstill on North Korea

Washington (AFP) - Top leaders of the United States and Japan gathered for talks Friday amid a standstill in diplomacy aimed at reaching a deal with their mutual adversary North Korea. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed Foreign Minister Taro Kono for ta…

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Protectionism

Chinese Media Tell India to Adopt Brutal 996 Work Schedule to ‘Catch Up’

The 996 schedule refers to working from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., six days per week. Workers in Chinese tech companies have been protesting these long hours as unfair exploitation and a threat to their health. Protesters are spotlighting companies that demand…

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Bees

RSPB resigns from government’s pesticides forum after chemical use soars

Numerous studies in recent years have shown that pesticides are causing long-term decline in insects and birds, and are probably behind colony collapse disorder in bees which has seen populations plummet by up to 90 per cent. Toxic neonicotinoid varieties ha…

bubmagApril 19, 2019

New York City

Netflix to open a production hub in New York and invest up to $100 million in the city

Start spreading the news. Netflix is coming to New York City in a big way. The streaming media service has committed to invest up to $100 million to build a production hub and hire hundreds of new staffers in the Big Apple, according to a statement from Gove…

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Fairy Tales Aren’t Shallow

In her column today, Kat Timpf takes to task a Barcelona infant schools outrageous decision to remove over 200 books from its library, citing sexism as the leading reason for tossing them out. Among the stories they get rid of are classic fairy tales such as …

bubmagApril 19, 2019

Drones

‘Child’s Play’ trailer gets a smart home makeover, giving a Chucky control over connected devices

Oh golly does the new trailer for “Child’s Play” look good. Not only does it have appearances by Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill (as the voice of Chucky) and Bryan Tyree Henry (who’s awesome in Atlanta), but it’s giving Chucky a smart home makeover. The demonical…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Alibaba head Jack Ma#39;s remarks spark debate over China working hours

Alibaba head’s remarks spark debate over China working hours

Alibaba head’s remarks spark debate over China working hours

The Real Russia. Today. How Roskomsvoboda became Roskomsvoboda, Russia’s assault on anarchists, and outlawing the phrase ‘Putin is a thief’

US, Japan meet amid standstill on North Korea

Chinese Media Tell India to Adopt Brutal 996 Work Schedule to ‘Catch Up’

RSPB resigns from government’s pesticides forum after chemical use soars

Netflix to open a production hub in New York and invest up to $100 million in the city

Fairy Tales Aren’t Shallow

‘Child’s Play’ trailer gets a smart home makeover, giving a Chucky control over connected devices

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