Comment Well that's believable... (Score 0) 199
The Chinese Communist Party has all the credibility of a stale turd.. :-)
We don't know where the virus really originated, but we do know that the CCP will lie at every opportunity.
Big Tech's Summer Internships Go Digital (axios.com) 4
The major tech companies are scrambling to craft digital options for this year's summer intern class, as businesses remain shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic. These companies said they're moving their programs online: Google said it will pay its interns the full rate.
Twitter said its intern class may shrink this year.
Microsoft said it will have its biggest ever intern class -- more than 4,000.
Lyft, which will have the same number of interns as originally planned, limit them to just two start dates to provide students with more of a common experience.
Salesforce, which also plans a similar size intern class as intended. These companies are still hoping have at least some interns on-site for at least part of the summer: Apple said it plans to hire more than 1,000 people for a mix of online and in-person internships and pledged in a statement to "extend to our interns the same precautions and care that we're extending to all our other personnel as a part of the ongoing COVID-19 response."
Amazon said it expects its biggest-ever class of interns globally, though it said the vast majority of internships will be virtual.
Intel, which does plan to have its interns work remotely but hopes to move them on-site should the situation and health authority guidelines make that possible.
Uber, which has made plans for online on-boarding and will keep the program online if their offices remain closed, but will aim to have its interns work in the office if that is possible.
Doordash said, for now, it "plans to stay the course" with its summer internship program, but is exploring options for conducting the program remotely and will "continue to re-evaluate as the situation progresses."
Twitter said its intern class may shrink this year.
Microsoft said it will have its biggest ever intern class -- more than 4,000.
Lyft, which will have the same number of interns as originally planned, limit them to just two start dates to provide students with more of a common experience.
Salesforce, which also plans a similar size intern class as intended. These companies are still hoping have at least some interns on-site for at least part of the summer: Apple said it plans to hire more than 1,000 people for a mix of online and in-person internships and pledged in a statement to "extend to our interns the same precautions and care that we're extending to all our other personnel as a part of the ongoing COVID-19 response."
Amazon said it expects its biggest-ever class of interns globally, though it said the vast majority of internships will be virtual.
Intel, which does plan to have its interns work remotely but hopes to move them on-site should the situation and health authority guidelines make that possible.
Uber, which has made plans for online on-boarding and will keep the program online if their offices remain closed, but will aim to have its interns work in the office if that is possible.
Doordash said, for now, it "plans to stay the course" with its summer internship program, but is exploring options for conducting the program remotely and will "continue to re-evaluate as the situation progresses."
Comment I called it (last week): (Score 0) 43
Comment Democratic bill in a Republican senate... (Score 1) 62
... you can imagine how far that virtue signaling will go (regardless of merit).
The idea that the Republicans will permit any legislation to move ahead whose purpose is primarily to protect consumers or citizens is laughable. That it was proposed by a Democrat makes it DOA in any case.
Comment Some are not competent either (Score 0) 44
... I've met some who really don't qualify for the role, so perhaps some of that attrition is due to terminations (one would hope).
Comment Cool, but ultimately pointless (Score 0) 334
If countries like China and India don't stop building coal-fired power plants, it's hard to see what difference any emission reductions elsewhere, such as from this project, will make.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/ma...
You may notice that the "Climate Strike" and any/all related protests happen in North America and Europe, not in China, India or Russia, where the problem is really intractable.
Comment Laptop keyboards are all degenerating (Score 1) 156
Apple makes the worst keyboards (across all devices), but they are also leading a trend among all laptop manufacturers to make
ever-thinner, chiclet-style, minimal travel, terrible keyboards.
This "news" is just illustrative that they are not quite done with their hard work of making keyboards ... even worse.
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