Wed Sept 2 2020: Amazon's dystopia, Microsoft on deep fakes, and lessons on codeless deployment

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Today

• Amazon goes full on dystopian future

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-01/amazon-drivers-are-hanging-smartphones-in-trees-to-get-more-work

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-posts-deletes-job-listing-intelligence-analyst-spy-worker-union-2020-9

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/2/21418057/amazon-surveilling-flex-delivery-drivers-facebook-groups-subreddits-strikes-protests

• Microsoft fighting deepfakes

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/09/01/disinformation-deepfakes-newsguard-video-authenticator/

AND

• Changes to the exposure notifications are here

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/1/21410281/apple-google-coronavirus-exposure-notification-contact-tracing-app-system

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/1/21402837/apple-ios-13-7-release-notification-system-contact-tracing-app

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/09/ios-app-economy-creates-300000-new-us-jobs-as-developers-adapt-during-pandemic/

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