Examining the Controversy Around Non-Compete Agreements in Tech

The shift to Arm-based chips for Macs might be announced in a matter of days. IBM says it is straight out exiting the facial recognition business. Google Maps will help you avoid Covid-crowding. A deep dive into Nextdoor’s “Karen” problem. And the issue of non-competes in tech rears its head once again.

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Links:

• Apple Plans to Announce Move to Its Own Mac Chips at WWDC (Bloomberg)
• IBM is exiting the face recognition business (Axios)
• New York-Based Wahed Raises $25M For Islamic Investment Platform (Crunchbase News)
• Didi Chuxing CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels (Reuters)
• Get around safely with these new Google Maps features (The Keyword)
• INSIDE NEXTDOOR’S ‘KAREN PROBLEM’ (The Verge)
• Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job (GeekWire)

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