Category: technology
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XScreenSaver Turns 30
Jamie Zawinski noted the 30th anniversary of XScreenSaver’s version 1.0 release with the original USENET post and more bits of fun trivia although he notes that version 1.0 of XScreenSaver is missing. XScreenSaver must be one of the longest continually updated software projects out there, it has great stuff from the past like your flying toasters and almost everything…
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Everything Announced at Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference Infomercial 2022
New MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, expected software iterations and big improvements to iPadOS
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Atlanta Apple Store Workers First to File With NLRB
Ian Kullgren writing at Bloomberg Law: Workers at an Apple Inc. store in Atlanta became the first in the U.S. to file for a union election Wednesday, setting up a battle between organized labor and a Silicon Valley titan. The proposed union includes 107 workers at an Apple store in Cumberland Mall in northwest Atlanta.…
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Grand Central Apple Store Unionizing
Reed Albergotti writing for the Washington Post: Workers at Apple’s flagship Grand Central Terminal retail location in Manhattan have begun to formally collect signatures to form a union, according to a newly-updated website launched by the organizers, setting the stage for a showdown between the iPhone maker and the employees who sell them. The organizers,…
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Apple’s World-Wide Developers Conference Announced for June 6th-10th
Returning as a mostly online-only event, Apple’s WWDC is coming back on June 6th to 10th. At the pre-recorded developer-focused infomercial on the 6th we should find out about new operating system features that will come out in the Fall and potentially new hardware as well. Notably, the logo for this year’s event almost looks…