Roku is laying off another 6 percent of its workforce

From The Verge: Roku plans to lay off an additional 200 employees, the company announced today in an 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, a little over four months after announcing a previous round of 200 layoffs last November. While the first round affected its US workforce...

Electronic Arts to Lay Off 6% of Staff

From PC Mag: Video game hitmaker Electronic Arts is laying off 6% of its workforce.

"As we drive greater focus across our portfolio, we are moving away from projects that do not contribute to our strategy, reviewing our real estate footprint, and restructuring some of our teams," CEO Andrew Wilson...

Prepare your ears for Wikipedia’s ‘sound of all human knowledge’

From The Verge: With more and more information being delivered via audio sources like voice assistants, the Wikimedia Foundation thought it was time to adopt a so-called “sound logo” for Wikipedia and its other projects. Think of it as Wikipedia’s equivalent of the Netflix “ta-dum,” the HBO...

Amazon is finally warning us about frequently returned products

From PC World: There’s a cost to Amazon returns—on both the consumer and retailer side. It takes time and money to make a return, and then there are the environmental costs, not just from additional transit, but also from the dumping of unwanted products. But Amazon appears to be trying to minimize...

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