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Sally Mann, in Her Golden Hour, Faces Fresh Culture Wars  The New York Times Source link

The letter outlined not only the improper access engineers had to WhatsApp user data, but a variety of other shortcomings, including a “failure to inventory user data,” as required under privacy laws in California, the European Union, and the FTC settlement, failure to locate data storage, an absence of systems for monitoring user data access, and an inability to detect …

Bloomberg has published an insightful interview with former Nintendo developer, Ken Watanabe during which he touches on a number of things, but one aspect of certain interest is Nintendo’s secretive culture. We have already know that the company only hire the best developers who are often expected to take their own intuitive with game development. Company employees often work on …

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) marked 50 years since its inception when it opened on Thursday. With 292 films on the programme this year, the film festival has some hard hitting stories from across the world — especially from Palestine, which is the subject of four films being screened. “Particularly in this moment, stories are how we make sense …

For many years, Drake has dabbled in a multitude of genres outside of hip-hop and R&B. He’s operated in dancehall, UK rap, pop, and many more. He’s even messed around the patois of the two former genres, sometimes to the chagrin of listeners and critics. Drake feels he doesn’t deserve that treatment, especially when other artists do the same and …

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is reshaping how Amazon works. In the past year, the company has slashed layers of management, increasing worker-to-manager ratios by 15%. He’s enforced strict cost discipline, down to monitoring how employees’ company-issued phone use is work-related. He’s updated performance metrics and pay structures. He’s sent the vast majority of corporate employees back to the office five …

Licking the Bag of the Culture War  The Free Press White House takes credit for Cracker Barrel logo reversal  Politico From Cracker Barrel to Sydney Sweeney, Trump Has an Opinion to Share  The New York Times Cracker Barrel had good reasons to rebrand. But after its new logo misfired, here’s what’s next  AP News ‘Bar Rescue’s’ Jon Taffer says ‘disempower’ Cracker Barrel executives after …

Walk around the Hamptons this summer, and you might run into people holding a plastic cup full of lilac stripes. Look a little closer, and you’ll see two small words printed on the 20-ounce container: Dorsia and Drugstore. The words might not mean much to the untrained eye, but they represent the Hamptons‘ new drink of choice, from Drugstore, a …

It was supposed to be a simple rebrand – or so Cracker Barrel thought. Earlier this month, the 56-year-old southern restaurant chain known for its country-store charm and nostalgic Americana aesthetic unveiled a new look: a minimalist logo, more modern interiors and a handful of new menu items. Gone was the familiar image of “Uncle Herschel”, the old man in …

‘The Interview’: Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear’  The New York Times ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ Review: A Difficult Parent’s Gift  The Wall Street Journal Arundhati Roy on her fugitive childhood: ‘My knees were full of scars and cuts – a sign of my wild, imperfect, fatherless life’  The Guardian Recalling the life of Mary Roy, mother …