NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Full News Archive

• Headline: Amazon's Historic HQ2 Dual Location Announcement. Impact: If Amazon had just picked one location, we might have never seen the rise of hipster coffee shops in Arlington. Instead, now we have two cities trying to outdo each other in the tech startup race. Thanks, Jeff!. Fact: The only thing that splits better than Amazon HQ is their reputation for treating employees like human resources instead of humans..
• Headline: Corporations Embrace Societal Responsibility Shift. Impact: This moment marked the beginning of the corporate consciousness movement. Soon, companies will be asking, 'How does my product affect my cat's feelings?'. Fact: Companies realizing they need to consider societal impact is like realizing you can't eat cake for breakfast—it's a harsh but necessary truth..
• Headline: Google Workers Unite Against Individualism. Impact: This protest sparked a chain reaction: soon after, tech workers everywhere began organizing, and some even learned how to use the word 'collective' in a sentence. The world may never be the same!. Fact: The irony of tech workers protesting for collective action is that many were probably using an app to coordinate their walkout..
• Headline: ‘Love Island’ in the Land of Gender Equality. Impact: The success of 'Love Island' in gender-equal countries may have inadvertently led to the rise of reality TV shows where people compete for the title of 'Most Aesthetically Pleasing Human.' Thanks, world!. Fact: 'Love Island' is proof that even in gender-equal societies, people still prefer watching attractive singles instead of, you know, actually talking to them..
• Headline: In China, Bill Gates Encourages the World to Build a Better Toilet. Impact: Bill Gates' toilet revolution might just lead to a global sanitation renaissance. Who knew that fixing toilets could be the key to world peace? Next up: solving hunger with better forks!. Fact: Bill Gates is now officially the 'Toilet King.' Forget about software; he's going to save the world one loo at a time..