👷‍♀️ Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize

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Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S. Apple employees at a Baltimore-area store have voted to unionize, making it the first of the company's 270-plus stores in the United States to join a trend in labor organizing sweeping through retailers, restaurants and tech companies. The result… (Tripp Mickle / The New York Times)

Noam Scheiber @noamscheiber

NEWS: Apple store workers in MD vote to unionize--first Apple store in the country to do so. w/@trippmickle

nytimes.comApple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S.Roughly two-thirds of employees at the store in Towson, Md., voted to join the union.

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Telegram tops 700 million users, launches premium tier. Telegram has amassed 700 million monthly active users and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features as the instant messaging platform makes a push to monetize a portion of its… (Manish Singh / TechCrunch)

TechCrunch @TechCrunch

Telegram tops 700 million users, launches premium tier tcrn.ch/3Qx5CAs by @refsrc

tcrn.chTelegram launches premium tier as it tops 700 million users – TechCrunchTelegram has amassed 700 million users and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features as it pushes to monetize a portion of its large user base.

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Recession Probability Soars as Inflation Worsens. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal have dramatically raised the probability of recession, now putting it at 44% in the next 12 months, a level usually seen only on the brink of or during actual recessions. The likelihood of a recession… (Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal)

Greg Ip @greg_ip

Recession probability in next 12 months rises to 44% according to the WSJ's survey of economists. Since we began asking the question in 2005, that level has only been seen during or on the brink of actual recessions. By @HarrietTorry & @anthonydb wsj.com/articles/reces…

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A crypto lending app tried to take over a 'whale' account to stop it from collapsing the system. Solend, a lending platform built on the Solana blockchain, tried to gain control of a so-called 'whale' account which it said was putting the protocol at risk. It's an unprecedented move in world of DeFi, which aims to recreate lending and other… (Ryan Browne / CNBC)

Ryan Browne @Ryan_Browne_

Pretty wild story in the world of DeFi, in which a crypto lending app tried to take control of a "whale" account with a big margin position, only to get shot down by users in a subsequent vote

cnbc.comA crypto lending app tried to take over a ‘whale’ account to stop it from collapsing the systemIt’s an unprecedented move in world of DeFi, which aims to recreate lending and other financial services without the involvement of intermediaries like banks.

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We got a leaked look at NASA's future Moon missions-and likely delays. For several years now, NASA has publicly discussed the initial phase of its Artemis Moon program. These first three missions, to be conducted over the next four or five years, are steps toward establishing a human presence on the Moon. The Artemis… (Eric Berger / Ars Technica)

Eric Berger @SciGuySpace

Based on internal NASA documents I reviewed, there will be large gaps between future Artemis missions, and the space agency won't begin establishing a lunar base camp for at least a decade.

arstechnica.comWe got a leaked look at NASA’s future Moon missions—and likely delays“Has nobody at NASA read the space policy?”

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