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Twitter will now let you add pictures, GIFs, and videos to RTs

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by on May 7, 2019 at 9:54 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider


Starting today, Twitter will now let you add pictures, videos, or GIFs to your retweets with comments. This update is rolling out to its iOS, Android, and mobile web app worldwide. In a strange way of showing off the feature, the company responded to one of the users’ older tweets demanding the feature, with a GIF. The wait is over 👇😘 https://t.co/3W0witaZtg pic.twitter.com/v7J6WgRioD — Twitter (@Twitter) May 6, 2019 Here’s how it works: Just hit the retweet button on any of tweets and select Retweet with comment. You can pick a picture, video, or GIF along with some text as…

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Amazon sued for discriminating against pregnant warehouse workers

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by on May 7, 2019 at 9:21 am
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Retail behemoth Amazon has been entangled in a fresh controversy for the way it treats its warehouse workers. According a new CNET investigation by Alfred Ng and Ben Fox Rubin, it has been found that the company has faced at least seven lawsuits from pregnant women over the last eight years alleging wrongful termination because of their pregnancies. The lawsuits accuse warehouse managers of being unwilling to accommodate the needs of pregnant workers. “The requests included longer bathroom breaks and fewer continuous hours on their feet, according to the lawsuits, but in all of the cases the expectant mothers were…

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IBM is putting sustainable shrimp on the blockchain

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by on May 7, 2019 at 9:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Shrimp is the latest foodstuff to make its way to the blockchain, courtesy of IBM. The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) yesterday announced that its joined IBM‘s Food Trust ecosystem which claims to use blockchain to provide greater transparency over where your food comes from. The SSP says it will be using the IBM blockchain to track the journey of Ecuadorian farmed shrimp from birth to barbecue. SSP members – including the shrimp farmers – will enter data about the shrimp at each stage of its supply chain, which will be open for retailers all over the globe to view. According…

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