Yeah, mea culpa on my whole work-from-home/remote work skepticism. Also, I was wrong about Magic Leap being a goner. But that subscription aggregator we’ve all been anticipating is showing up right on time, and in the weekend longreads, let me introduce you to the two men who are about to become nerd superstars.

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MARK ZUCKERBERG ON TAKING HIS MASSIVE WORKFORCE REMOTE (The Verge)
Zuckerberg says employees moving out of Silicon Valley may face pay cuts (CNBC)
IBM Is Latest Tech Giant to Cut Jobs in Midst of Pandemic (Bloomberg)
Magic Leap Raises $350 Million, Withdraws Layoff Notices (The Information)
Just turning your phone on qualifies as searching it, court rules (Ars Technica)
ScreenHits TV to Launch Streaming Aggregator to Combat "Subscription Fatigue" (The Hollywood Reporter)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

A Case for Cooperation Between Machines and Humans (NYTimes)
Copyright bots and classical musicians are fighting online. The bots are winning. (Washington Post)
This DIY laptop costs as much as a MacBook Air — How is it selling so well? (Laptop)
The State of the Self-Driving Car Race 2020 (Bloomberg)
MEET THE FIRST NASA ASTRONAUTS SPACEX WILL LAUNCH TO ORBIT (The Verge)

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