Activism

News and commentary on the latest in tech activism. Covering everything from gig worker strikes to Silicon Valley walkouts, stay on top of the radical undercurrents of the tech industry that will shape the future.

The DevOps trends and tools putting a renewed focus on maintenance and care in tech

This post is sponsored by 10KMedia. After 12 months of uncertainty and crisis, resilience and stability have become more urgent…

February 10, 2021 4:14 pm

Tech for good is a con trick – it’s time to demand better from the industry

'Tech for good' isn’t really a movement. It’s more of a posture - one that merely signals good intentions. While…

January 21, 2021 5:21 pm

Google workers have formed a union

Google was arguably at the epicentre of the origins of the tech worker movement. The Damore memo and the Walkout,…

January 4, 2021 6:53 pm

A Coinbase internal email preempts a New York Times story alleging discrimination inside the company

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase has published an internal email intended to rebut to a New York Times story about the…

November 26, 2020 12:06 pm

Logic Magazine launches Logic School to empower tech workers to drive radical change

Technology magazine Logic has launched an online school for people working in the tech industry. It has been created, the…

November 19, 2020 4:30 pm

Developers win concessions from Apple as company launches its App Store Small Business Program

Apple yesterday announced a program that will offer small and independent app developers more favourable terms on its App Store.…

November 19, 2020 12:15 pm

Aaron Swartz’s 34th birthday would have been on Sunday: we must remember him

Aaron Swartz would have been 34 on Sunday. On a day when much of America was celebrating the confirmation that…

November 9, 2020 10:11 pm

What is the techlash? And is it actually over?

The word ‘techlash’ might appear to be a useful term to describe politicians’ and society’s changing attitude to the technology…

November 8, 2020 4:38 pm

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