A Chinese woman uses her phone next to a mobile police command bus in Beijing on May 4, 2020. Photo: Stephen Shaver/UPI/AlamyA Chinese woman uses her phone next to a mobile police command bus in Beijing on May 4, 2020. Photo: Stephen Shaver/UPI/Alamy
How Oracle Sells Repression in China
In its bid for TikTok, Oracle was supposed to prevent data from being passed to Chinese police. Instead, it’s been marketing its own software for their surveillance work.
February 18 2021, 11:20 a.m.
A Chinese woman uses her phone next to a mobile police command bus in Beijing on May 4, 2020. Photo: Stephen Shaver/UPI/AlamyA Chinese woman uses her phone next to a mobile police command bus in Beijing on May 4, 2020. Photo: Stephen Shaver/UPI/Alamy
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Acquiring and Retaining Talent Takes on Added Importance Post-Pandemic
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CLAREMONT, CAâAs the world begins to rebound from COVID-19, a major re-think of talent strategy is happening in the top-performing companies, according to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC). A closer connection to strategy, customization for top talent, revitalized rewards, and increased use of data analytics are all underway now.
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Revitalize Your Reward, Recognition, and Accountability Systems Executives must be an employer of choice to retain and attract top talent during and post COVID, points out Lisa Anderson, president of Claremont, CA-based LMA Consulting Group, Inc and manufacturing expert known for creating supply chain resiliency. As employees have additional choice and are rethinking career paths, they will flock to leaders and opportunity.
2 found dead in Belmont hotel room after suspected drug overdose
By Dan McMenamin article
BELMONT, Calif. - Two people were found dead of a suspected drug overdose at a hotel in Belmont on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Officers responded at 2:52 p.m. to a medical call at the Hyatt House Belmont/Redwood Shores hotel at 400 Concourse Drive and found a 31-year-old man and 30-year-old woman dead inside a room there, police said.
Based on evidence at the scene, investigators believe the pair died of drug overdoses, but will look into any other possibilities while awaiting toxicology results from the San Mateo County coroner s office. The names of the man and woman are not yet being released.
Oracle Debuts Major Release Of Its Flagship Database, First Since 2019
Oracle is also making its APEX low-code database development tools available as a managed cloud service to help programmers and partners build data-driven applications faster. By Rick Whiting January 13, 2021, 03:42 PM EST
After a nearly two-year gap, Oracle today launched a new edition of the company’s flagship database system packed with a long list of new features and capabilities.
The new Oracle 21c Database incorporates capabilities the company built into a planned 2020 release of the software but held back when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020.
Oracle also said Tuesday that the company is making its APEX low-code development tools available as a service on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a move the company said will help customers and partners build data-driven applications more easily and more quickly.