Recommended Reading: Inside Amazon's high-tech shipping facility
The week's best long-form writing on technology and more.
In Amazon’s flagship fulfillment center, the machines run the show
Matt Day, Bloomberg
Amazon's Kent, Washington facility has long been home to many of the company's high-tech innovations. Bloomberg takes us inside "BFI4" for another look at the shipping location that's run my algorithms and robots.
How Google spies on its employees
Sarah Krouse, The Information
In a report on various instances of surveillance at Google, The Information discusses how things like researching COBRA health insurance info and screenshotting and using encrypted messaging apps can draw the ire of the company's security team.
How Facebook’s ‘metaverse’ became a political strategy in Washington
Elizabeth Dwoskin, Cat Zakrzewski and Nick Miroff, The Washington Post
Between misinformation, privacy and antitrust debates, there's no shortage of challenges for Facebook at any given time. With scrutiny piling on from the US government, and the possibility of regulation looming, the social network is hoping to prove it's more than a problem-plagued platform.
