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dwazou@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•The New York Times Just Published Some Bizarre Race Science About Asian WomenEnglish4·6 days agoThey are simply quoting supply chain executives.
Full response from the New York Times:
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3lpwhwcm4es24
dwazou@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•The New York Times Just Published Some Bizarre Race Science About Asian WomenEnglish322·6 days agoA woman just wrote to the New York Times:
https://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3lpwhwcm4es24
Response from New York Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander:
Our reporting does not make racial or genetic generalizations, but simply cites experts who have experience with the industrial process in U.S. and Chinese factories.
I can point you to the comments of Patrick McGee, author of the new book Apple in China. On a recent podcast appearance, he said “The tasks that often are being done to make iPhones require little fingers. The fact that it’s young Chinese women with little fingers like that actually matters. Apple engineers will talk about this”
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GrvKbVlXwAEFLjs?format=jpg&name=large
https://bsky.app/profile/joolia.bsky.social/post/3lpwokddpo22k
dwazou@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•The New York Times Just Published Some Bizarre Race Science About Asian WomenEnglish14·6 days agoFrom the article:
Young Chinese women have small fingers, and that has made them a valuable contributor to iPhone production because they are more nimble at installing screws and other miniature parts in the small device, supply chain experts said.
China has millions of people who migrate around the country to work in factories as Apple revs up production around a new iPhone. They often work from the summer until Chinese New Year, when production slows down, so Apple’s suppliers don’t have to pay them for a full year of work. They live in dormitories connected to factories with assembly lines longer than a football field, clustered nearby component suppliers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/technology/apple-iphone-trump-india-china.html
Is it wrong? Well, I’m actually not sure.
The Financial Times revealed that the iPhone X was manufactured by underage Chinese teenagers:
https://www.ft.com/content/7cb56786-cda1-11e7-b781-794ce08b24dc
dwazou@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are getting more expensiveEnglish591·13 days agoDo you see this guy ?
His name is Shantanu Narayen. Chairman and CEO of Software.
In 2010, he made $875 000 dollars a year.
Today - 15 years later - he makes $43 million dollars a year :
https://aflcio.org/paywatch/ADBE
Like most big company CEOs, he makes sure only friends are named on the board.
For him, it’s just a game. “How high can I go? I love milking these stupid peasants”
dwazou@lemm.eeto Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit Plans Extra Verification Steps To Detect The Human-Like AI BotsEnglish1·25 days ago“Extra Verification steps”
I know how large social media companies operate. This is all about increasing the value of Reddit users to advertisers. The goal is to have a more accurate user database to sell them.
Zuckerberg literally brags to corporations about how good their data is on users:
https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/performance-marketing
Here, Zuck tells companies that Instagram can easily manipulate users into purchasing shit:
https://www.facebook.com/business/instagram/instagram-reels
Always be wary of anything available for free.
There are some quality exceptions (CBC, VLC, The Guardian, Linux, PBS, Wikipedia, Lemmy, ProPublica) but, by and large, “free” means they don’t care about you. You are just a commodity that they sell.
Facebook, Google, X, Reddit, Instagram… Their goal is keep people hooked to their smartphone. The recipe is very simple. You give them small dopamine hits (likes, upvotes) followed by a small break with outrageous content/emotional content. Then another dopamine hit.
Keep them hooked, gather their data, and sell them ads.
The people who know that best are former top executives :
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/business/addictive-technology.html
https://www.today.com/parents/teens/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-rcna15256
With all due respect, your statements are non-sense.
They have published very hard hitting investigations against Israel:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/world/middleeast/gaza-medic-israel-shooting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/09/opinion/gaza-doctor-interviews.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010140613/israel-gaza-medics-attack-idf.html