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The great winter of tech worker discontent is definitely here, Disney’s streaming service has a name, Vine might be coming back, Github hits a major milestone and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

Links:

• Amazon is finally selling new iPhones after a long and complicated 'turf war' with Apple (BusinessInsider)
• A note to our employees (Google)
• #GoogleWalkout update: Collective action works, and we need to keep working. True equity depends on it. (Google Walkout For Real Change)
• Amazon Execs Addressed Concerns About Amazon Rekognition And ICE At An All-Hands Meeting (BuzzFeed)
• Vine co-founder plans to launch successor Byte in Spring 2019 (TechCrunch)
• GitHub passes 100 million repositories (Venture Beat)

The Betterment Weekend Longreads:

• Why Technology Favors Tyranny (The Atlantic)
• Tech C.E.O.s Are in Love With Their Principal Doomsayer (NYTimes)
• HQ Trivia was a blockbuster hit — but internal turmoil and a shrinking audience have pushed its company to the brink (ReCode)
• ‘It’s Giant and Has Like Five Million Buttons.’ The Office Desk Phone Won’t Die (WSJ)
• Why Doctors Hate Their Computers (The New Yorker)
• Here Comes ‘Smart Dust,’ the Tiny Computers That Pull Power from the Air (WSJ)
• ASTRONOMERS SEE MATERIAL ORBITING A BLACK HOLE *RIGHT* AT THE EDGE OF FOREVER (SyFy Wire)