The Foxconn suicides occurred at the Foxconn City industrial park in China. Foxconn was the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer at the time. The suicides drew media attention, but what is the reason that causing these young workers to commit suicide? The video below showing what kind of working condition are Foxconn workers dealing with.
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Top 5 Websites To Learn How To Hack Like A Pro
More and more people want to learn how to hack, as mentions in the article”more female hackers are entering into the community and trying to find a home there, only to find insulting behavior, and other actions unbecoming of a gentleman.”
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The Merging of Social Media and Gaming
This article is talking about the social media and video game industry remained largely separate, and well able to attract and satisfy customers without collaboration. However, the line between those two popular industries seems to be getting more blurred by the day.
Full article: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/merging-social-media-and-gaming
Hackers, Liberalism, and Pleasure —By Gabriella Coleman
Gabriella Coleman point it out that hackers tend to uphold the values of freedom, privacy, and access; they tend to adore computers—the cultural glue that binds them all together.
However, she also mentions that “Hacking, cannot be reduced to liberalism alone, for it does not fully capture and exhaust the emotional aspects that hackers experience, most notably deep pleasure.”
Full article: https://www.ias.edu/about/publications/ias-letter/articles/2011-spring/hackers-coleman