Thursday morning news drop
Europe’s Move Against Google Analytics Is Just the Beginning Austria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow. (Wired)
Why Trucking Can’t Deliver the Goods The yearly turnover rate among long-haul truckers is 94 percent. And you wonder why you’re not getting your orders on time? (Prospect)
Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power. (New York Times)
Inside Facebook's African Sweatshop In a drab office building near a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, nearly 200 young men and women from countries across Africa sit at desks glued to computer monitors, where they must watch videos of murders, rapes, suicides, and child sexual abuse. (Time)
Curry, Calm and Collected Steph Curry’s shot revolutionized the NBA, but his greatest weapon may be his ability to find balance. So even as his Warriors struggled to rebound from Kevin Durant’s departure, as he suffered through the worst shooting slump of his career, and as his role in his family changed, the two-time MVP was looking for ways to get back on top. “Just reimagining what impossible is,” he says. (Ringer)
Reintroducing the Marvelous DeMar DeRozan He was dismissed as a throwback to the NBA’s “heroball” era and traumatically traded from his adopted hometown of Toronto. Now he’s the best closer in the NBA and the leader of a resurgent Chicago Bulls team. (GQ)
In The 1990s, The New York Knicks Fought Everyone — Even David Stern The one play that perfectly crystallizes the 1990s Knicks isn’t the famous dunk by John Starks. It’s not the miraculous four-point play by Larry Johnson in 1999. It’s not the picture-perfect baseline jumper from Patrick Ewing, which was responsible for more points than any other shot in those years. As you might guess, offense has nothing to do with it. (Five Thirty Eight)
Inflation surges to three-decade high, adding pressure on Bank of Canada to raise rates Inflation at this pace guarantees a raise in March and puts half-point hike in play (Financial Post)
‘Survival mode’: Inflation falls hardest on low-income Americans Higher costs for the basics — rent, groceries, paper towels — leave families to make hard choices (Washington Post)
