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Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Ellen Stevens are talking about BIG MONEY. šŸ¤‘ Yeah - we're talking layoffs and payoffs atĀ Booking.comĀ and American Airlines, the massive petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth, and the fallout from China's ban on crypto mining.

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  • Ellen weighs in on the latest American Airlines debacle and the "not so good optics" of the situation āœˆļø (01:45)
  • Booking.com's hot mess - more rich stealing from the poor despite #globalpandemicvibes šŸ’ø (04:23)
  • Should Bezos should be left in space? šŸ‘©ā€šŸš€ (06:53)
  • Amy talks about the disparity of power and money āš–ļø (11:10)
  • What's the latest with Bitcoin and China's crypto-mining crackdown? ā› (14:39)
  • The podcast's resident "Tinder superuser" talks about the pandemic-altered online dating landscape šŸ‘©ā€ā¤ļøā€šŸ‘Ø (18:12)
  • Natasha kicks off HackerNoon Reviews with Polar Vantage M2 Sports Watch (22:18) and Ellen's article: Biohack a Super You āŒšļø (24:59)
  • Amy, of course, is on a cleaning hype with an in-wall vacuum (26:21), her TikTok tip of the week (27:12), and a passwordless future šŸ§¹ (28:10)
  • Ellen reminds everyone that it's okay to cover your webcam šŸ“¹ (32:55)

    • SHOWNOTESĀ šŸ—’ļø

    • American Airlines CEO casually took homeĀ $10 mil USDĀ in compensation last year -Ā https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008968725/american-airlines-passengers-could-be-in-for-a-summer-of-delays-and-cancellation
    • Italy announced they're investigatingĀ Booking.comĀ over suspicion ofĀ $180 million dollar tax evasionĀ -Ā https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/booking-com-dodged-180-million-of-taxes-italian-police-say
    • Dutch politicians noticedĀ Booking.com's CEO Glenn Fogel and CFO David Goulden hadĀ super casuallycompensated themselves over $32 millionĀ -Ā https://www.reuters.com/technology/bookingcom-repay-dutch-covid-19-aid-anp-2021-06-04/
    • Bye-bye Bezos. There is a petition withĀ more than 100,000 signaturesĀ to leave Jeff Bezos in space -Ā https://www.geekwire.com/2021/leave-jeff-bezos-space-way-petitions-attract-100000-signatures/
    • Bitcoin drops following China'sĀ ban on crypto miningĀ -Ā https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/21/bitcoin-btc-price-drops-on-china-crypto-mining-crackdown.html
    • "Tinder wants you to actually talk to peopleĀ before you match" from the Verge -Ā https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/22/22538970/tinder-video-explore-tab-hot-takes-launch
    • The Elimination of Cybersecurity's Status Quo ā€“Ā PasswordsĀ byĀ Misan EtchieĀ on HackerNoon -Ā https://hackernoon.com/the-elimination-of-cybersecuritys-status-quo---passwords-2l1f379d
    • Check out Ellen's article aboutĀ BiohackingĀ -Ā https://hackernoon.com/biohack-a-super-you-part-1-je1l34uw
    • Get up to speed on the HackerNoon contests & getĀ some free HN gearĀ -Ā https://hackernoon.com/u/hackernooncontests

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