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Amazon’s tricky political balancing act: David’s latest article looks at how Amazon is trying to stay on the good side of Democratic leaders in Washington while also quashing a union drive that many Democratic politicians have supported. (Also, one of Amazon’s senior executives picked a fight on Twitter with Senator Bernie Sanders.)
Math lessons for your child (and you): The Wall Street Journal explains some of the educational apps and services that can help families with math homework, lessons and tutoring. One example: You can take a photo of a math equation and Photomath will spit out the answer with instructions on how to solve it.
It took the Pentagon three weeks to make a bad meme: Vice News has the details on Defense Department staff crafting a visual online joke about Russians, malicious software and maybe Halloween candy? The meme wasn’t funny, it took 22 days to create and it was retweeted only 190 times.
The New York Times