Weekend Roundup: Surfaces, Silly Requests, SoCs, and Shading Windows Nate Swanner, October 4, 2019 6 min read Welcome to your weekend! While you were working, Microsoft had a big moment, releasing new Surface devices (and...
H-4 EAD Ban Past Deadline, Still Under Government Review Nick Kolakowski, September 18, 2019 4 min read The federal government is still reviewing whether spouses of H-1B holders should be able to work, according to a new...
Government Wants Your Fitbit Data Because You May Be a Mass Murderer Nate Swanner, September 3, 2019 6 min read A new report from The Washington Post suggests the White House has been briefed on a potential new agency named...
H-1B Visa Program: U.S. Cities That Use It Most… and Why Nate Swanner, August 12, 2019 5 min read When you think of the H-1B visa, chances are good you’re also thinking of Silicon Valley as the place with the...
Here’s Why GitHub is Blocking Developers from Iran and Syria Nate Swanner, July 30, 2019 3 min read Recently, developers in Iran, Syria, and Crimea noticed their access to GitHub was cut off. The move was unannounced,...
H-1B Crackdown: Companies Must Prove Work Exists for Visa Holders Nate Swanner, July 23, 2019 3 min read Companies seeking H-1B visas for foreign-born workers must now prove there will be work for them for the entire...
Immigration Bill Could Change How Silicon Valley Sources Foreign Talent Nate Swanner, July 15, 2019 4 min read The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, which eliminates...
DOE Makes It Easier for Predatory For-Profit Coding Schools to Dupe Students Nate Swanner, July 2, 2019 8 min read Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Betsy DeVos is making a critical rule change that will allow for-profit...
Weekend Roundup: Going With ARM, Getting Lost, and Being Found Nate Swanner, June 28, 2019 4 min read It was a pretty quiet week in tech (aside from Jony Ive deciding to leave Apple), which is great in some ways, but...
U.S. Plans to Limit India’s H-1B Use Due to Localized Data Storage Nate Swanner, June 21, 2019 4 min read Two of the more interesting tech issues, immigration and the cloud, are aligning: A new report suggests the United...