Hashtag Trend April 18 – Apple retailer employees want to form a union. Instagram Dietary Disputes; WhatsApp Community Chat

Employees of Apple’s flagship Apple retail store are aiming for unity, Instagram is providing eating disorder content, and updates to WhatsApp’s major features are mixed.

Here’s all the tech news that’s currently trending. Welcome to Hashtag Trends. It’s Monday, April 18th. I’m your host, Tom Lee.

Apple employees at the Grand Central Terminal retail store are currently collecting signatures to form a union. Close to one of Manhattan’s busiest commuter hubs, this store is Apple’s flagship store. Workers trying to unite call themselves Fruit Stand Workers United. This is a caricature of the Apple logo. The union organizer told The Washington Post that Apple had spent months telling them that the union was a bad idea. Through unionization, Apple employees are looking for wage rates to keep up with rampant inflation. If the attempt is successful, the flagship store will be the first Apple Store to integrate.

Source: Washington post

A new report by children’s advocacy group Fairplay reveals that Instagram is providing eating disorder content to users, including children. The report claims that children up to the age of 9 are provided with content that promotes an unhealthy and restricted diet. This type of content promotes harmful weight loss and causes body image problems in teens and young adults. New discoveries will be added to the laundry list of the harmful effects of social media on mental health. And while new legislation is being created to hold technology companies accountable for their children’s well-being, many of today’s generations are already suffering.

Source: Global news

WhatsApp has undergone a major overhaul with a number of new features, including new community chat. WhatsApp Community chat greatly increases the size of your chat, allowing a single administrator to manage multiple subchannels, similar to Slack and Microsoft Teams. In addition to the community, WhatsApp also receives voice messages, stories, and payment capabilities. However, because WhatsApp is a cluttered, featureless communication tool, many users are dissatisfied with these additions. Users were worried that adding a bell or whistle would turn it into another Meta-owned chat service, Messenger.

Source: Daily star

For something a little different now. Cryptographic investors lost their fortune when they tried to market the NFT for the first tweet sent by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Sina Estavi bought an NFT for $ 2.9 million in 2021 and wanted to turn it over for $ 48 million. Contrary to his expectations, the NFT saw only a maximum bid of $ 6,800. At such a low price, Estavi is currently deciding whether to sell tokens. According to the Guardian, Estavi compared the value of the tweet to the Mona Lisa.

Source: Parents

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