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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

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In 2014 , open-source platform Drupal moved to replace “master/slave” with “primary/replica.” . Then, in 2018, programming language Python ditched the racist terminology. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911. Send me an email at megan@techcrunch.com .

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Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams

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Sales of headsets in the fourth quarter of 2018 topped 1 million for the first time and new, low cost all-in-one models may further move the needle on adoption. We are incredibly excited about how the AmazeVR platform will enable innovative, quality content to be generated at unprecedented scale and speed.”.