Welcome to the age of the “regreditorial”

[Tech’s biggest apologies: a timeline.](In recent years, a series of top designers, developers, managers, and investors have expressed regret for the tech they’ve built. These apologies can range from useful proposals and frank factual statements to expressions of regret that seem mostly self-centered. Here are some of the most recent and high-profile apologies in tech. - Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, May 2019. Hughes calls his estranged friend Mark Zuckerberg a “good, kind person.” He also says, chillingly, “Mark’s influence is staggering, far beyond that of anyone else in the private sector or in government.” [Listen to Kara Swisher’s interview with Hughes here.]( - Former Google engineer Tristan Harris, April 2019. When Harris worked at Google, he distributed a manifesto urging his employers to stop stealing attention from its users with irritating push notifications and other types of urgency-implying design. [Listen to the Recode Decode podcast interview with Harris.]( - Former Facebook VP of user growth Chamath Palihapitiya, December 2017. Palihapitiya came out against his company [in December 2017]( to say that it was “ripping apart the social fabric of how society works.” [Listen to the Kara Swisher and Teddy Schleifer interview here.]( [[Kaitlyn Tiffany / Vox](] [23 Amazon warehouse workers in Chicago say the company cheated them out of overtime hours for their work on Prime Day.](The employees, part of a recently formed organization of warehouse workers called DCH1 Amazonians United, filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Labor over the hours in dispute. During Prime Week, a [record heat wave hit Chicago](, prompting their Amazon facility management to dismiss them early with the promise of a full day’s pay. Now, these workers say that on their time cards for that day, Amazon counted those six hours in the following week’s pay period — meaning they won’t be paid overtime for those hours. - The big deal: The workers’ complaints come at a time when Amazon warehouse workers across the world have alleged that they are overworked, underpaid, and mistreated. And over this year’s Prime Day event, [Amazon workers in Minnesota went on strike]( to demand improved working conditions and policies. [[Shirin Ghaffary / Recode](] [Speaking of Amazon, Whole Foods may just be the appetizer to Amazon’s larger grocery meal.]( A few months before Amazon purchased Whole Foods in 2017, it circulated a memo that detailed a new grocery shopping experience and a chain of stores to go with it, the New York Times reports. The idea was to allow shoppers to pick out fresh fruits and vegetables while their online orders for other goods like paper towels or canned foods were assembled and placed for pickup at checkout. Now, two years after Amazon acquired Whole Foods, executives are hungry for another food selling option, one that is all Amazon, according to the Times. - What’s next: It’s unclear exactly what Amazon has in the works, but the Times reports that signs indicate Amazon is making hires to support its grocery plans and exploring real estate options. To be a contender in the grocery market, Amazon will need to open more than 2,000 stores; experts have said it could take up to 10 years to establish a chain. [[Karen Weise / New York Times](] [The new platform to scam your parents: Nextdoor.]( While it’s not a new platform, Nextdoor has become a new avenue to carry out the time-honored home improvement scam. BuzzFeed News reports that in addition to providing the full names of people on the platform, “Nextdoor saves scammers time by revealing exactly who needs construction work — and where they live.” In a statement to BuzzFeed, Nextdoor said “this is an issue that affects all online platforms, and we encourage our members to take this matter seriously and to continue to be vigilant online at all times.” The platform is also a host to scams for [people-for-hire]( and [car sales](. - The rise of fear-based social media: Beyond scams, Nextdoor and its fellow neighborhood social platforms (including Citizen and Amazon Ring’s Neighbors)[can fuel an unreasonable anxiety about crime](and can encourage racial profiling in communities. [[Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News](] [Insert alt text here] [The T-Mobile + Sprint deal is good for you if you like paying more for your wireless plan.]( Everyone from AT&T to Verizon to wireless investors and analysts has been rooting for the merger. [[Peter Kafka](] [Will Reddit un-quarantine its biggest pro-Trump community? CEO Steve Huffman isn’t holding his breath.](/r/The_Donald was punished for hosting “violent content,” but Huffman told Kara Swisher he isn’t convinced the community’s moderators are taking that problem seriously enough. 🎧 [Listen to the Recode Decode interview](. [🎧]( [BONUS pod: Megan Rapinoe still isn’t going to the White House, even if Trump invites her](. On the [latest Recode Decode](, Rapinoe talks to Kara Swisher about how she and her teammates reacted to President Trump’s tweets about her: “We’re going to win. So this is not going to age well.” [Insert alt text here] [Unexpectedly amazing — and very weird: the Trader Joe’s YouTube channel](😋 [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences]( to receive fewer emails, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving all emails from Vox. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2016. 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