Goodbye Spot the digidog and 'disaster girl' sells her meme - a podcast by RNZ

from 2021-05-06T11:06

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Technology correspondent Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about how a software company offered employees a choice: stop complaining about the company's issues with diversity and inclusion - or take a buyout package. One third of the company has now left. The NYPD has cancelled its contract to operate Spot a robot dog due to public opposition to it. And 'disaster girl' has sold the original photo that turned her into a meme - it made half a million dollars as a non-fungible token (NFT).

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