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How Amazon Fought the Union Drive in Alabama
Bessemer workers and union reps described Amazon’s anti-union tactics during the union drive in Alabama, which ended with workers soundly rejecting the union.
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Australia Finds Google Misled Users Over Data Collection
The ACCC said it is seeking declarations, pecuniary penalties, publication orders and compliance orders but did not specify any amount.
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Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Needs to Do a Better Job for Employees in His Final Shareholder Letter as CEO
Jeff Bezos says Amazon needs to do a better job for employees in his final shareholder letter as CEO.
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Amazon Spent $11 Billion on Video and Music Content Last Year, Up From $7.8 Billion in 2019
The $11 billion worth of content spend in 2020 is a sharp uptick from 2019, when Amazon spent $7.8 billion.
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Amazon Will Examine Its Employee Review System After Claims of Racial Bias
The company has faced growing scrutiny over its hiring and promotion practices.
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Irish Privacy Regulator Launches Inquiry Into Facebook Over Data Leak
It comes after a dataset of 533 million Facebook users worldwide was made available on the internet.
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Fortnite Creator Epic Games' Valuation Jumps to $29 Billion in New Funding Round
Epic Games on Tuesday said it raised $1 billion in a new round of funding, with $200 million coming from Sony.
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Google Backs Former DeepMind Employee's ‘Solar Forecasting' Start-Up
Google is backing a climate change start-up founded by ex-DeepMind employee Jack Kelly through its philanthropic arm, Google.org.
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White House Using New Methods to Reach Vaccine-Hesitant Americans: NASCAR, CMT and ‘Deadliest Catch'
White House uses new methods to reach vaccine-hesitant Americans: NASCAR, country music TV and ‘Deadliest Catch.’
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Tech Comedians Are Poking Fun at Their Employers, Drawing Big Followings
Tech workers took to social media to talk about ironies, anxieties and some have grown a business from it
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In a Quest to Rein in Its Tech Giants, China Turns to Data Protection
The slew of new regulations is seen as part of a broader effort by China to rein in the power of its internet giants such as Alibaba and Tencent.
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Amazon Wins Enough Votes to Beat Union Effort in Alabama
The union election at one of Amazon’s Alabama warehouses has shaped up to be one of the most important organizing campaigns in recent history.
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A Major Chinese Bitcoin Mining Hub Is Shutting Down Its Cryptocurrency Operations
Bitcoin mining consumes more energy per year than entire countries and China is looking to clean up its consumption.
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Amazon Lead Widens in Union Vote at Alabama Warehouse
The first day of counting ended on a downcast note for the union, with RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum calling for the NLRB to probe Amazon’s conduct.
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Amazon to Open Its First Grocery Stores on the East Coast
Amazon plans to open a grocery store in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., as well as in Franconia, Virginia, near its second headquarters.
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Bitcoin Exchange Kraken Considers Going Public After Record Trading Volumes in the First Quarter
Kraken is is the fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and has over 6 million clients.
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Amazon Union Drive in Alabama Sees 55% Voter Turnout
More than 3,200 Amazon employees cast ballots in the Alabama union drive, the union said Wednesday.
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Jeff Bezos Says He Supports a Hike to Corporate Tax Rate
Last week, President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure plan, which he hopes to fund by raising the corporate tax rate to 28%.
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Another Prominent Google Scientist Is Leaving the Company Amid Fallout From Fired AI Researcher
It’s the highest ranking team member to resign after AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s was fired.
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Why the Amazon Union Vote Is Taking So Long and What Could Come Next
Vote counting in the Amazon union drive in Alabama began last week, but it’s likely to be only the beginning of a protracted election process.