Subcontractor lawsuit could test Amazon union relations
When they started to unionize, Amazon tried to get rid of them.
Jul 26, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
'The only enemy is Amazon': Chris Smalls talks Bezos, unions during WA visit
When Chris Smalls, the president of the first union at an Amazon warehouse in the U.S., visits classrooms, he says the 10-year-old students know who Jeff Bezos is—and often criticize him.
Jul 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers demonstrate the functioning of a photo-rechargeable two electrode battery
T. N. Narayanan and colleagues from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad (TIFRH) report their recent findings on how a lithium ion battery, similar to existing commercial designs, can be directly charged ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Recycling precious metals from electronic waste with captured carbon dioxide
Gisele Azimi is bringing battery recycling to a new level, using captured carbon dioxide to harvest the precious metals used for green technologies. Azimi, a University of Toronto professor and the Canada Research Chair for ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Apple engaged in 'coercive' interviews and other anti-union tactics at New York store, judge rules
Apple illegally subjected employees to "coercive" interviews and interfered with the distribution of union leaflets at a New York City Apple Store, a U.S. labor board judge ruled Tuesday.
Jun 22, 2023
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Amazon COVID-19 changes and CEO's anti-union comments broke law, Labor Board alleges
Amazon.com Inc. repeatedly violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing policies and terminating union supporters at its sole unionized warehouse, US labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint, which also accuses ...
May 24, 2023
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Software
Brute-force test attack bypasses Android biometric defense
Chinese researchers say they successfully bypassed fingerprint authentication safeguards on smartphones by staging a brute force attack.
Business
Check your artificial intelligence 'bossware' tools for bias, says U.S. agency head
The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven "bossware" tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers can also run ...
May 18, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Green electronics: Circuit boards from renewable raw materials
For many years, Thomas Geiger has been conducting research in the field of cellulose fibrils—fine fibers that can be produced from wood pulp or agricultural waste, for example. Cellulose fibrils hold great potential for ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric trash pickup in California? Not for years, as waste companies sidestep rules
That garbage truck you hear lurching through your neighborhood first thing in the morning? It runs on natural gas or diesel, dirtying the air with nitrogen oxides and contributing to carbon emissions that worsen climate change.
Apr 4, 2023
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