Counting begins in vote on first Amazon labor union
Counting of votes cast by Amazon employees at an Alabama warehouse began Tuesday to determine whether it would become the first union shop at the e-commerce colossus.
Mar 31, 2021
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Voting ends on forming Amazon's first US union
Voting concluded Monday on whether to create the first Amazon labor union in the United States, at a warehouse in Alabama, after a historic, five-month David versus Goliath battle.
Mar 29, 2021
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US senators to quiz Big Tech CEOs on legal protections
Tech platform CEOs on Tuesday defended a US law making them immune from liability for third-party content ahead of a hearing where senators are expected to rebuke the Silicon Valley firms over their handling of social media.
Oct 28, 2020
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Facebook pulls Trump post for minimizing Covid-19 danger
Facebook on Tuesday removed a post by US President Donald Trump for downplaying Covid-19 danger by saying the season flu is more deadly, in a rare step against the American leader by the leading social network.
Oct 6, 2020
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Cyberspace is critical infrastructure, and it will take effective government oversight to make it safe
A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The cartoon represents a digital past when people required few safeguards on the internet. ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Does your AI discriminate? You might be surprised
Women leaders like New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and San Francisco Mayor London Breed are receiving recognition for their quick action in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 15, 2020
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The Red Cross is teaching Fortnite players to save, not take, lives
Teaching online video game players to save lives, not take them—that is the aim of a new product developed in an unusual collaboration between the creators of the wildly popular Fortnite games and the International Committee ...
Jan 20, 2020
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New Alphabet chief Pichai sees big pay boost
Google parent Alphabet boosted the salary of newly anointed chief Sundar Pichai and promised more than $200 million in shares if the company hits performance goals, a regulatory filing Friday said.
Dec 20, 2019
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Security firm says Chinese hackers intercepted text messages
Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted campaign that planted eavesdropping software on a telecommunications provider's servers, ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Zuckerberg defends Facebook's hands-off policy for politicians
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended the huge social network's policy of refraining from fact-checking politicians, saying it's not the job of tech firms to "censor."
Oct 17, 2019
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