Shirin Ghaffary
Former Senior Correspondent
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Tech workers are pledging not to work for the company, and San Francisco is launching a labor investigation into how it handles workers’ tips.
Community outrage over Amazon HQ2 is just one example of the city demanding oversight of tech’s expansion.
Tech workers have helped minimize the controversial employment practice within their industry, and now they’re pushing to stop it at a national level.
It’s the latest point of tension with tech employees who are against defense uses of the tools they’re building.
It’s a big win for employee activists who have long demanded the change — but the new policies won’t apply to Google’s temps, vendors, and contractors.
Teachers say they can no longer afford to live in an area that has seen an economic boom fueled by the tech industry.
It’s a huge victory for groups that decried the billions in tax breaks the company brokered in secret, but some wish Amazon had stuck around and compromised.
The president lays out a bold vision for how to make the US No. 1 in artificial intelligence, but critics say it’s just hollow words.
The company is reportedly reconsidering its development plans for New York. But it could be a political tactic to get Amazon’s opponents in line.
The company joined Microsoft in calling for regulation on its own technologies.