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A unionization effort might get another chance, thanks to Amazon’s mailbox shenanigans.
Tech companies continue to be at the forefront of how employers respond to the pandemic.
Jonathan Kanter, tapped to lead the DOJ’s antitrust division, has represented Google’s competitors.
Blue Origin launched its first flight with humans aboard, including billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The Pegasus spyware leak shows that iPhones are vulnerable to hacks, too.
The cases likely won’t hold up in court, but that doesn’t really matter.
But that’s not the point.
Companies like Facebook and Uber say they’re supporting small businesses while squashing them.
It’s up to users to find out if Google is prioritizing wrong information about them in search results.
The company is notifying people when they search for rapidly evolving topics.
A heat wave in Texas is leading to some unexpected changes in AC settings.
Some find it comforting, some find it creepy.
Industry groups are ramping up their fight against regulation.
Democrats and Republicans came together to confirm the antitrust expert to the FTC.
With a recent $2.7 billion announcement, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos has donated $8.5 billion in less than a year.
In interviews with Recode, dozens of Amazon employees detailed allegations of racial bias and discrimination.
The bills have the beginnings of bipartisan support, but will likely need even more to actually pass.
The NLRB is expanding its complaint against Google.
Where the (Amazon) Sidewalk ends.
The next iOS will make it harder for newsletters, marketers, and websites to track you.
Six months after Timnit Gebru left, Google’s ethical artificial intelligence team is still in a state of upheaval.
The company-created shopping event is slated for June 21 and 22, Amazon announced.
When a company weighs in on politics, look at its bottom line.
2020 was the summer of road trips. 2021 is the summer of resorts.
DC’s attorney general is suing Amazon over a controversial policy.
A failed union drive may get new life because of the company’s insistence on installing a mailbox.
One of the takedowns involves the large Chinese electronics brand Mpow.
The women allege their managers retaliated against them.
Google is once again playing catch-up with Apple.
Google announces new search features every year, but this time feels different.
Ride-sharing companies are pushing to make a third category of “independent” worker the law of the land. Drivers say the notion of independence is little more than a mirage.
It’s difficult to get honest feedback from workers who fear retaliation.
That could mean big trouble for companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash.
And, it hopes, at other retailers’ stores in the future.
The outgoing CEO is vowing to make Amazon “Earth’s Best Employer.”
Alec MacGillis on Amazon and the hidden costs of its dominance.
Whether or not the union’s challenge in Bessemer fails, Amazon will face labor battles elsewhere.
The union says it will challenge the results over alleged illegal behavior.
In the season finale of Land of the Giants: The Google Empire, we explore the antitrust scrutiny focused on the search giant.
Nearly 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama are voting whether to unionize. This is the backstory.