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Apple Store employees in Oklahoma City ratify their first union contract
25 Sep

Apple Store employees in Oklahoma City ratify their first union contract

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Employees at an Apple Store in Oklahoma City's Penn Square Mall have voted to ratify their first collectively-bargained contract. The store's workers are part of the Communications Workers of America, operating as Apple Retail Union-CWA Local 6016. The employees' three-year agreement with Apple includes the following, according to a press release from CWA:"Wage increases of up to 11.5% over the next three years.""Worker involvement in scheduling and guaranteed paid time off to vote.""A safer and more democratic workplace with a grievance and arbitration process and the establishment of joint Safety and Health and Working Relations committees.""Job protection in the event…
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Report: Google offered to sell AdX to end EU antitrust suit
18 Sep

Report: Google offered to sell AdX to end EU antitrust suit

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In an effort to quell monopoly concerns in the EU, Google reportedly offered to sell its AdX advertising marketplace. Sources told that European publishers rejected Google's offer, arguing that the company would have to divest more in order to dismantle the conflicts of interest in its online advertising operations. Lawyers familiar with the antitrust cases said this was the first time Google had offered to sell off an asset in response to this type of lawsuit.Despite this alleged sale offer, Google is publicly standing firm about its adtech business. "As we have said before, the European Commission's case about our…
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Hundreds of Amazon drivers in NYC join the Teamsters union
16 Sep

Hundreds of Amazon drivers in NYC join the Teamsters union

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Hundreds of drivers in New York City have joined the union in the hope of obtaining better pay and working conditions. The union says a majority of drivers at each of three delivery service partners (DSPs) working out of a Queens warehouse have signed authorization cards.According to a , the drivers have been organizing for a year to secure fair pay, consistent schedules, reasonable workloads and proper pay maintained trucks. They as part of a nationwide protest against Amazon’s alleged unfair labor practices and union-busting efforts.At least on paper, joining the union should give the drivers more leverage as they…
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Google announces deal with direct-air capture startup to remove carbon emissions
11 Sep

Google announces deal with direct-air capture startup to remove carbon emissions

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Google that it has entered a partnership with Holocene to support its direct-air capture technology for collecting and removing carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. Under this $10 million deal, Google will purchase carbon removal credits from Holocene at a rate of $100 per metric ton. This is the price the US Department of Energy for direct-air capture technology to make it a viable part of efforts to reduce the rate at which we emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.As the name implies, direct-air capture can collect carbon dioxide out of the air, then concentrate the gas to be stored…
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UK watchdog claims Google’s ad tech practices are harming competition
08 Sep

UK watchdog claims Google’s ad tech practices are harming competition

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is facing yet more scrutiny over its ad tech practices after the UK’s competition watchdog that the company is abusing its dominant market position. In a statement of objections, the Competition and Markets Authority said Google is harming competition in the country “by using its dominance in online display advertising to favor its own ad tech services.”The watchdog , since 2015, Google has taken advantage of its dominant position in the sector as the operator of the Google Ads and DV260 ad-buying tools and DoubleClick For Publishers, a publisher ad server, to bolster its AdX advertising exchange. The CMA said…
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Microsoft joins coalition to scrub revenge and deepfake porn from Bing
05 Sep

Microsoft joins coalition to scrub revenge and deepfake porn from Bing

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Microsoft it has partnered with to help remove non-consensual intimate images — including deepfakes — from its Bing search engine.When a victim opens a "case" with StopNCII, the database creates a digital fingerprint, also called a "hash," of an intimate image or video stored on that individual's device without their needing to upload the file. The hash is then sent to participating industry partners, who can seek out matches for the original and remove them from their platform if it breaks their content policies. The process also applies to AI-generated deepfakes of a real person.Several other tech companies have agreed…
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New Mexico sues Snap over its alleged failure to protect kids from sextortion schemes
05 Sep

New Mexico sues Snap over its alleged failure to protect kids from sextortion schemes

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New Mexico's attorney general has against , accusing the company of failing to protect children from sextortion, sexual exploitation and other harms on . The suit contends that Snapchat's features "foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and facilitate child sexual exploitation."The state's Department of Justice carried out a months-long investigation into Snapchat and discovered a “vast network of dark web sites dedicated to sharing stolen, non-consensual sexual images from Snap.” It claims to have found more than 10,000 records related to Snap and child sexual abuse material “in the last year alone,” and says Snapchat was "by…
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UK competition watchdog opens Ticketmaster probe after Oasis ticket debacle
05 Sep

UK competition watchdog opens Ticketmaster probe after Oasis ticket debacle

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The UK’s competition watchdog has opened a formal investigation into after tickets for Oasis' reunion shows went on sale last weekend. The Competition and Markets Authority said it will and whether it broke consumer law.Dynamic pricing involves a business adjusting prices based on shifting market conditions, such as demand. Airlines are among those that use the model.Some Oasis fans who tried desperately to get tickets for the band’s first shows in 16 years waited for hours in Ticketmaster’s virtual queues. When they were finally able to buy tickets, some found that they were two or three times more expensive than…
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Elon Musk’s Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all
03 Sep

Elon Musk’s Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all

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Update, September 3, 5:15PM ET: Starlink has reversed course on its decision to not comply with Brazil’s block of X. In a statement posted to X, the company said:“To our customers in Brazil (who may not be able to read this as a result of X being blocked by @alexandre):The Starlink team is doing everything possible to keep you connected.Following last week’s order from @alexandre that froze Starlink’s finances and prevents Starlink from conducting financial transactions in Brazil, we immediately initiated legal proceedings in the Brazilian Supreme Court explaining the gross illegality of this order and asking the Court to…
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The UK government will investigate Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model after Oasis chaos
03 Sep

The UK government will investigate Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing model after Oasis chaos

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It's not only Taylor Swift fans and the US government about . The UK government is set to look into the company's dynamic pricing model after millions of Oasis fans scrambled for tickets to the band's reunion tour over the weekend.Once fans got through hours-long queues to make their purchase, some found that the price of a standing ticket was suddenly 2.5 times — in one case, going up from £135 to £337.50 ($177 to $444). Ticketmaster often gives customers just seconds to decide whether to complete a purchase once tickets are in their cart, so they don't have much…
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