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Amazon union vote count set to start for Alabama warehouse workers

Campaign viewed as one of the biggest and most consequential unionization drives in recent America history Vote counting is set to begin in an election to determine whether Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, will form a union in what is viewed as one of the biggest and most consequential unionization drives in recent America …

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Apple to let repairers in Australia and New Zealand sign up to spare parts program

Scheme expanded to 38 more countries as tech giant faces heat on the right to repair iPhones and Macs Apple will allow independent repairers in Australia and New Zealand to sign up to a new program this week which will provide access to its tools and spare parts, as the company faces heat on the …

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In Trumpian move, Jeff Bezos reportedly orders Amazon chiefs to hit back at critics

The Amazon News Twitter account and executive Dave Clark have been lashing out at critics online – just as Alabama workers vote on unionization Say what you will about the relative merits of the continued existence of Amazon, the humble online bookstore that might end up being the last company in the world at this …

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Suspected Russian hackers gained access to US homeland security emails

Intelligence value of SolarWinds hacking of then acting secretary Chad Wolf is not publicly known Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration’s head of homeland security (DHS) and members of cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries, the Associated Press (AP) has learned. The intelligence value …

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Selfie review – droll Gallic eye on slaves to the algorithm

Online metrics are pillow talk, and digital secrets go public in this tragicomic portmanteau of five stories about our relationship with technology As ever-evolving technologies produce instant gratifications and fresh horrors, Selfie sees modern life as a tragicomic minefield fraught with absurdities. This French anthology film delivers biting social critique with a side helping of …

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‘Whiteboards and textas’: Nine reverts to old technology as cyber-attack hits TV and papers

Melbourne news director Hugh Nailon says ‘the Ferrari wouldn’t start and we had to fire up the Datsun 180B’ Mike Sneesby’s first day as Nine Entertainment’s chief executive was spent managing the biggest cyber-attack to hit an Australian media company, affecting TV programming and newspaper print production across the country. The source of the suspected …

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‘There’s momentum to win’: union fight enters final stretch for Alabama Amazon workers

Mail-in ballots for the hotly contested battle to unionize 5,800 workers are due on Monday. Some experts are predicting a victory while others are unsure With mail-in ballots due this Monday, federal officials will soon begin tallying the votes in what has been the most closely watched unionization drive in the US in years – …

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Web giants must stop cashing in on pension scam misery, say MPs

Law must address profits made by companies from fraudsters’ advertisements Ministers must force tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft to stop the “immoral” practice of profiting from the £10bn of pension fraud committed by internet scammers, a committee of MPs has urged. Fraudsters use online advertisements, mostly on Google, to trick people out …

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‘People are optimistic’: Businesses look forward after 12 months of Covid

Early in the pandemic, we spoke to four bosses about how their businesses were faring. A year on, we ask them to about an extraordinary 12 months and what the future might hold Early in the pandemic Philip Jansen gave investors a financial fright by scrapping BT’s multibillion-pound dividend. Now, nearly a year on, he …

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