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Senator seeks information about ‘systematically underreported’ injury rates and turnover at US’s second-largest employer Bernie Sanders has launched an investigation into Amazon that will focus on working conditions inside the warehouses of the online marketplace, which is also the nation’s second-largest employer. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, the 81-year-old US senator from …

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Moderators flood feeds with pictures of TV comic as they fight owners’ plans to go public A civil war between Reddit’s owners and the volunteer moderators it relies on has taken an odd turn, with some of the biggest “subreddits” on the site devoting themselves to sharing pictures of one man and one man only …

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We scrutinised the latest games showcases to pick out the most interesting titles, from wacky races to medieval Baghdad Viewfinder Combining elements of popular world-manipulating puzzlers such as Monument Valley and Chicory, Viewfinder has you exploring a lush, possibly post-apocalyptic environment, where you’re able take photos, paintings and sketches and superimpose them on to the …

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The US novelist shaped the modern idea of the post-apocalypse. Without him, games such as The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption would not be the same Cormac McCarthy, one of the most significant figures in modern American literature, died last week aged 89. While the tributes have mostly come from within the literary …

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The social network is changing how it works with third parties – but some argue that a push for profit could bring a wave of misinformation • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Welcome back to TechScape, where I – along with a rotating cast of tech …

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Magnetic charging speaker dock makes this tablet useful when idle, while software and app improvements are paying off Google’s long-awaited Pixel Tablet has finally landed to try to tempt users away from Apple’s dominant iPad and make the large-screen devices useful in the home by becoming a smart display when not in active use – …

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At the start of 2023, the UK postal service Royal Mail was hit with an ultimatum: pay $80m (£67m) or continue to have international shipments blocked. The demand came from Russian-linked hackers the LockBit group, who had infiltrated Royal Mail’s software. Royal Mail refused to pay and eventually reinstated its overseas deliveries, but the cyber-attack …

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Petting pups and cleaning up digital dog poo makes me happy. What does that say about my headspace right now? Not long ago, I was interviewing someone over the phone when I suddenly became transfixed by a soft bark that emitted from my iPad. The bark came with a tantalising notification: “Your new rustic lantern …

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The suction-padded joystick was once the games controller sans pareil until it was usurped by the multi-button joypad – but with the return of retro gaming, it’s making a comeback For home computer gamers in the 1980s, your choice of joystick was a matter of intense importance and debate. Unlike buying a console, you didn’t …

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Cybersecurity firm says Anonymous Sudan is unlikely to be authentic hacktivist group, as initially believed The hackers believed to be behind a recent attack that took some of Microsoft’s services offline are likely to be a Russian-linked group rather than a grassroots pro-Islam collective operating out of Sudan, experts say. Anonymous Sudan, which surfaced in …

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