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After a monthslong campaign, the union election for Amazon workers in Bessemer, AL, has concluded and vote counting begins on Tuesday, overseen by the NLRB — - A tussle over ballot eligibility could last for several days — With stakes high, Amazon and union waged testy information war
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Sources: Amazon's recent tweets aimed at politicians came after Bezos told execs they were not pushing back enough on criticism that was inaccurate — Snarky tweets targeting Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren came after the CEO told executives they weren't pushing back hard enough on critics.
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| Noor Zainab Hussain / Reuters: |
Visa says it will allow the use of cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network and has launched a pilot program with Crypto.com — (Reuters) - Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network …
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| Alan Suderman / Associated Press: |
Sources: SolarWinds hackers gained access to emails of Trump administration's top DHS officials, including acting Secretary Chad Wolf and cybersecurity staff — Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration's head of the Department … | Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
The official PHP Git repository was hacked to add backdoors to the PHP source code; the changes were “reverted right away” — In the latest software supply chain attack, the official PHP Git repository was hacked and the code base tampered with.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch, a robot that it says can move up to 800 boxes an hour in warehouses — Stretch can shift up to 800 boxes an hour, comparable to a human — Boston Dynamics is best known for its robot dog Spot, a machine designed to work in a range of environments, from offshore oil rigs to deep underground mines.
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| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Facebook says it has planned two new undersea cables in a project with Google and local telcos to connect Singapore, Indonesia, and North America — (Corrects Indonesian telecommunications' company to Telkom in paragraph 6, not Telkomsel) — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook said on Monday …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
OpenAI says GPT-3 is being used in more than 300 apps, by “tens of thousands” of developers, and produces 4.5B words per day — Robot-generated writing looks set to be the next big thing — One of the biggest trends in machine learning right now is text generation.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK-based used car marketplace Cazoo to go public on NYSE through a SPAC, valuing it at $7B and raising $1.6B — Cazoo, the UK used-car sales portal that has been on a major fundraising tear in the last year, will be next company to pursue more growth by way of a SPAC: the company today announced …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Source: Japan plans to issue digital certificates to those inoculated against COVID-19, joining China, the EU, and others embracing app-based vaccine passports — Certificate aims to enable travelers an easy way to prove they are inoculated — TOKYO — Japan will issue digital health certificates …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Deliveroo narrows IPO pricing at new £3.90 to £4.10 range, a lower end of earlier target, for maximum valuation of £7.85B, down from initial £8.9B — New £3.90 to £4.10 range points to maximum valuation of £7.85bn, below initial £8.9bn| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at app-based hearing devices for people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss, as FDA prepares rules to allow for more over-the-counter hearing aid options — In-ear AI and smartphones give people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss more choices than ever, but apps can be a hard sell for someSponsor Posts
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