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Amazon thanks workers for voting against unionizing, says less than 16% voted to join the union and counters the union's claims that Amazon won by intimidation — Thank you to employees at our BHM1 fulfillment center in Alabama for participating in the election.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon wins enough votes to beat union effort in Alabama; of the 3,215 ballots cast, there were 1,798 votes opposing the union and 738 votes in favor — - Amazon on Friday secured enough votes to defeat the unionization drive at one of its Alabama warehouses.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google denies reports Pixel 5a 5G is canceled, says it'll be available this year in the US and Japan and announced in line with last year's a-series phone — Despite rumors this morning to the contrary, Google has just issued an on the record statement that the “Pixel 5a” does indeed exist and will not be canceled.
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| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
China says it is imposing a record $2.8B fine on Alibaba for monopolistic business practices; Alibaba says it will accept the penalty “sincerely” — The penalty is Beijing's toughest action to date in its campaign to tighten supervision of the country's internet Goliaths.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
In a letter to Tim Cook, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee “strongly urge” Apple to reconsider refusal to provide a witness for upcoming hearing on app stores — ‘We strongly urge Apple to reconsider its position,’ the senators said — Senate Judiciary Committee leaders …
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| Ben Patterson / TechHive: |
Logitech to stop making its Harmony line of universal remotes effective immediately, says software and app support will be available for the foreseeable future — Well, the other shoe finally dropped. After years of speculation about the fate of its Harmony line of universal remotes …
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| Pieter Arntz / Malwarebytes Labs: |
At Pwn2Own, two Dutch researchers discovered a vulnerability in Zoom that could allow hackers to execute an RCE attack; Zoom says it is working on a fix — Two Dutch white-hat security specialists entered the annual computer hacking contest Pwn2Own, managed to find a Remote Code Execution … | Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
1,200+ Alphabet employees have signed a letter asking the company to stop protecting harassers, following a NYT op-ed by an ex-employee who alleged harassment — Organizers say the demands of the Google Walkout still haven't been met — More than 500 Alphabet employees have signed …
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
The FBI arrested a far-right extremist who allegedly plotted to destroy AWS data centers in Virginia with C-4; FBI was tipped off by posts following Jan. 6 riot — The FBI arrested the suspect in Texas after he purchased explosives from an undercover agent.
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Sources: Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the SEC for an IPO that could value it at $70B-$100B, and is raising $1.5B in debt financing from banks — Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering …
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White House will host a virtual semiconductor summit on Monday with execs from Intel, Samsung, HP, Alphabet, and more, as it begins a review of US supply chains — - Chief executives from companies including Google parent Alphabet, AT&T, Intel and General Motors are set to participate …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers say Facebook has known for years about exploits similar to the one that used its “contact importer”, enabling the scraping of 533M users' data — Software makers can't catch every bug every time, but Facebook had ample warning about the privacy problems with its “contact import” feature.
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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers say Facebook's algorithms disproportionately show certain types of job ads to men and women; no evidence of gender skewing was found on LinkedIn — Researchers found the platform's algorithms promoted roles to certain users; company pledges to continue work in removing bias from recommendations
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| Jack Morse / Mashable: |
Source: Reddit is exploring a Clubhouse-like feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats — The front page of the internet may be getting a voice. — Reddit is quietly exploring a new feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats, possibly similar to Clubhouse, according to a source familiar with the company's plan.
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| Zeyi Yang / Protocol: |
Platforms like Douyin in China have become live online labs where grassroots nationalists and state media collaborate to harass critics at home and abroad — Dozens of companies over the past three years have announced boycotts of Xinjiang cotton given widespread reports of detention … Sponsor Posts
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