by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | Companies, News, Profiles, Technology
Neutrality for Microsoft in the unionization of Activision Blizzard, even though the tech giant is in the process of buying the video game company. On Monday, officials at Microsoft announced the company has signed a labor neutrality agreement with Communication...
by Beth Holmes | May 30, 2022 | Companies, News
Shareholders at Amazon don’t want working conditions in the megacompany’s warehouses to be audited for safety and labor conditions. Wednesday’s meeting of shareholders at Amazon was largely focused on worker’s rights and company transparency,...
by Beth Holmes | May 16, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
A lawsuit in Kenya is going ahead against Meta Platforms, alleging unsafe working conditions in a Facebook moderation hub there. Daniel Motaung, a South African man, was relocated to Nairobi, the capitol of Kenya, to work for Facebook in 2019. He worked in a content...
by Beth Holmes | May 9, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
Intuit, the company behind TurboTax, has reached a settlement to pay $141 million over misleading advertising. Until 2021, Intuit offered two free versions of their tax-filing program, TurboTax. One was through the IRS’s Free File Program, aimed at middle-income...
by Beth Holmes | May 2, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
Net neutrality won’t be challenged in California, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals on April 20th. Net neutrality is the stance that internet service providers (ISPs) cannot discriminate between the content users choose to access via their services. On a...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 25, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
Netflix claims dropping subscriber numbers are requiring them to implement harsh new changes. They’ve announced paywalls for multi-household accounts, and a new cheaper ad-supported tier. According to Netflix, over 200,000 subscribers dropped the service during...
