by Beth Holmes | Oct 25, 2021 | Companies, News
Unionizing Amazon has seemed like an out-of-reach goal since the company broke its first billion. With 1.3 million workers across 185 distribution centers and an untold number of other worksites in virtually every developed country in the world, it is a behemoth, and...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 19, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Facebook is paying over $14 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department over visa abuse and unfair hiring practices. In December 2020, the Justice Department filed the lawsuit against the social media giant, asserting that the...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 11, 2021 | Companies, News
Merck applied on October 11, 2021, for the FDA to authorize its antiviral pill to treat COVID-19, a first of its kind in this pandemic. So far, all FDA-backed treatments for coronavirus require at least an injection to administer, if not an IV. This means they...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 4, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media
Frances Haugen, a data scientist formerly employed by Google, Pinterest, and Facebook, revealed herself Sunday night as the whistleblower who shared that Facebook has no interest in fighting misinformation. Haugen, who will be testifying about Facebook before Congress...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 27, 2021 | News
British gas stations had to close all over the country on Sunday, in a fuel shortage caused by a lack of truck drivers. Due to a combination of the pandemic, Brexit, and simply a lack of interest in the job among young jobseeking Britons, Britain is experiencing a...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 20, 2021 | Companies, News, Technology
Meal delivery apps like Grubhub and UberEats will have to get their act together in Seattle, which has enacted one of the country’s strictest laws to target practices like the use of non-approved menus and price gouging. Over the course of the last two years,...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 13, 2021 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
The High Court of Australia ruled on September 8, 2021, that media outlets are “publishers” of comments posted by anyone on their official Facebook pages. As “publishers,” according to the ruling, the outlets are legally responsible for any defamatory content posted...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 30, 2021 | Companies, News
Afghan refugees may find sanctuary in Airbnb rentals as the private hospitality company opens thousands of properties to house those fleeing their homes. An estimated 270,000 Afghans have been displaced in the recent surge of violence between the Taliban and their...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 23, 2021 | Companies, News
Chevy Bolt vehicles are being recalled en masse as General Motors recognizes a fire risk. All of the approximately 140,000 Chevy Bolt cars and SUVs are subject to the recall, which was announced by General Motors on August 20, 2021. The recall concerns their lithium...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 16, 2021 | Companies, News, Technology
Samsung launched two new products on August 11, 2021, both of them aimed at capturing the attention of those who want more for less. Two new phones, both of them featuring the new folding screen, at lower price points than Samsung’s previous foldable phones. The...
