by Beth Holmes | Jun 13, 2022 | News, Technology
The Fair Repair Act has passed in New York, the U.S.’s first “right-to-repair” bill broadly concerning user electronics. Right-to-repair has been a topic of keen interest in the technology sector for a while, most often mentioned in conjunction with Apple and...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 6, 2022 | News
Hiring signs are everywhere, as job openings fall from record peak but still remain very high, according to the U.S. Labor Department. In March, employers advertised 11.9 million job openings, the highest level in over twenty years. For every unemployed person, that...
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 23, 2022 | News, Profiles, Social Media
Justin Ellen is known as a remarkable, innovative baker, but the nineteen-year-old considers himself an entrepreneur first. Two years ago, Ellen was in high school, juggling the demands of his senior year with his lucrative side-hustle. His custom, ornately decorated...
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...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media
Twitter stock is at the center of a lawsuit against Elon Musk, alleging illegal trading practices. Between the end of January and the beginning of April, billionaire Elon Musk bought 73.1 million shares of Twitter stock, amounting to a 9.1 percent stake in the social...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 11, 2022 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Wikipedia, the massive volunteer-run encyclopedia, is being threatened by the Russian government with large fines if they don’t censor information about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On March 1st, Wikipedia’s Russia site editors were sent a memo from...
