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Amazon workers will strike at 7 facilities to pressure retail giant for a contract, Teamsters say

The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized strikes in the past few days, are joining the picket line after Amazon ignored a Dec. 15 deadline the...

19.12.2024 10

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TikTok loses bid to overturn law that requires parent company to sell or bans app in the US

TikTok and ByteDance — another plaintiff in the lawsuit — are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.

06.12.2024 10

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E-commerce sites want AI bots to make holiday shopping easier, but don’t expect them to do all the work or always give you the right answers

The limitations show the technology is still in its infancy and has a long way to go before it becomes as useful as the retail industry—and many...

02.12.2024 10

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Cyber Monday shoppers set to post a new record for the biggest online shopping day of the year

Adobe Analytics, which tracks online shopping, expects consumers to spend a record $13.2 billion on Monday, 6.1% more than last year.

02.12.2024 20

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Amazon agree on something—they’re both suing the National Labor Relations Board, claiming it’s unconstitutional

A ruling in favor of the companies could immensely diminish — or paralyze — the nearly century-old agency, which is tasked with enforcing labor...

19.11.2024 8

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Inside ‘returnless refunds,’ where you can get your money back and keep what you bought—a mysterious process many retailers don’t publicize

Companies like Amazon, Walmart, Target, Shein and Temu understand some items are not worth the cost or hassle of getting them back.

04.11.2024 20

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TikTok slapped with barrage of lawsuits from over a dozen states that say the app is hurting children

Officials say children and teens are being exploited, and it's taking a toll on their mental health.

08.10.2024 30

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Amazon must face FTC’s landmark antitrust lawsuit, judge says

But the judge also gave the company a small victory by tossing out a few claims made by states involved in the legal fight.

08.10.2024 10

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TikTok heads to court in suit against U.S. law that could ban social media used by nearly half of Americans

TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are challenging a U.S. law that requires them to break ties or face a ban in the U.S. by...

16.09.2024 10

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Amazon will now pay subcontracted delivery drivers $22/hour amid union pressure

The increase in wages is part of a new $2.1 billion investment the Seattle-based online retailer is making in the delivery program.

13.09.2024 20

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Lowe’s followed Tractor Supply, Harley Davidson and John Deere in backing off DEI initiatives

On Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign, which Lowe's is no longer partnering with under its new policy, blasted such retreats from DEI

28.08.2024 60

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Move over, dogs and cats—there’s now a growing demand for mini farm animals

Americans are showing more interest in owning miniature cows, petite pigs, and scaled-down sheep as pets.

12.08.2024 6

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Amazon spent a staggering $30 billion on its cloud platform this year, with plans to increase

The cloud computing unit, whose customers are mostly businesses, has been attempting to lure in more customers with a service called Amazon Bedrock.

02.08.2024 8

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TikTok sent sensitive data on U.S. users to parent company ByteDance in China, DoJ says

Under a law signed by President Joe Biden in April, the company could face a ban in a few months if it doesn't break ties with ByteDance.

27.07.2024 10

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Amazon is reviewing reports that Perplexity AI is scraping online news content without approval

WIRED published an investigation earlier this month that said Perplexity appeared to scrape content from websites that had prohibited access from such...

29.06.2024 10

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Hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion is promoting Amazon’s 10th annual Prime Day with a new original song called—surprise—‘It’s Prime Day’

On Tuesday, the rapper unveiled a new original song called “It’s Prime Day.” An accompanying music video shows her purchasing a pink dog collar,...

25.06.2024 10

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TikTok letter blasts the Biden administration for ‘political demagoguery’ as the 2 sides prepare for one of the biggest legal battles in tech and internet history

Internal documents provide details about negotiations between TikTok and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a secretive...

21.06.2024 10

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More than 15,000 Amazon drivers accuse the e-commerce giant of shorting them on pay and incurring 'huge expenses'

Thousands of Amazon Flex drivers in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts have submitted arbitration claims alleging pay violations.

12.06.2024 10

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Amazon gets FAA approval to expand Prime Air drone deliveries for online orders

Amazon said that the FAA has given its Prime Air delivery service the OK to operate drones “beyond visual line of sight,” removing a barrier that...

31.05.2024 40

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TikTok creators revolt against ban

The creators are asking the court to issue a declaration saying the law is unconstitutional.

15.05.2024 30

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TikTok is betting on a First Amendment fight to block a ban. The claim goes against a century of legal precedent in the U.S., China expert says

Jacob Helberg, who leads the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said in a statement to Fortune that TikTok's legal challenge was...

07.05.2024 10

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TikTok parent moves closer to being forced to sell or face a ban after Senate vote

The TikTok legislation was included as part of a larger $95 billion package that provides foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel and was passed 79-18.

24.04.2024 10

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Amazon Labor Union heads toward leadership election divided and running out of money

Some felt Chris Smalls, the union’s president, spent too much time traveling and giving speeches instead of focusing on Staten Island, where the...

08.04.2024 8

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Amazon joins Trader Joe's and Elon Musk's SpaceX in calling the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional

“Since they can’t defeat successful union organizing, they now want to just destroy the whole process," said an attorney representing the Amazon...

17.02.2024 9

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Biden’s campaign is joining TikTok just as Americans are evenly split between those who want to ban it and those who don’t

Talks of a TikTok ban reached a fever pitch in the U.S. early last year over concerns that a set of Chinese laws could force the company to share...

16.02.2024 6

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As social media execs were getting grilled in Congress, YouTube spent hours hosting a grisly atrocity video. Then it spread to X

Police said Wednesday they charged a Pennsylvania man with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse. He streamed it in a 14-minute YouTube video.

03.02.2024 10

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Over 1 in 4 U.S. consumers have been the victim of package theft, a recent survey found. Here’s what you need to know about ‘porch piracy’

Retailers and delivery companies are trying to combat the problem in a variety of ways.

21.12.2023 10

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Amazon, Walmart and Target are speeding up deliveries as they fight challengers Shein and Temu

Haven’t ordered any of your holiday gifts yet?

19.12.2023 10

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Leaked Amazon memo reveals plans to fight ‘labor agitation’ and ‘cultivate’ politicians in a California region that’s trying to cap warehouse growth

In California's Inland Empire, residents are fighting for a ban on warehouses and some of Amazon's 45,000 workers have staged protests.

07.12.2023 10

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AI-generated nude images of teen girls spur families to push for protections: ‘We’re fighting for our children’

The deepfakes problem is getting worse as the technology to produce it becomes more available and easier to use.

03.12.2023 8

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