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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced Amazon is settling to the tune of $61.7 million for tips it withheld from drivers. As part fo the Amazon Flex program, drivers w...

Google Agrees to Pay $2.6 Million In Wage Discrimination Case

Google has agreed to pay $2.6 million to women and Asian workers to settle a discrimination case, according to the Department of Labor. An audi...

Just 11% of Companies Expect All Staff to Return to the Office

A new report sheds more light on the state of remote working, suggesting permanent adoption may be more widespread. According to a...

Snowflake CEO: Once You Get To The Cloud The Lid Is Off

"Once you get to the cloud all of a sudden the lid is off," says Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman. "People can just pursue their backlogs and whatever they can...

Alphabet Workers Announce Global Union Alliance, Alpha Global

In the wake of US Alphabet workers forming the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU), employees have announced the formation of a global union alliance....

Google Moving Against Second AI Ethics Researcher

Still mired in controversy over its firing of Dr. Timnit Gebru, Google appears to be repeating history with Margaret Mitchell, its Ethics AI lead....

GitHub Apologizes For Firing Jewish Employee Who Warned of Nazis

GitHub is backpedaling, apologizing for firing a Jewish employee who warned of Nazis and offering him his job back....

Amazon Warehouse Workers Voting On Unionization

Amazon warehouse workers are preparing to vote on whether to form the company’s first union. Amaz...

Dropbox Cutting 315 Jobs, 11% of Workforce

Dropbox has announced it is cutting some 315 jobs, or roughly 11% of its global workforce. In an...

Alphabet and Google Employees Form Union

Alphabet and Google employees have formed a union in response to missteps by management. The Alph...

Slack Outage Update – Significant Improvement (as of 2:28 PM EST)

From Slack via Twitter: For any customers unable to access Slack, please reload (CTRL...

Google AI Researchers Cite Demands, Want Academic Integrity

Google is experiencing more fallout from its handling of Dr. Timnit Gebru’s dismissal, with the company’s AI researchers making demands....

Slack CEO: No Intention To Make Slack Free

"There is definitely no intention to make Slack free," says Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. "What we've seen in the last little while is the biggest telco i...

Google CEO Criticized For Response to AI Researcher’s Exit

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sent an email to Google employees in an effort to address backlash the company is facing over Dr. Timnit Gebru’s exit...