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Amazon wins enough votes to beat union effort in Alabama; of the 3,215 ballots cast, there were 1,798 votes opposing the union and 738 votes in favor — - Amazon on Friday secured enough votes to defeat the unionization drive at one of its Alabama warehouses.
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Amazon thanks workers for voting against unionizing, says less than 16% voted to join the union and counters the union's claims that Amazon won by intimidation — Thank you to employees at our BHM1 fulfillment center in Alabama for participating in the election.| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
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In a letter to Tim Cook, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee “strongly urge” Apple to reconsider refusal to provide a witness for upcoming hearing on app stores — ‘We strongly urge Apple to reconsider its position,’ the senators said — Senate Judiciary Committee leaders …
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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Epic filing reveals that in a 2016 email Phil Schiller said “moving iMessage to Android will hurt us more than help us”, which Epic argues is proof of lock-in — Epic and Apple are preparing to battle it out in court over the App Store (remember that whole Fortnite debacle?) …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google denies reports Pixel 5a 5G is canceled, says it'll be available this year in the US and Japan and announced in line with last year's a-series phone — Despite rumors this morning to the contrary, Google has just issued an on the record statement that the “Pixel 5a” does indeed exist and will not be canceled.
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
The FBI arrested a far-right extremist who allegedly plotted to destroy AWS data centers in Virginia with C-4; FBI was tipped off by posts following Jan. 6 riot — The FBI arrested the suspect in Texas after he purchased explosives from an undercover agent.
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| Pieter Arntz / Malwarebytes Labs: |
At Pwn2Own, two Dutch researchers discovered a vulnerability in Zoom that could allow hackers to execute an RCE attack; Zoom says it is working on a fix — Two Dutch white-hat security specialists entered the annual computer hacking contest Pwn2Own, managed to find a Remote Code Execution … | Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers say Facebook's algorithms disproportionately show certain types of job ads to men and women; no evidence of gender skewing was found on LinkedIn — Researchers found the platform's algorithms promoted roles to certain users; company pledges to continue work in removing bias from recommendations
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| Jack Morse / Mashable: |
Source: Reddit is exploring a Clubhouse-like feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats — The front page of the internet may be getting a voice. — Reddit is quietly exploring a new feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats, possibly similar to Clubhouse, according to a source familiar with the company's plan.
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YouTube blocks advertisers from using terms like “Black Lives Matter” to find videos to advertise against but was letting them use phrases like “White power” — “Black power” and “Black Lives Matter” can't be used to find videos for ads, but “White power” and “White lives matter” were just fine
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the SEC for an IPO that could value it at $70B-$100B, and is raising $1.5B in debt financing from banks — Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Q Link Wireless, a Florida-based MVNO for low-income consumers, exposed the personal data of its 2M customers to anyone who knew a number from the carrier — Q Link Wireless made data available to anyone who knows a customer's phone number. — Q Link Wireless, a provider of low-cost mobile phone … | Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
China says it is imposing a record $2.8B fine on Alibaba for monopolistic business practices; Alibaba says it will accept the penalty “sincerely” — The penalty is Beijing's toughest action to date in its campaign to tighten supervision of the country's internet Goliaths.
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Online mortgage service Better.com raises $500M from SoftBank at a valuation of $6B, up from a valuation of $4B during its $200M Series D last November — Digital mortgage lender Better.com has raised a $500 million round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the company at $6 billion.| CTech: |
TipRanks, which uses NLP to measure the performance of and rank 7,000+ professional stock analysts, raises $77M led by Prytek and More Investment House — Israeli-based fintech company provides a simplified stock research platform that makes alternative datasets accessible and visual for retail investors
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