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When Shakil Khatri first heard about Amazon Karigar in 2018, he thought it might be what he had been looking for. Khatri, a sixth-generation artisan, is one of the few remaining batik …
Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say it’s not working Read More
For Apple suppliers in Vietnam, the end of summer is recruitment season. In the months ahead of the busy holiday shopping rush, companies like Luxshare and Foxconn try to fill …
Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers Read More
Samsung Electronics’ largest union in South Korea announced it would start an indefinite strike on Wednesday after a previous three-day walkout failed to secure the workplace gains its members are fighting …
Samsung workers are on strike — indefinitely Read More
Amazon union busters are threatening workers with the loss of their jobs if they unionise. At the vast warehouse in Coventry, known as BHX4, workers have been battling for close …
Amazon Is Holding Special Union-Busting Seminars for Workers Read More
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, issued a warning in January at the World Economic Forum in Davos: the artificial intelligence (AI) industry is about to cause an …
Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors Read More
Google has fired 28 employees following a sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract to provide cloud computing and artificial intelligence services to the Israeli government The terminations come after …
Google fires 28 staff after protests against cloud contract with Israel Read More
The US Department of Justice filed suit against Apple on Thursday, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone market. “Consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies violate the antitrust laws,” US …
US sues Apple over ‘smartphone monopoly’ Read More
LONDON (AP) — Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal …
Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like Read More
A joint campaign by Amazon and the government to offer struggling families money-saving advice has been slammed by an employee of the tech giant who said its own staff are …
Government slammed over ‘bizarre’ use of Amazon to give fuel poverty advice Read More
From the publisher: Google and Facebook receive 90% of the world’s news advertising spend. Amazon takes half of all e-commerce in the US. Google and Apple operating systems run on …
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