Amazon workers at warehouses in UK, Germany and Spain, including ~90% at a Madrid depot, stage walkouts on Black Friday to protest unfair working conditions
MADRID (AP) — Some of Amazon's workers in Europe are protesting against what they call unfair work conditions, in a move meant to disrupt operations on Black Friday.
Sources: Logitech has offered $2.2B+ to acquire Plantronics, a maker of unified communications systems, wireless headsets, and video-conferencing equipment
(Reuters) - Logitech International SA, a Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, is in discussions to acquire Plantronics Inc …
NIPS, an important conference for AI researchers, changes acronym for the event to NeurIPS after complaints the former one contributed to a sexist atmosphere
- Organizers had previously said they would stick with “NIPS” — Popular artificial-intelligence event to be known as NeurIPS
Pandora Premium comes to Amazon's Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show, offering the ability to request single songs, whole albums, and custom playlists
Pandora is bringing its paid premium tier to Amazon's Echo speakers. The Oakland, Calif.-based music service announced Monday that owners of Amazon's Echo …
Botkeeper, which automates bookkeeping workflows through its human-assisted AI platform, raises $18M Series A led by Greycroft and Google's Gradient Ventures
Closing the books at the quarter end, managing invoices and categorizing expenses involve a wide array of complex tasks that are both laborious and prone to human error.
Waycare platform, using predictive analytics, data from connected cars, road cameras, and apps like Waze, helped to reduce crashes by 17% along a Nevada highway
Predictive analytics allow Las Vegas traffic authorities to take preventative action that reduces the risk of collisions.
A look at the burgeoning industry of influencer marketing, where brands routinely shell out $60K+ for video reviews, or $85K+ to publicly disparage competitors
WHEN SAHARA LOTTI started her lash extensions company, Lashify, in 2017, she didn't know what she was getting herself into.
Facebook's in-app activity dashboard shows us that Facebook is just adding window dressing, not the overhaul it desperately needs
On Tuesday afternoon, Facebook rolled out a new feature: an in-app dashboard that allows Facebook and Instagram users to calculate (and ideally manage) …
In open letter to EU competition chief, price comparison sites say Google has failed to comply with EU ruling that requires it to give equal treatment to others
Price comparison sites have accused Google of failing to comply with an EU ruling demanding it give other shopping services “equal treatment”.
Experts examine the mixed impact of Edward Snowden's leaks, published from June 2013 onwards, on government and policy
In our two-part series, Ars looks at what Snowden's disclosures have wrought politically and institutionally. — Digital privacy has come a long way since June 2013.
Sources: US asks allies to avoid Huawei telecommunications equipment, considers financial aid for telecom growth in nations that shun Chinese-made equipment
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Sources: Apple is offering subsidies to network operators in Japan to shore up sales of iPhone XR, after an underwhelming launch of its least expensive phone
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How Predictim pressures babysitters to grant broad access to their social media, uses AI to analyze years of online activity to provide evaluations to parents
When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information … Tweets: @justinhendrix , @hunterwalk , @katecrawford , @kierisi , @lydnicholas , @lmsac...
Facebook says Mark Zuckerberg won't appear before the UK-led grand committee of eight countries on Tuesday, sending the VP of public policy to testify instead
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Best 2018 Black Friday deals on smart home devices, fitness trackers, TVs, audio, storage, computers, cameras, and mobile devices
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A look back at Diane Greene's tenure as Google cloud boss: a struggle to catch up with AWS and Azure, and tension with Sundar Pichai on Github and Project Maven
- Google poured resources into its cloud unit during Diane Greene's three-year run at the helm, but the company has still struggled against Amazon and Microsoft. Tweets: @carolcriner , @javi , @quinny...
Meituan Dianping scales down bike and car-sharing efforts as revenue grows to $2.75B, up 97% YoY, and losses triple to ~$497M in Q3, its first quarter since IPO
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Google adds indoor positioning to Find My Device for Android 9 Pie phones, making it possible to find lost phones in places like malls, airports, and stadiums
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China-based Geek+, which makes AI robots like unmanned forklifts to pick, move, and sort things in warehouses, raises $150M Series B led by Warburg Pincus
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Adobe: Thanksgiving day US e-commerce sales hit a record $3.7B, up ~28% YoY, with smartphones driving 54.4% of traffic to sites and 36.7% of all online sales
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A look at the future of WikiTribune, which was designed to let anyone contribute and edit news stories but has used up its initial crowdfunding funds and grants
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review : Tweets: @gijn Tweets: @gijn : Almost a year ago, crowdsourced news site @WikiTribune launched with much fanfare. But earlier this month, it hit a roadbloc...
EU watchdog: LinkedIn processed email addresses of 18M non-members and targeted them with advertising on Facebook without permission before GDPR became a law
Elaine Edwards / The Irish Times : Tweets: @wolfiechristl Tweets: Wolfie Christl / @wolfiechristl : 18 million data subjects affected, a very large company as a data controller, under the GDPR such a...
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