Facebook was listening to you. Then it wasnt. Now its listening again. Google, Apple, and Amazon are listening too, but its not all as pernicious as it sounds. Facebook told Bloomberg this week that it collects and stores audio from its smart speaker, Por… [+6806 chars]
On Friday, over 1,500 Amazon workers plan to walk out of work to protest their companys environmental impact. It will be the first time in Amazons 25-year history that its corporate employees have participated in a walkout demonstration. Employees are calling… [+8647 chars]
Slack is still king at startups. Nearly 60 percent of funded startups pay for Slacks workplace communications software, according to new data from Kruze Consulting, an accounting firm that analyzed anonymized spending of its nearly 200 venture capital-funded… [+2892 chars]
When Amazon announced a new pay-with-cash option for its online shoppers on Wednesday, the name Walmart didnt appear anywhere in its press release. But the introduction of the new service in the US called Amazon PayCode is just the companys latest attempt to… [+3223 chars]
A year ago, when Facebook launched its own video chat device, it seemed like a clueless move by an out-of-touch tech giant: Under fire for abusing its users privacy, Facebook was still stumbling forward with a video camera that would surveil its users in thei… [+5039 chars]
Steve Dowling, who has headed Apples communications for the last five years, is leaving the company. Dowling previously was Apples head of corporate public relations for 10 years. During his tenure, the tech giant has dealt with everything from Tim Cooks fi… [+4355 chars]
Much of the world is transitioning to a knowledge economy, but far too few Americans have had enough education to prepare them for that shift, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman says. Most people dont know that two-thirds of the workforce in the United States… [+2776 chars]
On most days, they are what President Donald Trump calls the nerds, the totally biased, the geniuses in Silicon Valley that walk around in undershirts and theyre worth $2 billion apiece. On Tuesday, they are his donors. When Trump shows up in Palo Alto for … [+10203 chars]
Last week, California lawmakers passed AB 5, a bill thats expected to upend the business models of gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft that depend on the cheap, relatively unregulated labor of a contractor workforce. Experts predict that the law could co… [+9765 chars]
California just disrupted the gig economy. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial bill Wednesday, known as AB 5, after months of uproar from businesses and gig companies like Uber and Lyft. The bill will require businesses to hire workers as employees, not… [+8886 chars]
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