Why Workers Are Frustrated With Amazon, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s Right Now

Why Workers Are Frustrated With Amazon, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s Right Now

Last year, the independent, fledgling union Trader Joe’s United accomplished what had never been done before: It formed the chain’s first unionized store, in Massachusetts, then its second, in Minnesota. Once the celebrations were over, workers got down to the less glamorous business of negotiating a first contract. But Trader Joe’s insisted everyone participate in…

Column: The depressing fall of Sports Illustrated reveals the real tragedy of AI

Column: The depressing fall of Sports Illustrated reveals the real tragedy of AI

Quick, name five classic American magazines. Did you say Sports Illustrated? I did. And I’m not even a sports guy. But if you’re of a certain age, you know Sports Illustrated. Along with, say, People, Time and National Geographic, it has long lined the dentist offices, neighbors’ doormats and coffee tables of your life. It’s…

This new AI-powered drone is both a bomb and a boomerang

This new AI-powered drone is both a bomb and a boomerang

What if a missile could jet toward a moving target — and then fly back home to try again if it missed? That’s the idea behind the Roadrunner, a novel combination of AI-powered drone, bomb and boomerang designed by the defense tech company Anduril Industries and announced on Thursday. The company unveiled the product at…

Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market | Reuters News Agency

Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market | Reuters News Agency

Technology 01 December 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage. Market Impact In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure had a combined 70-80% share of Britain’s public…

Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market | Reuters News Agency

Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market | Reuters News Agency

Technology 01 December 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage. Market Impact In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure had a combined 70-80% share of Britain’s public…

Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market | Reuters News Agency

Google pushes for antitrust action against Microsoft in UK cloud market | Reuters News Agency

Technology 01 December 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage. Market Impact In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure had a combined 70-80% share of Britain’s public…

Top tickets for first Biden Hollywood fundraiser since end of strikes approach $1 million

Top tickets for first Biden Hollywood fundraiser since end of strikes approach $1 million

Next week’s Hollywood fundraiser for President Biden, his first in-person soiree here since the end of the entertainment-industry strikes dried up the traditional wellspring of campaign money, is expected to draw big-name donors spending as much as nearly $930,000 each in support of the Democratic leader’s bid for reelection. Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and…

Why Gas Prices Are Likely To Spike — Once Again

Why Gas Prices Are Likely To Spike — Once Again

The world’s oil cartel agreed to slash production of crude by nearly 2 million barrels per day starting in January, a move likely to ratchet up geopolitical tensions with the United States and spike energy costs. At its Thursday meeting, the 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its 10 Russia-led allies, which together…