Amazon plans a $12M workplace safety initiative with the National Safety Council to study musculoskeletal disorders stemming from injuries in its warehouses
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Sources: under pressure from an Amazon-led group, Senate's China-focused bill left out consumer protections to make marketplaces authenticate 3rd-party sellers
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Though cybersecurity experts have warned of ransomware for years, it's now having a very visible impact on the lives of everyday people
Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy being investigated by FBI – The Washington Post
USA Today resists FBI subpoena seeking IP addresses of readers of a story
Mozilla report found more than a dozen TikTok influencers who had undisclosed paid relationships to post political messages; TikTok banned political ads in 2019
Opinion | A frantic warning from 100 leading experts: Our democracy is in grave danger – The Washington Post
Analysis of data from 5,411 warehouses in 2020 finds Amazon workers suffer serious injuries at nearly double the rate of workers at comparable companies
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In a first, DHS will issue mandatory rules regulating cybersecurity for pipelines, initially to require incident reporting, after Colonial's ransomware attack
Commerce Department, ITMS scoured Americans’ social media, did broad keyword searches on employee emails, documents and interviews show. – The Washington Post
A look at the greater role automation is playing in the US, with labor shortages driving greater adoption of the tech since the start of the pandemic
Chris Cuomo took part in strategy calls advising his brother on response to sexual harassment allegations – The Washington Post
Amazon says it is extending its ban on selling facial recognition tech to police indefinitely
Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
As Parler returns to the App Store, its chief policy officer says posts labeled as "hate" by its AI, hidden on iOS, will be viewable on other devices and web
Q&A with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier on his new book Press Reset, which expounds on closures of video game studios like Irrational Games, the makers of BioShock
Ditching meat isn’t the answer for climate change. Better farming is
Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California crash, more safety concern
How an obscure Texas security company helped convince Americans the 2020 election was stolen from Trump
Biden signs EO to strengthen US cyber defenses, including the development of cybersecurity standards for software companies that sell to the government
Opinion | Stop saying Republicans are ‘cowards’ who fear Trump. The truth is far worse. – The Washington Post
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An app that swiftly sends CPR volunteers to heart attack sufferers has made a big difference in Denmark. Could this be copied in the U.S.?
Opinion | As a CEO, I want my employees to understand the risks of not returning to work in the office – The Washington Post
U.S.'s Biggest Gasoline Pipeline Halted After Cyberattack
The Oversight Board's decision on Trump's Facebook ban failed to send a clear message that a powerful public official can't use Facebook to endanger the public
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She built a toy empire while hiding a lifetime of existential depression
A task force of 60+ experts from industry, government, nonprofits, and academia calls on the US and allies to take steps to fight a surge in ransomware attacks
During his first speech to a joint session of Congress, Biden announced that Kamala Harris will lead the administration's rural broadband initiative
Senators are probing whether Google tried to influence a Match Group employee's testimony at an antitrust hearing by allegedly calling the person ahead of time
Cheerleader’s Snapchat rant leads to ‘momentous’ Supreme Court case on speech
The entrance of Gen Z women in the VC industry signals the VC establishment's growing interest in funding companies focused on Gen Z consumers
DoD's Defense Digital Service says it started a "pilot effort" advertising its IP space, as an obscure company started managing 175M IP addresses from Jan. 20
How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have used extensive acquisitions to expand into new areas, creating new revenue streams and outflanking competitors
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