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Ballot counting for Amazon’s historic union vote starts today

Vote counting begins today in the historic effort to unionize Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center. The warehouse — which opened exactly a year ago to meet ramping up demand as COVID-19

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Daily Crunch: Amazon makes PR push ahead of union vote

Amazon pushes back against unionization, WeWork eyes the SPAC route and there’s new spyware on Android. This is your Daily Crunch for March 26, 2021.The big story: Amazon makes PR push ahead of

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China issues plan to encourage new types of consumption

The first China Cross-border E-commerce Trade Fair, Fuzhou, Fujian Province. /CFP China issued a plan Thursday to further encourage cross-border renminbi (RMB) settlements as well as new forms

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Slack’s new DM feature Connect is, thankfully, opt-in

I’m sure I’m not the only one who had a minor meltdown on seeing that Slack had finally added the Connect feature it announced in October. I’m a firm believer that there are already entirely too many

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Australian PM Morrison apologizes over News Corp harassment claim

"I deeply regret my insensitive response," Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized for responding to a journalist's question with an active claim of workplace harassment during a press

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Australian PM admits public anger after report of lewd acts in parliament

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday acknowledged mounting dissatisfaction with his handling of a series of allegations about the mistreatment of women

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UN chief concerned with the rise of anti-Asian violence

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the rise of violence against Asians and people of Asian descent during the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN spokesman said on Monday."The w

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Accused Georgia spa gunman faces 'malice murder' charges

Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock in Cherokee County poses in a jail booking photograph after he was taken into custody by the Crisp County Sheriff's Office in Cordele, Georgia, U.S. March 16,

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Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra is coming to TechCrunch Early Stage in July

The frequent difficulty of founders finding product-market fit has been a topic of constant (and ever-evolving) discussion at TechCrunch conferences over the years.Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Voh

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U.S. Senate confirms Marty Walsh as Labor secretary

The Senate confirmed Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor secretary in a 68-29 vote on Monday, according to local media.Walsh will head the Labor Department, at a time the pandemic has left millions une

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Intel removes ad using 'sexist' stand-up comedian

Intel was caught in the whirlpool of contention over "sexism" induced by its latest advertisement which has "sexist" stand-up comedian Yang Li as a spokesperson.In an advertisement for Intel Evo-cert

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Bach to the future with variations

Pianist Lang Lang talks about how playing composer's music has helped him in his growth as a musician and family man. Lang Lang shares his knowledge and expertise to children from Beijing primary

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Fort raises $13M for its robotics safety software

Fort Robotics today announced a $13 million raise. Led by Prime Movers Lab, the round also features Prologis Ventures, Quiet Capital, Lemnos Labs, Creative Ventures, Ahoy Capital, Compound, FundersClu

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Slapdash raises $3.7M seed to ship a workplace apps command bar

The explosion in productivity software amid a broader remote work boom has been one of the pandemic’s clearest tech impacts. But learning to use a dozen new programs while having to decipher whi

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Record sexual consent with an app, police chief suggests

An ethics experts describes the suggestion as a quick fix that misunderstands the circumstances of sexual assaults.

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How to recruit data scientists without paying top dollar

When it comes to building a data science team, many companies fail at the first step — creating a job posting. These mistakes have been amplified in the age of COVID-19.The increasing demand for AI an

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Marco Rubio says he ‘stands with’ Amazon warehouse workers

Workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse have already received public support from Democratic politicians ranging from Bernie Sanders to Joe Biden, the latter of whom promised to be “the most p