Sensing one of those “now-or-never” historical moments, regressive political, religious and social forces have passed a wave of laws that ban or severely restrict women’s reproductive rights in a growing number of US states, in the ultimate hope that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority will soon strike a fatal blow Read more…
There are ethics in tech. Even within the deepest, darkest corporatist recesses of tech, where profits reign über alles, ethics can be found. Witness Amazon Employees for Climate Justice. This intrepid group of 7,683-and-counting Amazonians burst onto the scene last month when they fired off an open letter on Medium Read more…
So, last week you heard that Uber and Lyft drivers were going on strike across the country and around the world and you wanted to know more. You Googled and selected The Guardian’s article on the strike because like left-leaning people across the Anglophone world you trust The Guardian to Read more…
Scores of spirited demonstrators, including many Uber and Lyft drivers and others showing solidarity, rallied outside Uber headquarters in San Francisco’s Mid-Market district on Wednesday to demand rideshare companies improve driver pay and working conditions. Holding up a sign lamenting that most drivers got nothing while Uber executives and other Read more…
Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers are preparing to strike in cities across the United States and Britain on Wednesday, May 8 ahead of Uber’s IPO. In the US, many participating drivers will turn off their apps starting in the morning commute hours of 7-9 am, CNN reports. Money reports Read more…
The world’s largest social media network has banned what it called “dangerous individuals” who are known to disseminate hate speech. Facebook announced on Thursday that individuals including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, white nationalist Milo Yiannopoulos, and organizations and media outlets including Jones’ Infowars Read more…
Google will soon launch a new feature that will allow you to automatically delete your account’s location history and web activity data, and we say not a moment too soon. For years, Google has been telling us that we’ve got control of our privacy. And while it is true that Read more…
A Virginia-based tech recruiting company has apologized after posting an illegal job listing seeking “preferably Caucasian” candidates on LinkedIn and other sites. Twitter users first took notice of the offending employment listing by Cynet Systems. Outrage quickly spread over the weekend, and by Monday Cynet was scrambling to control the Read more…
The National Security Agency has recommended the White House end the highly controversial mass phone surveillance program launched by the George W. Bush administration in the wake of the September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on the United States. The Wall Street Journal reports the NSA quietly halted the program earlier Read more…
Facebook said on Wednesday that it is setting aside $3 billion during the first quarter to pay down an expected Federal Trade Commission fine resulting from an investigation of the company’s privacy practices. The announcement came as the Menlo Park, California-based social media giant released better-than-expected first quarter financial results, Read more…