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Amazon crosses $100 billion in sales in huge first quarter

The Verge

But as Amazon’s sales have grown, it has also grown more concerned with government intervention. Its @AmazonNews Twitter account made the bizarre decision to troll US Congress members about tax laws. Following a failed union vote in Bessemer, Alabama, a fired worker is attempting to unionize other Amazon warehouse facilities.

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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Stevenson is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and started EJI to dedicate his life to fighting the unequal treatment of marginalized communities. Mr. Hinton spent almost 30 years on death row in Alabama. He is committed to changing the narrative on race in this country to help us truly understand who we are.

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The UAW wants to unionize EV startup factory workers

The Verge

The National Labor Relations Board ultimately ruled that Musk’s comments should be considered union-busting and broke the law. While a lot of attention has recently been paid to organizing efforts in tech and media industries, the number of non-government employees who belong to a union has fallen slightly over the last decade.

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Utah just passed the country’s first age-verification bill for app stores. But the fight isn’t over

Fast Company Tech

The controversial App Store Accountability Act , which will now head to the desk of Utah Governor Spencer Cox, has pitted app store giants Google and Apple against social media companies like Meta and is part of a wave of similar proposals that have been introduced in a number of states, including Texas and Alabama.

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Use of Clearview AI facial recognition tech spiked as law enforcement seeks to identify Capitol mob

The Verge

Clearview AI’s CEO says that use of his company’s facial recognition technology among law enforcement spiked 26 percent the day after a mob of pro-Trump rioters attacked the US Capitol. Clearview AI said in May it would stop selling its technology to private companies and instead provide it for use by law enforcement only.

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The Station: Elon’s Tesla share sale, Ford teases a second EV truck and GM’s Cruise spending ramps

TechCrunch

Instead, e-scooters can only be legally ridden as part of government-backed rental pilots. The Indy Autonomous Challenge racecar, which was programmed by team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano and the University of Alabama, set a new land speed world record of 192.2 miles per hour at the historic Kennedy Space Center.

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As Trump makes legal labor action more difficult with labor board cuts, some workers are considering other options

Fast Company Tech

Wilcox has since filed a lawsuit contesting her firing, arguing that it violated some of the very labor laws she previously enforced.) In January, the NLRB reported that the board was hearing 62 separate cases in which administrative law judges had determined Starbucks had broken labor laws.