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Amnesty International calls for Google to halt cloud business in Saudi Arabia

The Verge

Amnesty International is teaming up with 38 other human rights groups and individuals to call for a halt to Google’s plans to set up an enterprise cloud business in Saudi Arabia because of concerns over the country’s human rights track record.

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Fisker and Karma raise millions of dollars following wave of Tesla optimism

The Verge

and Karma Automotive, two electric vehicle startups with a long shared history, each announced this week that they’ve raised millions of dollars. This would help reduce the Chinese ownership to below 50 percent in order to make selling to government fleets more politically palatable. Image: Fisker Inc. Fisker Inc.

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The UAW wants to unionize EV startup factory workers

The Verge

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. Saudi Arabia-backed Lucid Motors will build its electric luxury sedan at a massive new factory it’s building in Casa Grande, Arizona.

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Electric vehicle startups hit speed bumps after raising tons of cash

The Verge

billion to the sizable war chest it started building when Saudi Arabia pledged some $1.3 What’s more, multiple electric vehicle startups are now under government investigation. Lucid Motors again delayed the release of its luxury electric sedan, the Air, in order to address quality assurance issues raised by its investors.

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Rivian’s IPO filing reveals Amazon’s prime influence

The Verge

It outlines the company’s recent financial history and details its three launch vehicles: the R1T pickup, R1S SUV, and the Amazon delivery van. In fact, until the van is ready for production and has passed all government approvals, Amazon has the right to mix up what it’s ordering from Rivian in a number of ways.

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How to make work fair with practical and data-driven strategies

Fast Company Tech

Iris Bohnet is a professor of business and government at Harvard Kennedy School and co-director of the Women and Public Policy Program. In Saudi Arabia, married men similarly underestimated the share of other husbands who support their wives working outside the home. Whats the big idea? Drivers do the same.

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David Perlmutter Talks Blogs, Interactors, and Jon Stewart - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

When an issue hits the news I try to go specialty blogs (Saudi Arabia, Supreme Court, etc). I see a future where there will be small independent interactors, corporate interactors, government interactors, advocacy group interactors, and many other kinds. The term is INTERACTOR.