Tag: Technology
How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal...
Wage theft: Methodology for analysis of Labor data
To perform this analysis, The Center for Public Integrity analyzed data provided by the Labor Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act...
Belgian government, parliament, colleges hit by cyberattack
BRUSSELS — The company providing internet services for Belgium’s parliament, government agencies, universities and scientific institutions said Tuesday that its network was under cyberattack,...
EXPLAINER: Will Donald Trump return to Facebook?
Former President Donald Trump will find out whether he gets to return to Facebook on Wednesday, when the social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board plans...
Apple’s app store goes on trial in threat to ‘walled garden’
SAN RAMON, Calif. — On Monday, Apple faces one of its most serious legal threats in recent years: A trial that threatens to upend...
US officials in Mideast to reassure jittery allies over Iran
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Top Biden administration officials and U.S. senators crisscrossed the Middle East on Monday, seeking to assuage growing unease...
Facebook oversight board to rule on suspended Trump account
Former President Donald Trump will find out this week whether he gets to return to Facebook.
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EPA rule to phase out gases used in refrigerators, coolants
WASHINGTON — In the first Biden administration rule aimed at combatting climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to phase down production and...
Meredith to sell TV station division to Gray Television
DES MOINES, Iowa — Magazine publisher and multimedia company Meredith Corp. said Monday it will sell its Local Media Group consisting of 17 television...
Poland sends its virus recovery plan to EU for approval
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government says it has sent European Union officials its spending plan for the 58 billion euros ($70 billion) it expects...