Opera has today unveiled its new integrated generative AI service called Aria which is built-in natively into the browser. The Aria AI side panel leverages Opera’s collaboration with OpenAI to access real-time information from the internet. Aria is based on Opera’s “Composer” infrastructure and is connected to OpenAI’s GPT technology which is enhanced by additional […]
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The National Labor Relations Board has accused Amazon of threatening, surveilling and interrogating workers at its JFK8 warehouse in New York to discourage them from unionizing. According to the board's complaint as seen by Motherboard, Amazon brought a union avoidance consultant to the facility and told employees that it "would be futile for them to select the Union as their bargaining representative." The consultant reportedly said that union organizing at the warehouse would fail anyway, because the organizers were "thugs."
NLRB's complaint also said that Amazon representatives interrogated workers about union activities and promised to fix their issues if they didn't support the union and didn't distribute union literature. Further, the labor board alleges that security guards confiscated union literature from workers and told them they couldn't distribute the materials without permission. If you'll recall, Amazon's warehouse workers in New York filed a petition to unionize with the board last year, but they had to withdraw it after failing to gather enough signatures to be approved. The JFK8 workers re-filed their application in December and recently reached union vote threshold.
Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel denied the allegations to Motherboard, telling the publication: "These allegations are false and we look forward to showing that through this process."
These allegations come from a series of unfair labor practice charges filed by workers in May and June last year. The board investigated the incidents and found merit that they occurred. It has given Amazon February 10th to respond to the complaint and has set a hearing for it on April 5th. In addition to detailing workers' allegations in its complaint, the NLRB has also outlined a series of remedies it wants the company to follow. In particular, it wants Amazon to train its managers, supervisors, security guards and union avoidance consultants on workers' rights to organize and form unions.
Over the past few months, leaked renders and internal listings pretty much confirmed that Google is working on an Android TV dongle codenamed “Sabrina.” Now, Artem Russakovskii of Android Police has discovered a listing on Target’s retail system that…
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Android 11 is known as Red Velvet Cake within Google, but you probably won’t hear it called by this engineering code name – at least, away from tech websites! The All About Android podcast interviewed Google’s Android VP of Engineering, Dave Burke, and during the conversation, he alluded to the up-and-coming Android’s engineering codename – […]
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The Samsung Galaxy Note family has traditionally received the very latest and best of Samsung’s technology, and the South Korean conglomerate is said to be preparing a cutting-edge OLED panel for the Galaxy Note 20. This new technology is called HOP, an abbreviation of Hybrid-oxide and Polycrystalline silicon, and could reduce display power consumption by […]
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LG isn’t just hoping that a brand new design language will woo you to its next smartphone — it thinks the name will, too. The company has revealed that its curved-edge premium phone will be named Velvet to convey its “smoothness and premium softness….
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Google Webpass is now known as Google Fiber Webpass in all the cities where the wireless gigabit internet service is available. The tech giant first used the Fiber Webpass name when it deployed both its Fiber and Webpass internet connection services…
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Sharing files, images, and documents to nearby Android devices isn’t the most user-friendly of features. The experience has been clunky since appearing in Ice Cream Sandwich but that could soon change because Google is developing an alternative called ‘Fast Pair.’ According to 9to5Google, Fast pair will replace Android Beam and act as a competitor to […]
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Disney has a ton of TV shows and movies available via a variety of streaming services and networks that often involves paying for multiple subscriptions, but the entire catalog of content isn’t possible to view from a single source. This could soon change, though, with news of a new streaming service called Disney+ run by […]
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Sprint and T-Mobile were expected to formally announce plans to merge into a single carrier by the end of October, but suddenly those plans seem to be off the table. It’s unclear exactly what went wrong, other than potential complications from the companies not wanting to sell their assets, but the news is kind of […]
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Back in 2015, Google announced that it was restructuring its company into multiple parts, with a new giant company called Alphabet to oversee all of Google's various businesses. The reasoning behind the move was to essentially separate out some of Go…
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Samsung’s new artificially intelligent assistant, which will reportedly debut on the company’s upcoming Galaxy S8, might be called “Bixby.” That’s according to a trademark application the company filed in South Korea.
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It’s been a question asked by many, and for quite some time – “Why hasn’t Google developed a product yet to compete with Amazon’s Echo device?“. Well, it looks like someone at Google is finally listening, and such a device could be unveiled sometime this year. According to Recode, Google has a team working on […]
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There’s a new wearable set to make waves in the medical community, and it’s being branded as the Fitbit for tremor patients. Meet the Trequant, a watch for individuals who suffer from tremors.
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Misfit have just released a new smart button and now a new Android app to go with it called Misfit Link. With it you can use any Misfit device to take a selfie with your phone camera app, control your music, or advance slides in a presentation.
Just a simple touch can do so much. The music changing, for example, can be used to change not just your personal music, but also Spotify, Pandora, Soundcloud, or Google Play Music. Best part is it can do all this starting at only $ 19.99. At that price, it just might be worth checking out.
Please note the app is only for Android 5.0+ devices with BLE capability.
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According to rumors, Motorola may debut a ruggedized addition to its Moto X series of smartphones — the Moto Bounce — in December. It reportedly sports a shatter-proof design and high-end internals.
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