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Google fires 28 staff who opposed Israeli contract
New York Times, Published on 18/04/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday fired 28 workers after dozens of employees participated in sit-ins at the company's New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices to protest against the company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government.
War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2024
» LOS ANGELES - Recent hostilities in the Red Sea have thrown global shippers of vital goods for a loop — but it is hardly the only issue that big carriers are facing as 2024 kicks off.
Amazon to expand drone delivery into Britain and Italy
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» SEATTLE - Amazon on Wednesday said it hopes to expand drone delivery into Britain and Italy by late next year, as it unveiled new warehouse robots and tech in its race to get shoppers what they want quickly.
Pie from the sky: drone delivery lands in America
AFP, Published on 28/09/2022
» FRISCO (UNITED STATES) - The little aircraft appeared out of the blue sky above a Texas home, deposited its payload of a mid-morning snack in the yard and zoomed off, as deliveries by drone start becoming a reality in America.
Amazon tribe go behind the camera in Nat Geo film 'The Territory'
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary -- he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves.
Amazon to start delivering by drone in California town
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon plans to start flying some purchases to customers later this year, the e-commerce giant said Monday, announcing drone delivery that will debut in a California town.
CES 2022: Five Tech Trends to Watch in an Unusual Year
Business, Published on 04/01/2022
» Nothing about this year's CES will be normal. That includes some of the biggest trends expected at the show.
Prediction hits and misses for 2021
Life, James Hein, Published on 22/12/2021
» It is time once again to look back at 2021 to see what happened and how my predictions panned out.
Sustainable ways to wipe out hunger by 2030
Oped, Published on 13/11/2021
» In 2015, 193 countries gathered at the United Nations and pledged to end global hunger by 2030 as part of the Agenda for Sustainable Development. With less than a decade to go, prospects for achieving this goal appear bleak. Improving them will require governments and the private sector to address the global food and environmental crises simultaneously.
Privacy faces risks in tech-infused post-Covid workplace
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: People returning to work following the long pandemic will find an array of tech-infused gadgetry to improve workplace safety but which could pose risks for long-term personal and medical privacy.