Amazon locks down internal employee communications amid organizing efforts
If all complaints must first be approved by a manager, there will be fewer of them.
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Comcast overcharged elderly couple $600, denied refund until contacted by Ars
Auto-pay compounded Comcast error, leading to a year of $50 monthly overcharges.
Georgia ditches road testing new drivers amid pandemic
They will still need 40 hours of supervised driving, although no one will check.
Who owns remdesivir, how much can they make, and how much does it cost?
The drug was originally developed for Ebola but has shown promise with COVID-19.
Lyft lays off almost 1,000 staffers as Uber weighs big layoffs
Report says Uber's ride bookings have fallen 80 percent from a year earlier.
Half of Americans won’t trust contact-tracing apps, new poll finds
Respondents trust public health agencies, but not tech firms, with their data.
Trump admin threatens to sue states that don’t lift pandemic orders
AG Barr says state orders for containing COVID-19 may violate Constitution.
Senator pushes DOJ to launch criminal antitrust probe of Amazon
The other eleventy zillion probes are all civil matters.
New York AG’s office questions Amazon over “inadequate” COVID-19 safety
“Many workers are fearful about speaking out” on COVID safety, officials wrote.
Proposed bill would end “likes” for young teens’ online content
Senators want kids under 16 to be more protected from platforms teens use.
Sorry, Tulsi Gabbard, Google can’t violate the First Amendment
Google is not a government actor under the First Amendment, judge says.
Tech firms push telework as Amazon employee confirmed with coronavirus
Tech firms that usually prefer on-site work are rethinking that stance for now.
Struggling AT&T plans at least $10 billion in cost cuts, more layoffs
AT&T also de-emphasizing DirecTV except in areas without fast broadband.
Facebook denies reports it is backing away from Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook's ambitious proposal ran into a wall of opposition from regulators.
Did Apple throttle your iPhone? Settlement will give you a whopping $25
Apple to pay $25 per user, up to $500M, for slowing iPhones with bad batteries.
