Using AI-Powered Spacecraft Is The Only Way To Clean Up Space
By: City AM March 17, 2021 In 1978 NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler proposed a theoretical scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit due to space pollution becomes high enough that collisions between objects starts to cause a chain reaction whereby each collision generates more space debris, which then increases […]
Facebook’s Long-Awaited Content ‘Supreme Court’ Has Arrived. It’s A Clever Sham
By: The Guardian March 17, 2021 In October, Facebook unveiled its long-awaited “oversight board” – a special, semi-independent body, staffed mainly by experts on free speech and constitutional law, with the authority to make decisions about controversial content posted on Facebook’s platform. Sometimes described as Facebook’s “supreme court”, the oversight board has been met, in the legal […]
Uber To Pay UK Drivers Minimum Wage, Holiday Pay and Pension
By: The Guardian March 16, 2021 Move follows supreme court ruling that drivers are workers but critics say they are still short-changed Uber is to guarantee its 70,000 UK drivers a minimum hourly wage, holiday pay and pensions after a landmark supreme court ruling. The ride-hailing app said drivers would start benefiting […]
China Tells Alibaba To Sell Off Media Assets In Tech Crackdown
By: The Guardian March 16, 2021 Beijing has ordered e-commerce company Alibaba to sell off media assets including Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) as the Chinese government looks to crack down on the growing public influence held by the country’s sprawling tech conglomerates. Alibaba has become the lightning rod in the crackdown on big tech […]
Banking On Building Back Better – How Can A Stakeholder Economy Help Rebuild The UK After COVID-19?
By: Social Market Foundation March 16, 2021 This essay series, collected in partnership with the Chartered Banker Institute, re-evaluates the concept of the stakeholder economy in light of the economic and social shockwaves delivered by the Coronavirus pandemic. Contributors to the collection include Government and Shadow ministers, and the CEOs of banks including TSB […]
Some Capitol Hill Lawmakers Back Amazon Workers’ Attempt To Unionize
By: NPR One March 15 , 2021 Employees at an Amazon facility in Alabama are voting on whether to form a union. Some in Congress support them, including Michigan Democratic Rep. Andy Levin, who talks to NPR’s Noel King. Nearly 6,000 Amazon employees who work at a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are voting […]
Hundreds of Tesla Workers Tested Positive At Reopened Plant
By: The Hill March 14, 2021 Hundreds of workers at a reopened Tesla plant in California tested positive for COVID-19 between May and December, according to data released by a transparency website on Friday. The website PlainSite released data from the Alameda County Department of Public Health that found 440 workers at the […]
Chief executive of Jack Ma’s Ant Group steps down
By: City AM March 12, 2021 Simon Hu has reportedly resigned as chief executive of Ant Group after just over a year in the role. Hu resigned for personal reasons according to Bloomberg, and he will be replaced by Ant Group chairman Eric Jing with immediate effect. He joined Alibaba in 2005 before […]
Amazon Removing Books That Frame LGBTQ Issues As Mental Illness
By: The Hill March 12, 2021 Amazon has made the decision recently to remove books from its catalog that frame transgender and other LGBTQ identities as mental illnesses, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The move came after four Republicans — Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Mike Lee (Utah), Mike Braun (Ind.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) — sent a letter on Feb. 24 to chief […]