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When you ‘Ask app not to track,’ some iPhone apps keep snooping anyway

By Saraya Roberts This post is about an article written by Geoffrey Fowler and Tatum Hunter on September 23rd, 2021, for The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/23/iphone-tracking/ Have you ever gotten a message asking you for your permission to share your data and information with an app on your phone? According to ...

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Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Workers, Labor Board Finds

Claire Pascocello    April 14, 2021 The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon illegally retaliated against two of its employees last year by firing them for publicly speaking out against the company. The employees, Emily Cunnigham and Maren Costa, happened to be two of Amazon’s most prominent internal ...

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Airbnb Got Caught in The Capitol Riot Crossfire and Still Came Out On Top – How Did They Respond?

By Avery Barror – 2/14/21 Airbnb recently got caught in the midst of a violent political affair, the Capitol Riot that took place on January 6, 2021, and gave CEO Brain Chesky a run for his money. Along with this came severe backlash and pressure to respond to his company’s ...

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Ransomware Attacks Threaten Patient Privacy

By Rebecca Joseph “Ransomware Attack Hits Universal Health Services” from The Wall Street Journal” https://www.wsj.com/articles/ransomware-attack-hits-universal-health-services-11601341873 September 28, 2020 On Sunday, September 27, Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) fell victim to a ransomware attack. UHS is one of the largest hospital networks in the nation. They had to shut off computer ...

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Amazon’s New COVID Friendly Payment Method

From “Amazon’s New Payment System Lets You Pay With Your Palms” How Does ‘Amazon One’ Work? Is it safe?” Published on September 29, 2020 Today we are living in a world full of fear, simple concepts such as paying for your groceries has become concerning especially for those at risk ...

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“Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks”

By: Grace Tonrey Article Written By: Katie Benner and Cecilia Kang Alphabet Image from Wikipedia Alphabet is “The parent company of Google and Youtube” and arguably one of the “World’s wealthiest, most formidable technology companies” (Benner and Kang). The company, as shown on the graphic below, is worth $768 billion ...

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Effects of COVID-19 on ICT Retail Industry

New’s Talk Effects of COVID-19 on ICT IndustryDownload Imagine this, with the current efforts to curb COVID-19, and you are locked in an isolation room, away from everyone, and with no permission to leave the room whatsoever. In there, you have no access to any electronic device. No access to ...

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How COVID-19 is Impacting the Fashion and Apparel sector and how they Are Responding to the Pandemic

New’s Talks COVID-19 Impact on the Fashion and Apparel IndustryDownload Considering that Covid-19 has had unprecedented pressure on many business sectors, the fashion and apparel industry is also enduring a huge effect amid the global health crisis. Major apparel brands and retailers are canceling their orders as the pandemic coerce ...

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Many of the World’s Airline’s May be going Bankrupt due to COVID-19

Air travel has been one of the hardest-hit industries in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Almost immediately after news of the virus became widespread in January, the travel demand to Asia plummeted. As the virus has now spread across continents, to Europe and now the Americas, passenger demand ...

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