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Google has hired an anti-union consulting firm to advise management as it deals with widespread worker unrest, including accusations that it has retaliated against organizers of a global walkout and cracked down on dissent inside the company. The firm, called IRI Consultants, appears to work frequently for hospitals and other health care organizations. Its website […]

Disney Plus says it doesn’t have a security breach, but some users of the new streaming service have been shut out after hackers tried to break into their accounts By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer November 20, 2019, 6:47 PM 3 min read Disney said Disney Plus account passwords being sold in underground hacking forums

Scientists are predicting a meteor outburst this week that may be brief but incredibly intense By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer November 20, 2019, 5:45 PM 1 min read Scientists are predicting a rare meteor outburst this week that may be brief but incredibly intense. A brilliant flurry in the sky near the Unicorn constellation

Uber is planning to let passengers and drivers record audio of rides in Brazil and Mexico as part of a pilot and in the hopes of addressing safety concerns By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer November 20, 2019, 3:50 PM 1 min read Uber will let passengers and drivers record audio of their rides in

The director of a Spanish research center says a giant telescope, costing $1.4 billion, is one step nearer to being built on the Canary Islands By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press November 20, 2019, 1:42 PM 2 min read The director of a Spanish research center said Wednesday that a giant telescope, costing $1.4 billion, is

The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba raises $11 billion in Hong Kong share offering By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer November 20, 2019, 11:46 AM 3 min read The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has raised at least $11 billion in a share offering in Hong Kong, netting the city’s biggest offering since 2010 despite recent political

Disney Plus says it doesn’t have a security breach, but some users of the new streaming service have been shut out after hackers tried to break into their accounts By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer November 19, 2019, 4:15 PM 2 min read Disney says its new Disney Plus streaming service doesn’t have a security

Microsoft is in a fierce popularity contest with upstart work messaging service Slack November 19, 2019, 8:00 PM 1 min read Microsoft says that its own workplace collaboration service Teams now has more than 20 million daily active users. That’s 8 million more than what upstart work messaging service Slack boasted of having last month.

Until last week, Li Zilles was one of the many nameless and faceless contractors toiling in the bowels of the internet, providing online services that might have been mistaken for the work of artificial intelligence. The job: to transcribe audio files for the start-up Rev.com, churning out texts without clients ever knowing the name of

Amazon says it has contemplated adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras November 19, 2019, 8:00 PM 1 min read Amazon says it has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras. The company is telling Congress that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras.