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On Wednesday evening, a phalanx of Amazon employees known as “FC ambassadors” began tweeting again about how great it is to work at Amazon. When the ambassadors see others on social media discussing the brutal working conditions at Amazon fulfillment centers, its anti-union actions or anything else unflattering about the company, they step in to […]

The Latest on the outlook for the Colorado River (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Conditions on the over-taxed Colorado River have improved dramatically over the past year, but not enough to stave off voluntary cutbacks for some water users in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico. A federal report released Thursday says the water level in

NASA’s top official says the rocket expected to power the next mission to the moon is about 90 percent complete. Interested in NASA? Add NASA as an interest to stay up to date on the latest NASA news, video, and analysis from ABC News. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine spoke during a visit Thursday to a

A federal judge overseeing a challenge to Georgia’s outdated voting system said that after years of inaction in the face of warnings about vulnerabilities, state officials have finally taken a solid step in the right direction. But she foreshadowed a looming fight over the state’s new system, writing that “it may be ‘like ‘déjà vu

There is no simple solution to this. In some situations, giving your digits to institutions like your bank provides an extra layer of security. But in most cases, the potential dangers and annoyances of handing out your number outweigh the benefits, as you will read below. How your phone number exposes you It took only

BEIJING — The Chinese consumer isn’t dead yet. So says Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant, which on Thursday reported strong financial results for the three months that ended in June, despite China’s slowing economic growth and a trade war with the United States that has hit the country’s factories. The results, from a company

NASA scientists are crisscrossing Greenland on a mission to track melting ice. Greenland has been melting faster in the last decade and this summer, it has seen two of the biggest melts on record since 2012. Global warming is the chief culprit, but scientists want to know how this is happening. Both warmer air and

The discovery of a small clay shard inscribed with a partial inventory of goods at a 2,500-year-old citadel suggests that Cyprus’ ancient city states “more than likely” managed their economies using a homegrown system, not an imported one, an archaeologist said Wednesday. University of Cyprus Professor Maria Iacovou told The Associated that the recent discovery

An art project is looking at how machines might perceive the world compared to humans. While the Kronos Quartet perform, the artificial intelligence (AI) Sight Machine uses algorithms to read the musicians’ genders, ages and emotions. A projection of what the AI is interpreting is displayed behind the musicians, but how reliable is the AI

The Latest on Facebook privacy (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Facebook says it paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service. The practice raises privacy concerns, as users aren’t typically aware that humans are reviewing audio. Tech companies say the practice helps improve their services. Facebook says audio snippets were masked