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2021
Amazon Fires Flex Workers by Computer
Amazon is firing Flex workers by computer and the company is perfectly ok with that even if it makes mistakes. There is a long line of people wanting flex jobs and so long as they have applicants they will just use and abuse and toss these workers to the unemployment line for little to no reason. Become an Insider today
Apple Warns Sideloading Apps Would Undermine Privacy Protections
Apple has released a report titled: “Building a Trusted Ecosystem for Millions of Apps”. In short, it provides information about how the App Store protections are important for the safety and security of iOS and iPadOS. Sideloading would undermine this system because it would enable nefarious apps to cause harm to those who download them. The report is an interesting
Amazon Dumps Millions of Products Annually!
So Amazon has been caught in an investigative piece in the UK of dumping literally millions of new and barely used items in landfills, while they claim it's a recycling center the company doing the investigative work says it was a landfill? If so this is very damning info. Become an Insider today to get access to this very private,
ERCOT is Raising Temperatures on Smart Thermostats
Some Texans in the Houston area said their homes have been much warmer this week, even while they are running their air conditioners, KHOU-11 reported. Many of these Texans claim that someone has been turning up the temperature on their thermostats since the energy shortage began. It turns out that someone was, in fact, messing with the temperature on their
Data Centers are Using Too Much Water During Droughts
Huge data centers are using a lot of water to keep warehouses filled with computers cool. This isn’t good for the climate - especially during droughts. NBC News reported that on May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved the $800 million development of an enormous data center on an arid plot of land in the eastern part of
PayPal is Raising Merchant Fees on Some Transactions
PayPal posted an article titled: “Upcoming Changes for Some US Businesses”. The new rates will apply to a portion of their merchant customers in the U.S. beginning on August 2, 2021. Here is what is changing: PayPal Digital Payments: For PayPal products, (such as PayPal Checkout, Pay with Venmo, Pay in 4, PayPal with Rewards, Checkout, and crypto), which include