Internal Amazon documents show that the company’s widely-derided Twitter “ambassadors” program was intended to be a different sort of laugh riot, according to the Intercept.Read...
It’s well documented that some Amazon employees work in grueling, physically taxing, and unsafe conditions. In fact, a former Amazon warehouse employee in California has sued the company for not allowing its workers to take their full mandated meal or rest breaks, even though it discounts time...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a campaign rally in Seattle in August 2019 when she was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)Sen. Elizabeth Warren is back with a revived wealth tax plan that she first championed during her run for the 2020 Democratic...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the Massachusetts Democrat’s career: “Persist.”Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday that “Persist,” which the publisher calls “a...
Investors’ love affair with new, plant-based alternatives to animal products continues as Blackstone Growth, a (newish) investment vehicle from one of the world’s largest financial services firms, said it led a $200 million into the colossus of oat-milk brands, Oatly.
The Malmö based company...
With many major sectors totally frozen and reeling from losses, tech’s biggest players are proving themselves to be the exception to the rule yet again. On Friday, Facebook confirmed its plans to buy Giphy, a popular gif search engine, in a deal believed to be worth $400 million.
Facebook has...
A group of nine senators, including past presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, want to know why Amazon keeps firing COVID-19 whistleblowers. The senators penned a letter to the company asking about...
A group of nine Senators led by Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren penned an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week, seeking more information about recent employee firings. The statement cites the terminations of four employees who were vocally critical of the company’s policies...
The coronavirus pandemic has paralyzed the global economy, but large tech companies remain relatively well-positioned to reach into their deep pockets to make big moves.
In an effort to call attention to the plight of smaller businesses—and the disproportionate power and resources of larger...
The impact of Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign might be felt well after it ended. The Warren for President team is open-sourcing some of its key get-out-the-vote projects to help other politicians and cause supporters with their own...
Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren may have ended her 2020 presidential run, but the tech used to drive her campaign will live on.
Members of her staff announced they would make public the top apps and digital tools developed in Warren’s bid to become the Democratic nominee for president.
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The feasibility and necessity of Elizabeth Warren’s controversial plan By Daneesh Shahar On February 9, 2019, Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren announced her candidacy in the 2020 presidential election. A month later, her campaign published a post on Medium titled...
The Political Machine 2020 is a simulation game from Stardock Entertainment that lets you run a campaign against Donald Trump.Read...
After a campaign characterized by early stratospheric highs and devastating recent lows, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has dropped out of the 2020 Democratic race.
Warren vaulted to the top of the contest in mid-2019, attracting attention and support by rolling out early, thoughtful plans...
Elizabeth Warren tries to guess which billionaire’s face she is holding up during a game on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” (YouTube screen grab)Three days after calling out Amazon’s tax practices during a rally in Seattle, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren was...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a rally in Seattle on Feb. 22. (Photo courtesy of Jake Goldenstein-Street)Sen. Elizabeth Warren called out Amazon in its own backyard at a rally in Seattle on Saturday evening.
The Democratic presidential candidate again criticized the Seattle-based tech giant for...