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A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber. George Frey | Reuters As Google Fiber contractors in Kansas City attempt to become the first members of the Alphabet Workers Union to win bargaining power, workers there are facing a union-busting effort by their contracting firm. The contractors are employed directly by BDS Connected Solutions and work in a retail store for Google Fiber, the project that provides high-speed internet access to 19 U.S. markets, according to its Source link

American technology providers are under intense pressure in Europe after a regulator there found Google Analytics’ services illegal. The decision is expected to spur a domino effect that could result in similar restrictions for other U.S. tech providers. The recent ruling means American companies beyond big tech firms will have more difficulties moving data from Europe to the U.S., and could lead to tougher scrutiny from privacy regulators of banks, airlines and other sectors, privacy… Source link

European businesses face uncertainty over the use of a popular analytics tool from Google after a regulator found it breached privacy laws, the latest salvo by the European Union against big U.S. tech companies. The ruling from Austria’s data-protection regulator, published last week, could upend business practices for companies across Europe as regulators in the 27 EU countries are also preparing legislation on social-media content. Lawmakers are set to vote this week on a draft of the… Source link

Things got testy early in Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and Baltimore Ravens. And the Ravens weren’t involved.  As Rams defenders broke their huddle during Baltimore’s opening possession, a scuffle ensued. Cornerback Jalen Ramsey shoved safety Taylor Rapp in the facemask, and teammates had to separate them.  It’s unclear what set Ramsey and Rapp off. The teammates have played in the Rams secondary together since 2019. These things happen between teammates, but rarely during games… Source link

President Biden visited with well over 100 top business leaders and CEOs during his first year in office. That comes according to a Yahoo Finance analysis of the president’s public schedule since Jan. 20. He met virtually and in-person with leaders to cover issues like supply chains, COVID-19 vaccines, the semiconductor shortage, his legislative agenda and more. The most frequent guests — with three interactions each — were Ford (F) CEO Jim Farley, General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra,… Source link

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen created an international media blitz earlier this year when she leaked tens of thousands of damning internal company documents to the Wall Street Journal and US government. Her disclosures so far have prompted public outrage and government investigations — and they’ve directed a spotlight at an increasingly powerful movement of tech workers who have been organizing to hold their companies accountable over ethical concerns ranging from workplace… Source link

The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform of the country’s competition rules will target tech giants Apple and Google — including their duopolistic command of the mobile market, via iOS and Android; their respective app stores; and the browsers and services bundled with mobile devices running their OSes. So it could mean good news for third-party developers trying to get oxygen for alternatives to dominant Apple and… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, November 18, 2021 A link between fatter paychecks, bargain hunting and plastic  It’s common knowledge that inflation is eating away at consumers’ ability to spend, as the most basic necessities like groceries and energy extend a relentless spike. Less understood, however, is exactly why consumers keep opening their wallets as prices… Source link

Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepMind. Jeon Heon-Kyun | Getty Images LONDON — Alphabet’s Google and sister firm DeepMind are facing legal action for the way in which they obtained and processed over a million patient health records without consent in the U.K.  British law firm Mishcon de Reya told CNBC Friday it had filed a claim with the High Court on behalf of Andrew Prismall and roughly 1.6 million other individuals whose medical records were… Source link

Close to 2 million passengers pass through airport security every day and flight attendants on U.S. airlines face greater numbers of unruly pandemic weary passengers.   Flight attendants “are thinking about not having gotten sleep, how long the days are, how crowded the flights are, how screwed up the operation is, and whether or not this is the day they might get punched in the face,” Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, told Yahoo Finance Live. A recent… Source link