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(Bloomberg) — Contract workers at Google’s data centers allege that they were fired for supporting a union and faced retaliation after pushing for better benefits, according to a pair of complaints filed this week with the US National Labor Relations Board. The Alphabet Workers Union, whose members include both direct employees and subcontracted staff for Google’s parent company, claims that two workers at a data center in Council Bluffs,… Source link

By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ant Group was spun off from Alibaba Group Holding 11 years ago but the two Jack Ma-founded companies had continued to collaborate closely, and even function as one company in some aspects, to maximise their competitive advantage. Since late last year, though, the duo have been taking concrete steps to set strict operational boundaries, according to sources familiar with the matter. Here are details about their shared history, and how… Source link

Salesforce co-founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff.NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Salesforce employees signed an open letter urging company leadership to drop the NRA as a customer. It’s “unconscionable” that the NRA can use their software for marketing and fundraising, the employees said. Marc Benioff, the co-CEO of Salesforce, has previously voiced support for gun control. More than 4,000 Salesforce employees have urged their company’s leadership to drop the National Rifle Association (NRA) as… Source link

It is less than five days before he walks to the ring at Wembley Stadium in London to defend his titles against Dillian Whyte and heavyweight champion Tyson Fury still has not disassociated himself from alleged mobster Daniel Kinahan. Promoter Frank Warren told the BBC Monday that Kinahan, whom the U.S. government contends runs one of the largest drug cartels in the world, has had no involvement in Saturday’s bout for the WBC and lineal heavyweight titles. But Fury, who was pictured with… Source link

The news: At the HIMSS conference this week, Google Health announced a partnership to integrate Google’s Care Studio with Meditech’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, per a Google blog post. The tie-up will build on Google Cloud’s previous partnership with Meditech, and will utilize Google Cloud’s infrastructure, according to the tech giant. It’s also important to note Google’s focus on privacy throughout the blog post. It specified patient data will be encrypted and… Source link

Netflix, China-based TikTok join Google, Apple, other companies cutting ties with Russia | Fortune … Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Grubhub pulls delivery robots from 2 US campuses due to Russian ties  WCTI12.com Source link

Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Grubhub said Thursday that it is ending its partnership with Russian tech company Yandex and pulling 100 Yandex-made food-delivery robots from the campuses of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Chicago-based Grubhub said it is working with both campuses to find alternatives. Grubhub had been using the robots to… Source link

Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Grubhub said Thursday that it is ending its partnership with Russian tech company Yandex and pulling 100 Yandex-made food-delivery robots from the campuses of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona…. Source link

Grubhub had been using the robots to deliver food on campus at Ohio State since August. The company launched robot delivery at the University of Arizona last November. The company says it was doing 1,000 deliveries a day between the two campuses. Yandex is Russia’s largest internet search and ride-hailing company. Toby Snuggs, head of sales for the Yandex Self-Driving Group, confirmed the split with Grubhub and said the robots will be sent to other locations outside the… Source link