Enlarge / Modern warehouse work sometimes unfolds within million-square-foot buildings, which some labor organizers say can make bathroom breaks “logistically impossible.” Jane Barlow | Getty Images reader comments 109 with 68 posters participating Share this story Warehouse workers in California are one step closer to being able to pee in peace. Yesterday, the state Senate ..
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reader comments 146 with 76 posters participating Share this story President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions will face a critical test on Monday as a major portion of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill comes up for a vote. If it passes, the sprawling legislation will push the American economy to rein in its carbon emissions by ..
Enlarge / US and Texas flags flying outside the Texas State Capitol building in Austin. Getty Images | PA Thompson reader comments 334 with 158 posters participating Share this story Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday signed a ban on social media “censorship” into law, imposing new restrictions on tech companies that are certain to spark ..
Enlarge / Amazon UK warehouse at Leeds Distribution Park on May 27, 2021, in Leeds, England. Getty Images | Nathan Stirk reader comments 109 with 79 posters participating Share this story On Thursday, SpaceX called Amazon’s latest protest against Starlink plans an irrelevant “diatribe” that should be ignored by the Federal Communications Commission. “Another week, ..
Enlarge / Adriana Ramirez packs items into envelopes at Amazon’s Fulfillment Center on March 19, 2019, in Thornton, Colorado. The facility, which opened in July of 2018, is 855,000 square feet and employs over 1,500 people. reader comments 201 with 115 posters participating, including story author Share this story As Amazon struggles to staff its ..
Enlarge / Los Angeles Police Department officers patrol Union Station on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. reader comments 135 with 88 posters participating Share this story The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) instructs officers to collect social media account information and email addresses when they interview people they have detained, according to documents obtained by the ..
Enlarge / Discarded plastic bottles made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) are bundled at a recycling center. reader comments 157 with 92 posters participating Share this story The recycling symbol—those three arrows stamped on myriad plastic items—doesn’t mean what most people think it does, and a California bill wants to change that. The California Legislature passed ..
Enlarge / Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes collects her belongings after going through security at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building with her defense team on August 31, 2021 in San Jose, California. Ethan Swope | Getty Images reader comments 23 with 22 posters participating Share this story Elizabeth Holmes’ failure to make her blood-testing technology ..
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of low Earth-orbit satellites like those launched by SpaceX and OneWeb. reader comments 113 with 81 posters participating Share this story In the ongoing battle between the two companies, Amazon fired back at SpaceX today at the Federal Communications Commission, claiming that the Starlink operator refuses to obey the rules and that it launches ..
reader comments 144 with 52 posters participating Share this story The US Securities and Exchange Commission has warned that it will sue Coinbase if it launches a new digital asset lending product and also issued subpoenas to the cryptocurrency trading platform to provide it with more information, according to executives. Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s chief legal ..
