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by Wolf Richter, Wolf Street: It still bought Tesla though, which is down by 52%. It took massive losses. And it’s got a bunch of Imploded Stocks. The Swiss National Bank has spent years creating Swiss francs, buying dollars, euros, and other currencies with those francs, and then buying assets denominated in those currencies – […]

By Drago Bosnic | November 1, 2022 In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the United States effectively became a police state. Government control and direct surveillance, the legality of which remains questionable at best, has been the norm ever since. With the advent of new technologies and the expansion of the so-called Big Tech […]

With new technology, people always argue it’s fine at first. Like Roomba for instance. People thought it was just a vacuum robot. It wasn’t up to anything, right?
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Privacy is violated as people can be monitored while walking through a neighborhood. Ring keeps detailed records, including every doorbell press and each motion the camera detects, and stores the information. Ring can record audio and conversations up to 20 feet away.

Critics pointed out that Amazon's other products are also collecting data, including Alexa, which listens to you all day long, Ring watches your front door all day long, OneMedical knows all your secrets, and more. Remember, Amazon has a frightening partnership with the Central Intelligence Agency.

While just over a year old, Google and Amazon have not addressed the Workers Against Nimbus and #NoTechForApartheid campaigns publicly, but the activist network has had success in cutting the corporations’ power —  even if only slightly.
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Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. …is a recession good for the planet? Technically from last week, but more than worthy of note, the Independent headlines that: Europe and China …

21WIRE | 'Woke' companies are already offering 'abortion benefits' to any current and future employees.

Amazon has taken another step back to normality as it axes its paid time-off policy for employees with Covid, an announcement that coincides with the company recording a first quarter loss.
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“We are anonymous because we fear retaliation.” This text was part of a letter signed by 500 Google employees last October, in which they decried their company’s direct support for the Israeli government and military. In their letter, the signatories protested a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Israeli government […]