Month: April 2021
Unionizing Amazon warehouses was never going to be easy
For more than a year, a group of workers in Bessemer, Alabama have campaigned to unionize their warehouse under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), hoping to force the retail giant to collectively bargain with its warehouse workers for the first time. On Friday, those hopes came to…
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The week in NFTs, ranked
It’s another day in 2021, and so of course it’s another day where someone, somewhere is launching an NFT in hopes of making a ton of easy money. This week’s NFT launches were headlined by some big names — M.I.A., Tfue, Spike Jonze — and collectively posed the question: can…
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For many, COVID-19 vaccines come with a side of side effects
Getting a COVID-19 vaccine comes with a lot of benefits. There’s the protection against a world-altering virus, the ability to travel more safely, and hanging out in people’s houses again. There are also doughnuts. But there’s also a pretty good chance that a vaccine will be accompanied by a few…
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This Week in Apps: Facebook’s other Clubhouse rival, Apple details ATT, App Store trial nears
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion…
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Check, Please is the feel-good queer hockey / baking comic you didn’t know you needed
Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This biweekly Verge column recommends comic series new and old, whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer. Comics can be pretty…
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16 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for the Mom You’ve Been Missing
Brunch may still be out of the question, but you can send your ma the best sweatpants ever made. Source
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