Amazon is working to prevent the Alabama Warehouse Union election

 

Voting for the Alabama Warehouse Union election is set to take place on February 8 in Amazon's Basemar. But Amazon Inc. has already applied to the National Labor Relations Board to suspend it.

The petition, filed in writing on January 21, seeks to reconsider the previous board's decision and postpone the election in view of the Covid 19 situation.

For the first time since 2014, Amazon's union election in the United States was scheduled to begin in early February. The counting of votes by mail was scheduled to begin in March.

Amazon, the second largest private online retail giant in the United States after Walmart Inc., has long avoided the union. Simultaneously trained managers to identify organizational activities.

The company is now complaining that there are several loopholes in the Labor Board's rules. Mistakes of the acting regional director and will create opportunities to hinder the development of the mail-ballot.

However, the union did not comment on the matter.

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Uber laid off 15 percent of Postmates' staff

 

About 185 employees of Uber-owned postmates have been laid off, accounting for about 15 percent of the company's total workforce. Uber has admitted to the New York Times that most executives, including the founder and CEO, are leaving the company.

It is learned that many more workers will be laid off in the coming months as the contracts of many have expired and others have been forced to quit their jobs.

Uber made the decision following Postmats' merger with Uber's Eats platform following its recent acquisition. Although PostMates will be operated as a separate app, it will use Uber It's technology.

In the current situation, Uber's pruning process is not surprising at all. In addition, Uber has been implementing various plans to reduce their costs since the epidemic began. Uber recently sold its own self-driving car and flying taxi division at an unexpected price.

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Samsung will invest 10 billion to make the 3 nanometer chip

 

Samsung's semiconductor manufacturing division plans to invest about 10 billion in Texas, where 3-nanometer chips will be made. This information was given by GSM Arena quoting a Chinese media.

The Texas plant will be the world's most advanced chip-making plant. And as a place, Texas will help Samsung capture more customers in the United States. At the same time, it will help Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC compete.

Samsung's plan is still in its infancy. Construction will begin this year. The installation of the main parts will start from 2022. All in all, the factory will take 2023 to come into production.

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Hashtag landing page launches on YouTube

 

Twitter and Instagram have made the hashtag the most popular. So nowadays hashtags are one of the most permanent ways to navigate a topic on different platforms. But YouTube has never made it so important. Eventually, they also realized!

This week Google launched a landing page for sorting videos using metadata tags. By clicking on any hashtag, the videos of that hashtag can be easily viewed through this feature.

The hashtag button will usually appear below the video description, but some video creators will also be able to show it above. The feature can also be used by typing the URL directly (www.youtube.com/hashtag/yourterm). It may also be possible to search for pages using this feature. However, a spokesman for YouTube said that it may come in the coming days.

New and popular videos can be easily found through hashtags. Currently, YouTube is showing the highlighted videos on the hashtag page.

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Intel's growth on cheap notebooks is 33 percent

 

As we already know, 2020 was one of the best years for the personal computer business. Intel's fourth-quarter report found further confirmation of the matter. Compared to the previous year, Intel's PC business has grown by 33 percent in 2020.

According to the report, the income of the notebook business alone has increased by 30 percent. Intel's client computing group earned 10.9 billion in the fourth quarter, up 9 percent from the same period last year.

And Intel's cheap notebook has worked behind this success. In the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic, the price of Intel notebooks has dropped by about 15 percent, so consumers have also taken a leap.

In addition to the PC business, Intel's Mobile self-driving technology division also saw a 39 percent increase in revenue. Through which the revenue has exceeded the expected 2.6 billion dollars in October. The company's total revenue in the fourth quarter was 20 billion, of which profit was 5.9 billion.

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Amazon ready to supply 100 million Corona vaccines in 100 days

 

Amazon has written to President Joe Biden seeking the full support of the US government in providing the Covid 19 vaccine.

Amazon chief executive Dave Clark sent the letter on Wednesday, according to Reuters San Francisco correspondent Jeffrey Dustin.

In the letter to President Biden, Clark wrote that Amazon is ready to help you reach the goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration.

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The design of the MacBook Pro is changing

 

Last November, Apple added a new powerful M1 chip to their MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, but not much else. In terms of performance, the new MacBook did not make much of a splash in terms of design. However, from the leaked information, it is known that big changes are coming.

According to a report published in Bloomberg, the design of the MacBook Pro is changing in 2021. There are also two major changes coming to the store. This information was given by Bloomberg quoting reliable sources.

According to Bloomberg, the touch bar will be dropped from the MacBook Pro in 2021. Apple released this touch bar feature in 2016. However, it is being dropped as it has not gained much popularity. However, the magnetic MagSafe charging port may return.

Since no comment has been received from Apple yet, it remains to be seen what will really change.

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Xiaomi on the US blacklist

 

After Huawei, the Trump administration has turned its attention to Xiaomi, another top Chinese smartphone maker. On Thursday, the Trump administration blacklisted nine companies, including Xiaomi, for consideration related to China's military.

Xiaomi is currently the third-largest smartphone maker in the world. As a result of the special blacklisting in the United States, no investor in the country will be able to invest in the Chinese company. Even if one has an investment in the nine listed companies, it has to be withdrawn by November 11 this year.

Surprisingly, so far the Trump administration has not presented any evidence that Xiaomi or any other company is involved with the Chinese military. This new list has been published secretly all of a sudden.

Earlier, the administration blacklisted more than 60 companies in the telecommunications and semiconductor sectors, including Huawei and SMIC. That list includes DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer.

However, companies can import technology from the United States without a license. However, many are hoping that the Biden administration's orders will be revoked on January 20. Still just looking at what is in the foreheads of companies!

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Trump is also banned on YouTube

After Facebook and Twitter, Donald Trump was also banned on YouTube. Trump will not be able to upload videos and live streaming from his channel for at least a week.

The decision was made after the channel took a strike, according to Google-owned YouTube. Prohibition time may increase.

Local time on Tuesday evening before the shutdown, President Trump posted several videos, some of which are still online.

However, a spokesman for YouTube told CNN Business that a video from Trump's channel had provoked violence. Without giving details of the video, YouTube says it has already been removed.

In a statement, YouTube said, "We found that a special video from Trump's YouTube account was provocative. That's why we removed the video. Action has since been taken against the account for breach of policy. According to our strike system, new videos cannot be uploaded or live-streamed for seven days at this time. This period may be extended further.

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Mozilla VPN is (Finally) Available on Mac & Linux

 

Mozilla VPN is finally open to Mac and Linux operating systems. Apparently customers in six countries will be able to use it.

In 2019, Firefox unveiled a private network extension. Mozilla VPN for Windows and Android was launched in July after improving it and bringing it to beta. Later it was also released for iOS version.

Currently VPNT is available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. It will soon be available in other countries, Mozilla said.

VPNT can be used on a maximum of 5 devices with a 5 subscription fee per month. As a result, a user can use VPN on his phone, tablet, computer and even a Linux powered PC.

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'Ice Robot' is coming

 

A few days ago we learned about making drones with pineapple leaves. And this time it was known about the robot made of ice.

This 'ice robot' was created by a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Grap Lab. This robot capable of reconstructing itself will be sent to space missions.

Details of the robot were unveiled at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). It is reported that since ice will be found in all galaxies, these ice robots will be able to repair themselves. Automatic configuration feature has been added to the robot. Replica robots can also be made easily.

The ice robot weighs only 7.3 kilograms. Can move comfortably if not melted at room temperature.

Researchers are very optimistic about this ice robot. Devin Carroll, a member of the research team, told IEEE Spectrum that he and his co-inventor Mark Yim invented the ice robot with the intention of building a robotic system operated from remotely available material in remote or hostile environments.

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Taiwan will make Chinese cars

 

Foxconn has signed a deal with Byton, a Chinese company that makes electric cars. Byton, Foxconn and Nanjing Development Zone signed an agreement on Monday to jointly produce Byton's M-Byte SUV in the first quarter of 2022.

Through the agreement, the Taiwanese company will allow Byton to use its own expertise in advanced manufacturing technology, activities management experience in the production of the first car, as well as the knowledge and resources acquired in this sector.

Foxconn unveiled a set of tools last year, according to CNBC. With this tool, car manufacturers will be able to design large parts for electric vehicles. The Taiwanese company will later produce these parts. In addition to car chassis, this tool also contains software.

Foxconn is already working to supply products to Tesla and several other carmakers.

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