Amazon responded to reports Monday that some employees at the company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle plan to walk off the job to protest recent actions at the company, including layoffs… Read More
Amazon is probably not smiling this morning about an apparent protest movement started by a driver who is placing cardboard boxes upside down during deliveries to make it look like… Read More
Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like! Those chants kicked off a rally Saturday that started at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, where around 100 people… Read More
Amazon customers living in and around the protest area in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood are having trouble getting their orders delivered. Originally called the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” or “CHAZ,”… Read More
Microsoft has long cast itself as a moral authority on facial recognition, calling for federal regulation of the technology and pledging not to sell it to police. But emails obtained… Read More
Microsoft pledged not to sell facial recognition software to police on Thursday, following similar announcements from Amazon and IBM that reflect the growing scrutiny of law enforcement technology in the… Read More
“Undoing years of institutionalized oppression will take years. But it’s work worth doing.” “The creation of a more just world requires us to be loudly, unceasingly anti-racist.” “I am committed… Read More
Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response to the outrage and protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/yI4MYEDz4C — Amazon (@amazon) May 31, 2020… Read More
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Protestors made their return to Amazon’s shareholders meeting in Seattle, this year asking the tech giant to create more oversight on its CEO Jeff Bezos, among other requests. Amazon hosted… Read More
A one day protest aimed at calling out Twitter and bringing attention to the way women are treated on the social media platform attracted mixed responses on Friday. The #womenboycotttwitter… Read More
A handful of self-described supporters of President Donald Trump converged on Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood Wednesday to call for the removal of a statue of Russian Communist revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin that… Read More
On a windy Wednesday afternoon, a modest group of about 60 Seattle tech workers gathered downtown to promote diversity and protest President Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown. “There’s a lot of… Read More
We knew it was too good to be true almost instantly. The crinkled red paper, the low-resolution type, and the Amazon logo all reeked more of an ambiguous protest statement… Read More
A twenty-something tech worker who took to Medium to complain about her pay has become something of a cause celebre on the social networks. A woman who goes by the… Read More
More than 100 protesters gathered outside of Amazon’s annual meeting in Seattle this morning to call on executives to address issues including affordable housing and workers’ rights amid the company’s… Read More
One week after launching his one-man protest at Amazon headquarters in Seattle, former Amazon employee Kivin Varghese is still at it, trying to bring attention to his allegations of unethical and deceptive… Read More
Uber is already battling the Seattle City Council over laws and regulations allowing the operation of its business. Now, though, it looks like the transportation company has a new opponent in… Read More
Another day, another protest against a Seattle tech titan. Tuesday’s protest included a blockade of the South Lake Union Streetcar, with activists holding a banner that read: CIAmazon. That was in… Read More
Yes, kids, there was a time when Wikipedia didn’t exist, and it looks like we’re going to be transported back to it on Wednesday, courtesy a 24-hour blackout of the… Read More