Amazon is on edge over Alabama union vote

For more than two decades, Amazon has bulldozed over bricks-and-mortar businesses, hired and churned through vast numbers of workers and even pitted cities against each other to bid for its second headquarters, all in service to its seemingly bottomless thirst for growth and satisfying customers. Its dominance was only further cemented in the last year by the pandemic, as households across the country leaned on the company for deliveries.

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“We’re en route in a grand theft auto golf cart to the Capitol building right now.”

Two more members of the Oath Keepers are added to the government’s conspiracy case, and their conversations while riding to the riot scene are detailed in a new indictment.

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An Alleged Capitol Rioter Threatened To Lynch A Cop. He Lost His Effort To Get Out Of Jail.

Garret Miller also tweeted “Assassinate AOC” after the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Warning: This article contains graphic racist language.)

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Four People — Including A Child — Were Killed In A Mass Shooting In California

It comes on the heels of mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado in the last two weeks.

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Taiwan's TSMC is pouring $100 billion into chipmaking over the next three years

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest contract chipmaker, announced Thursday that it expects to pour $100 billion into advanced chips over the next three years to keep up with rising demand.

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Why a space probe is using powdered bones as sunscreen

Dublin-based ENBIO created a coating from burnt bones, allowing ESA's Solar Orbiter probe to withstand temperatures hot enough to melt lead.

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Microsoft earns contract worth up to $21.9 billion to make AR devices for the US Army

Microsoft has scored another major government contract, this time to produce augmented reality devices for the US Army.

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A Judge Ruled Trump’s Campaign Can’t Enforce An Ex-Staffer’s “Unduly Burdensome” Nondisclosure Agreement

The decision keeps alive a legal fight that could end up voiding all NDAs signed by staffers who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign.

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Apple will no longer make Siri's voice female by default

Apple's Siri will soon stop defaulting to a female-sounding voice.

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Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Inches Toward A Green New Deal. Progressives Said It’s Not Enough.

“I think it’s a step towards our vision of a Green New Deal,” an activist from the Sunrise Movement said. They just think it falls far short.

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