On Cyber Monday, a federal labor official threw out the results of a union vote at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. Amazon workers at the warehouse rejected union representation in April, but Monday’s ruling orders that result be set aside and a new election be held, an unusual outcome in a union drive. The Retail, Wholesale …

Amazon has relinquished more than $61 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission that it withheld tips from over 140,000 of it Amazon Flex drivers for more than two years. And now the agency is sending the settlement money to the drivers, the FTC announced Tuesday.  The FTC alleged in a lawsuit it filed earlier this year that Amazon …

Netflix on Friday said it has fired an employee for leaking internal information to the press about Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up comedy special, The Closer.  The employee, who hasn’t been named, was a leader of a trans employee resource group and was helping organize a walkout on Oct. 20 in protest of the company’s handling of the Chappelle special, according …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is updating privacy features in Mail, Siri and access granted to third-party apps, the company said Monday at its annual WWDC developer conference. The features give users more information about what data third parties are collecting from their iPhones or iPads and in some cases …

Android malware is often deceptive. A mobile app called Ads Blocker, for example, promised to remove pesky ads from your phone, which sometimes pop up to cover your screen just when you’re about to access something important. But people quickly found the app was nothing less than malware that served up more ads, according to security researchers. It’s just one …

Amazon has stripped dozens of listings for popular accessories makers like Aukey and Mpow from its online store amid published reports potentially tying the companies to a scam that involved paying users for positive reviews of their products. The companies make chargers, battery packs, cables, headphones and other accessories designed to work with smartphones and other portable gadgets. Searching for …

The Magic Keyboard works with Apple’s new M1-powered iPads, and it also comes in a new color: white. The new hue was featured briefly as Apple announced updates to its iMac desktops and iPad tablets at its Spring Loaded event Tuesday. Apple has steadily rolled out accessories for the iPad since the device’s debut in 2010, and they tend to come with …

A new app from Facebook’s New Product Experimentation team lets you perform a rap over a studio-recorded beat. Called Bars, the app lets you share videos of your raps with your followers, post to another social media account, or just save to your phone. Bars launched Friday and currently has a waiting list for its beta trial. The new app, …

When senators convene at the US Capitol for former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, they’ll sit in the same place from which insurrectionists livestreamed their Jan. 6 invasion of the heart of American democracy. Many in the mob, which overwhelmed police and forced lawmakers to flee, said they’d been invited by the president. Others said they needed to “stop the …

Texas real estate agent Jenna Ryan can’t accept donations on PayPal anymore, the payment processing giant said Thursday. PayPal closed her account after she made a plea online for funds to help pay for her legal costs and other losses stemming from charges filed against her for participating in the US Capitol riots on Jan. 6. Raising legal defense funds …