January, 2022

• 27 January

  Labor regulator accuses Amazon of intimidation as union drives move forward

  

  Amazon interrogated and surveilled warehouse workers in Staten Island, where some workers are seeking to form a union, prosecutors for the National Labor Relations Board said in a complaint Wednesday. The allegations come one day after the agency said the warehouse workers have collected enough signatures to move forward with a union election.  According to …

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• 27 January

  HBO Max has some changes to make before it can match Netflix

  

  HBO Max joined the streaming service wars in 2020, and it’s already gained a lot of momentum for a new service. Together, HBO and HBO Max have over 73.8 million subscribers, according to the New York Times. However, streaming giant Netflix still casts a mighty shadow over its competitors with over 200 million subscribers.  HBO Max might have a fraction …

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• 27 January

  TikTok says it wants to educate users about the Holocaust and antisemitism

  

  TikTok said Thursday that it’s trying to make it easier for people to find credible information about the Holocaust, the Jewish community and antisemitism on the short-form video app. TikTok said that in the coming months it will start displaying a banner at the bottom of videos about the Holocaust that directs people to credible information about the genocide.  TikTok …

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• 27 January

  Got an old coat to donate? Uber will pick it up for free

  

  For the next three days, donating a coat is as easy as calling an Uber. Uber Connect, the rideshare company’s same-day delivery service, is offering to help people donate gently used coats to the Salvation Army. Uber says it will pick up the coats and pay for up to $25 of the trip to a participating Salvation Army location. The …

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• 27 January

  Get these top budget earbuds for only $27

  

  The Soundpeats T3 buds have two things going for them, aside from their modest price tag: They sound decent and work well for making calls, with very good noise reduction. They’re also comfortable to wear and have both active noise canceling and a transparency mode. The noise canceling is only OK, not great (same goes for the transparency mode), but …

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• 27 January

  Huawei’s flagship P50 Pro is the best phone you definitely shouldn’t buy

  

  Huawei’s flagship P50 Pro actually launched last year in China, but it’s finally arrived in the UK and wider Europe. It will not be on sale in the US due to the ongoing restrictions imposed by the US government. And it’s those same restrictions that make this phone so problematic. There are no Google services for one thing, meaning no …

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• 27 January

  Apple will reportedly let your iPhone turn into a payment terminal

  

  Apple is developing a new service that effectively turns your iPhone into a payment terminal. This will allow businesses to accept payments directly onto an iPhone without any additional hardware, according to a Bloomberg report published Thursday. The feature has been anticipated since Apple’s acquisition of Canadian start-up Mobeewave for $100 million in 2020. The  startup is credited for developing …

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• 27 January

  Apple’s iPhone 13 leads to company’s largest revenue and profit in history, despite parts shortages

  

  Apple’s iPhone marked its 15th year on the market with its strongest sales ever, helping push the tech giant’s sales and profits to all-time highs despite the continued spread of the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain constraints. The demand for Apple’s smartphone, in a line ranging from the $699 iPhone 13 Mini to the $1,099 iPhone 13 Pro Max, was so high during …

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• 27 January

  Apple may reveal its biggest quarter ever after iPhone 13, AirPods 3 and MacBook Pro launches

  

  Ever since Apple‘s value blew past a trillion dollars a few years ago, analysts and tech industry experts alike have frequently wondered aloud, “How much larger can it get?” We’ll get an answer Thursday, when Apple announces its fiscal first-quarter sales and tells us how many iPhones, Macs and other products it sold during the holiday shopping season. Apple has …

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• 27 January

  9 settings to change on your new Apple Watch

  

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