Technology
Tech companies urge U.S. to let the kids of visa holders stay past the age of 21
Muthumalla Dhandapani, an Indian immigrant with an H1-B visa and a Comcast employee in Sunnyvale, protests President Trump’s immigration orders in 2017. Santiago Mejia | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images A coalition of tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise policies for children of high-skilled […]
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches Twitter bots probe after Musk’s public complaints
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Texas […]
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Bitcoin rises after snapping longest-ever losing streak as investors seek a market bottom
A young woman walks past a Bitcoin symbol in the window of a company that offers blockchain application services. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Bitcoin rose over the weekend as cryptocurrency investors continue to look for a bottom following a rough six months of selling. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap […]
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Amazon sellers reject efforts by an executive to rally their opposition to Big Tech antitrust bill
Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is so concerned about potential antitrust reforms swirling through Congress that a senior executive recently tried lobbying third-party sellers on an online forum that […]
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Lawmaker who wrote New York crypto mining bill explains: ‘It’s not a ban’
Bitcoin offices in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 11, 2022. Umit Turhan Coskun/NurPhoto via Getty Images New York State Assemblymember Anna Kelles is tired of all the fear-mongering about the bill she wrote — and sponsored — to place a two-year moratorium on certain types of new cryptocurrency mines in the state. The fate of the […]
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Deepak Chopra: Crypto is in crisis, but investors need to focus on the long-term
It’s been a brutal stretch for the crypto market, and a hard time for cryptocurrency investors to keep their emotions in check. The sector’s market cap collapse was led by terraUSD, one of the most popular U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, which imploded virtually overnight. But bitcoin and ethereum, too, saw massive price declines from their recent […]
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Lawmakers are racing to pass tech antitrust reforms before midterms
U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chair Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) presides during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Capitol Police following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, one day before the anniversary of the attack in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters A […]
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New York lawmakers pass bill limiting Amazon’s use of worker productivity quotas in warehouses
A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images New York state lawmakers on Friday approved a bill targeting Amazon’s use of productivity quotas in warehouses, the latest sign that public […]
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More than 46,000 people have lost more than $1 billion to crypto scams since 2021, says FTC
The crypto market can be volatile, but it’s still attractive to young people who have “higher risk appetites,” said Chris Adam of SharpRank. Insta_photos | Istock | Getty Images More than 46,000 people say they lost over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the start of 2021, according to a report released by the […]
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Here’s the email Elon Musk sent all Tesla employees about 10% head count reduction
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an email to all employees at the electric vehicle maker on Friday that the company will cut 10% of salaried workers and will instead rely on more […]
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