Latest articles Friday March 5, 2021

1. Featured Story: Amazon’s union campaign is succeeding where other unions failed

   Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are currently voting by mail on whether or not to form a union. Their campaign against one of the world's most powerful -- and most anti-union -- corporations has captured public imagination, and inspired young activists, in a way that hasn't happened in almost a century.

   By John Logan

1. What I found out when I blocked apps from tracking my iPhone for one week

   When Apple made an appearance at the CES tech conference in Las Vegas in 2019, they also put up a sign. It wasn’t a billboard, as many news outlets claimed, but a 13-story Apple ad plastered onto the side of a hotel. It had one message: “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone”.

   By Rob Sturgeon

   From the Privacy desk