Amazon accused of using charity work scheme to conceal warehouse incident rates

Post Views: 199 Participants in the Community Together program are sent to charities like Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity to do whatever work they're capable of with their injuries. Over 10,000 workers have been placed at non-profits since it the program launched in 2016, but Amazon had to scale back its operations during the…

HBO and HBO Max gained 3 million subscribers before splitting from AT&T

Post Views: 185 The lion's share of new HBO/HBO Max subs were in the US (1.8 mllion), and the services now count 48.6 million subscribers domestically and 76.8 million worldwide. That's up 12.8 million over last year, showing solid growth. (HBO Max costs $15 per month ad-free or $10 with ads, and HBO on cable…

The Large Hadron Collider is smashing protons again after a three-year hiatus

Post Views: 203 It's just a start, however: The beams contained a relatively small number of protons and circulated at 450 billion electronvolts. The LHC team will ramp up the energy and intensity of the beams until the accelerator can perform collisions at a record energy of 13.6 trillion electronvolts. Mike Lamont, CERN's Director for…

What we bought: How a portable monitor made working from home a lot easier

Post Views: 186 Even for someone like me who likes working from home, the pandemic has made things a challenge – especially in my small 1,000 square-foot two-bedroom apartment. You see, when my wife and I welcomed our first child last year, dedicated working spaces became scarce. So I addressed the situation the best way…

Paradox outlines a revenue-sharing plan for Vampire: The Masquerade fan games

Post Views: 181 Developers need to get their games approved by Paradox and can only offer them through the Itch.io storefront. They can charge for their creations if they want, but they'll need to give Paradox a 33 percent cut of revenue. It's neat to see a publisher and transmedia brand approve fan-made games. The…

Energy Department challenges students to wring more efficiency from EVs

Post Views: 189 EcoCAR kicks off this fall. The American universities are spread across the country and include major institutions like Ohio State University, the University of California Riverside and Virginia Tech. Canada's McMaster University and the University of Waterloo (BlackBerry's home turf) will also take part. source

OnlyFans temporarily halts services for Russian creators

Post Views: 194 But now even tighter payment restrictions appears to have forced OnlyFans’ hand. “OnlyFans is a creator first business. Over the past few months we have explored several options to continue providing our services to creators impacted by the Russia / Ukraine war. However, due to a further tightening of payment restrictions to…

Teenage Engineering's tiny handheld TX-6 mixer offers an instrument tuner

Post Views: 196 You can control the the TX-6 over USB-C through external MIDI devices or iOS hardware. You'll also find six stereo inputs, two outputs, a headphone jack and Bluetooth. While the display is unsurprisingly a very small 48×64 monochrome panel, that sacrifice might be worthwhile when Teenage Engineering claims you'll eke out eight…