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  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Special ReportThe Future of Cities
    San Francisco’s battle to bring a digital city back to real life

    How can the tech hub entice remote workers to return downtown after the pandemic?

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Ecommerce
    Shopify makes B2B push in attempt to regain momentum

    Canadian ecommerce company tries to jump-start growth as pandemic bump fades and threat from Amazon rises

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Ecommerce
    DoorDash teams up with grocer Loblaw as ultrafast delivery rivalry heats up

    US company’s expanding warehouse ambitions puts it head to head with Instacart

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
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    Apple store workers in Maryland win vote to form company’s first US union

    Victory follows organised labour drives at Amazon, Starbucks and Google parent Alphabet

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
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    How Big Tech chokes innovation and how building a ‘second brain’ can ease chaotic minds

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
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    Despite job cuts and slowing growth in some parts of the sector, recruiters say others are holding firm

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
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    Ecommerce veteran who helped shape enormous supply chain operations had announced departure last week

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
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    Amazon’s consumer business chief Dave Clark steps down

    One of the company’s longest-serving executives has been credited with building its sprawling logistics network

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
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    Grief turns to anger in Uvalde in aftermath of school shooting

    Texas town infuriated by slow police response and questions ease with which gunman obtained weapons

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
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    A virtual office in the metaverse is being touted as the future of work

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Airbnb Inc
    Airbnb gives up on China as zero-Covid policy crushes tourism

    Rental company abandons push to compete in local market and shifts focus to overseas trips

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Amazon.com
    Amazon shareholders to challenge on pay, tax and working conditions

    Proposals at this week’s AGM will be test of leadership for new chief Andy Jassy

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber adds charter buses to its US transport roster

    Ride-hailing business seeks new paths to meet rider demand in its ambition to build a ‘superapp’

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
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    Tech groups cut jobs and risk-taking in new reality of market rout

    Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta have collectively seen $2.1tn wiped off their market capitalisations

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Instacart Inc
    Grocery delivery app Instacart submits confidential filing to go public

    Company lays groundwork for future listing after cutting valuation to $24bn in rocky tech market

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Airbnb Inc
    Airbnb wants to take tourists to places they never knew existed

    Company makes ‘biggest change in a decade’ in effort to ensure peak season is unaffected by supply issues

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
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    ‘Union drip’ shows how the American labour movement is changing

    The sartorial swagger of the man organising workers at an Amazon facility is a sign of the times

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
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    Amazon union dealt a setback as it loses vote at second NY warehouse

    Upstart group had hoped to capitalise on momentum from historic win at nearby facility

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
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    Tweets attacking social media company’s leaders signal bigger changes to come following Tesla chief’s $44bn takeover

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
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    Amazon earnings weighed down by falling sales and high costs

    Company says push to expand during pandemic left it ‘overstaffed’ and predicts more sluggish growth

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
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    Facebook parent Meta’s shares rally despite slowing revenue growth

    Earnings reflect headwinds including increasing competition and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
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    Tesla billionaire has won over the board with his takeover offer but his intentions for the social media platform are unclear

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    The technology of vaccine verification is assisting our return to normal life but at what cost?

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
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    Dave Limp: Amazon’s focus is on the real world, not the metaverse

    In our third Tech Exchange interview, the man responsible for the Alexa virtual assistant and Astro robot explains how ‘ambient computing’ can enhance the real world — rather than creating a virtual one

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Amazon.com
    Amazon criticised over charity work scheme for injured warehouse staff

    Company accused of using US community programme to mask safety crisis

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