• WPXI

    UPMC to layoff at least 1,000 people, cites ongoing post-pandemic challenges

    PITTSBURGH — UPMC confirms to Channel 11 that it will be laying off part of

  • California's $20 minimum wage is official. Now some fast-food workers say their hours are being cut

    Laura Reyes was in the middle of her shift as a cook at Burger King in San Jose, when she started feeling a sharp pain in her abdomen and lower back. As the day went on, Reyes started bleeding, and the pain became so severe that she felt like she might die. She had asked more than once if she could leave work, but her managers would not allow it. “I was really worried,” she told Fast Company through a translator. “In that moment, I didn’t know I was pregnant.” Reyes later found out that it...

  • First Physical Apple Cards Expiring Soon, Apple Shipping Out Replacements

    Apple today began informing early Apple Card customers that their physical titanium cards are set to expire this summer, with replacements to be sent in the near future. Customers who signed up for the ‌Apple Card‌ in August 2019, when the ‌Apple Card‌ launched, will be receiving the notice. It appears that the physical ‌Apple Card‌ is designed to last for five years before a replacement is sent out. Most of the ‌Apple Card‌'s functionality is digital, with options for rotating security...

  • Apple's FineWoven case and Apple Watch band lineup may have been cut short

    A new rumor claims that Apple has shut down the FineWoven production lines for good, possibly spelling the doom of the controversial accessory material. Apple's FineWoven iPhone case Apple put a big marketing push behind its leather alternative FineWoven. The material debuted during the iPhone 15 event, and looked good -- when brand new. It just never lived up to the hype. And now, Apple appears to be done with the material. In a post on X, accessory curator Kosutami posits that...

  • Two teens the first to be charged under new 'post and boast' laws after allegedly stealing luxury cars and posting videos online

    Teens are the first charged under radical new laws. Police vow to use 'post and boast' laws. READ MORE: Fresh details emerge after grandmother died when car ploughed through her home

  • Lauryn Goodman looks tense at first glance since posting a poorly timed parenting post as Kyle Walker welcomes his fourth son with wife Annie Kilner

    Lauryn Goodman looked tense as she was spotted for the first time since her ex Kyle Walker welcomed a fourth child with wife Annie Kilner. The 33-year-old TV personality stepped out in Sussex on Wednesday and looked tense as she took a call - while strangely holding another phone in her free hand. Hours earlier, she was on her phone to share a post that came at an inopportune time as Kyle and Annie confirmed the birth of their fourth child. On Tuesday, Lauryn gushed on Instagram about how...

  • First post: A history of online public messaging

    From BBS to Facebook, here's how messaging platforms have changed over the years.

    • ZDNet

    I found Apple Vision Pro unusable at first

    When the Apple Vision Pro was first announced, a select few in the press got a chance to test it out. While many gasped at the price, a prevailing theme was the sense of magic the device conveyed through its visual interface. To choose an item, you merely glance at it. To click on it, you simply bring your thumb to your forefinger. Also: I watched my favorite TV show on Apple Vision Pro and it was glorious, strange, and tiring Upon initial shipment in February, reviews followed a similar theme....

    • KPTV

    Nike to layoff 740 Portland area workers

    Nike has announced the layoff 740 workers at its headquarters in Oregon.

  • CEOs Got Raises As They Cut Workers’ Pay

    New data show the corporate pay gap is widening — now lawmakers are proposing a crackdown.

  • Tech layoffs: Google and Rivian both cut jobs

    The job cuts continue at Google and Rivian as both companies further trimmed their workforces Wednesday, part of a larger trend of layoffs in the tech industry this year. Google laid off an unspecified number of workers, though the cuts were not company-wide. The company classified them as a reorganization that was part of the normal course of business. Affected employees will be able to apply for internal roles. Google did not confirm or deny a report from Business Insider that teams in...

  • Argentinian workers condemn layoffs at National Library

    Buenos Aires, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) The General Secretary of the Argentinian State Workers Association Rodolfo Aguiar urged on Tuesday to defend the Mariano Moreno National Library and to continue the fight against layoffs in the public administration. The post Argentinian workers condemn layoffs at National Library first appeared on Prensa Latina.