• California is trying again to extend unemployment benefits to workers on strike

    Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike. Under Senate Bill 1116, introduced by State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) and State Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), California workers would be eligible to receive unemployment benefits after being on strike for 14 days. "No one goes on strike because they want to go on strike," Portantino said at a news conference...

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    Tesla lays off more than 3,300 California workers, mostly in Bay Area

    Tesla’s massive, companywide layoff round is set to slam California, with 3,332 workers across four cities losing their jobs in June. The Elon Musk-led automaker revealed the timing and scope of the layoffs in WARN filings with California on Monday; such documentation is required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act in the event of mass layoffs. Tesla’s cuts are hitting its Fremont locations hardest, with 2,267 layoffs across a dozen job sites. More than 1,400 of them are...

  • California cops, firefighters, and utility workers are earning up to $800k a year in overtime pay

    Frontline workers in California have earned millions since 2019. Watchdogs have slammed local government for spending billions. One fire captain earned $169,764 in 2022, but racked up $502,681 in overtime. READ MORE:

  • Sainsbury’s worker sacked after not paying for 30p bags for life during £30 shop

    The Sainsbury’s employee was sacked after working at the London supermarket for nearly 20 years

  • Apple @ Work: Over 52% of workers try to memorize and reuse the same password across multiple apps at work

    Apple @ Work is brought to you by Kolide by 1Password, the device trust solution that ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. Close the Zero Trust access gap for Okta. Learn more or watch the demo. World Password Day is coming on May 2, 2024, and Bitwarden is releasing its 4th annual survey looking at how password management has evolved. The company surveyed 2,400 people from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, and Japan to explore...

  • 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...

  • Sainsbury's worker is sacked for pressing the 'zero bags used' button and taking bags for life at the end of a night shift after working at the supermarket for 20 years

    Niamke Doffou selected the 'zero bags used' option on the self-service checkout as he packed up his £30 shop at the end of a night shift at Romford Sainsbury's Superstore. (File Image)

  • Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation

    There appears to be an increasingly widespread Apple ID outage of some sort impacting users tonight. A number of people on social media say that they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on Friday evening and forced to reset their password before logging back in more

  • ‘Games are more important to Apple than ever’: what’s next for Apple Arcade?

    The head of the company’s gaming subscription service explains its priorities as it anticipates the Vision Pro revolution, and tries to bring originality to a market still dominated by free to play mobile titlesWhen Apple launched its games subscription service, Arcade, in September 2019, it drew a huge amount of attention – as with everything the company does. Offering 100 premium (ie, not ad-infested) mobile games for a monthly subscription fee of £4.99/$4.99 (now £6.99), and the promise of...

  • Today in Apple history: Apple teams with Volkswagen for iBeetle car

    On April 22, 2013, the iBeetle arrived. A collaboration between Cupertino and Volkswagen produced a car "stylistically linked" to Apple (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

  • Apple starts replacing titanium Apple Cards from original 2019 batch

    Apple has begun notifying users of the first-generation titanium Apple Card rolled out in 2019 about its upcoming expiration and replacement. Apple to recycle old titanium cards as replacements are issued The first physical Apple Cards are nearing expiration in July 2024 for those who signed up for the service in 2019. The cards are known for their unique design and absence of traditional card numbers, which Apple bills as a privacy feature. In an ongoing email campaign to its...

  • 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...