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TIPFLATION: Workers at first unionized Apple store in Maryland want MANDATORY TIPPING at checkouts

May 17, 2023 -

According to the Daily Mail, workers at the Apple store at Maryland's Towson Town Center want the Cupertino, California-based tech giant to put in place an option for customers using their credit cards to tip staff. It added that the workers want either a custom tip amount or between three percent and five percent of the price of an item a customer buys. In other words, they want mandatory tipping at checkouts.

Putting the gratuity into perspective, a five percent ...

Apple announces LAYOFFS of more than 600 workers

16 days ago -

According to the Epoch Times, 614 employees across multiple Apple offices in Santa Clara, California will be impacted by the impending job cuts. "The company did not indicate which departments or projects the affected employees were associated with," it said.

Per Apple's filings under the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act posted by the California Employment Development Department, the company informed the employees of the layoffs on March 28....

Nike CLOSES flagship Portland store due to rampant THEFT

September 12, 2023 -

"Nike's commitment to supporting and uplifting Portland's North and Northeast community is unwavering," the company said in a statement – keep in mind that Nike is based out of Oregon, which makes this look really, really bad for the state.

"We are reimagining Nike's retail space, permanently closing our current location at 2650 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and considering future locations as part of this community's long term revitalization plan. True to our ...

Apple releases emergency software update after Pegasus spyware breach

September 13, 2023 -

The Canadian academic research group the Citizen Lab published a report saying it had uncovered a zero-day, zero-click exploit affecting Apple devices (iPhones, Macs and Apple Watches), which they linked to Israeli technology firm NSO – which has been blacklisted by the U.S. government since 2021 for alleged abuse.

The exploit called Forced Entry was discovered by researchers in March while examining the phone of a Saudi activist who had been hacked with NSO's Pegasus ...

South Korean convenience store rolling out vending machines that SELL GOLD

June 27, 2023 -

GS Retail, with nearly 14,000 branches all over South Korea, reported that it has already sold a total of $19 million worth of gold bars in the past nine months ending in May. The gold bars were introduced in September 2022 at five of its stores in five sizes, weighing between 0.13 ounces to 1.3 ounces.

"The most popular gold bar is the smallest, the 0.13-ounce one, which is currently priced at around $225," said one representative of GS Retail to UPI News Korea, who added ...

Unlabeled GMO salad greens coming to a grocery store near you

June 12, 2023 -

CRISPR, which stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat, was used to edit the DNA of mustard greens, removing a key gene that gives them their pungent flavor.

Set to first be rolled out at restaurants in the St. Louis and Springfield areas of Missouri, as well as in Massachusetts and the Minneapolis – St. Paul area, Conscious Greens Purple Power Baby Greens Blend will eventually be sold at grocery stores all across the United States, starting with ...

T-Mobile CLOSES DOWN flagship San Francisco store amid city’s chaos

May 10, 2023 -

According to the Post Millennial, T-Mobile closed its two-level flagship store at the upscale Union Square area back in April. An employee assigned to T-Mobile's Mission Street location attested to the closure, which left 17,000 square feet of retail space vacant.

A spokesperson for the telecom firm said in a statement to SFGATE that the closure of the Union Square location was part of an effort to reshape T-Mobile's retail strategy. The spokesperson added that affected ...

Apple bails out of EV market and shifts focus to AI

2 months ago -

The internal announcement was made on Feb. 27, shocking the nearly 2,000 employees involved in the project. The people who shared the news requested not to be identified because the announcement wasn’t public.

The decision was shared by Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams and Kevin Lynch, the vice president in charge of the project.

Williams and Lynch informed employees that the project will start winding down and that many employees on the car team will be ...

Apple starts to embrace artificial intelligence, installs AI-powered features in iPhones

June 22, 2023 -

For many years, the Cupertino, California-based tech giant has been quiet about AI. In fact, InfoWorld reported that during the Worldwide Developers Conference 2023, Apple CEO Tim Cook managed to talk for over two hours in a global keynote without mentioning AI.

But that is starting to change with AI-powered features and other updates being installed in iPhones. According to an article published in the Atlantic, the AI updates are to be rolled out using an incremental approach....

BAD APPLE: NYC shoplifting reports hit record levels for second straight year

May 31, 2023 -

New York City (NYC) has become a hotbed for shoplifting. The city has transformed into a haven for those inclined toward retail theft, and the local government can't stop them. 

According to an analysis of police data by the New York Post, reported shoplifting incidents reached the highest levels for the second consecutive year in 2022. The number of complaints related to shoplifting increased to over 63,000 last year, marking a 45 percent upsurge compared ...

Nike drops plan to reopen Portland community store, confirms its closure is PERMANENT

September 25, 2023 -

A statement from Nike earlier in September stated that its Nike Unite Factory Store in northeastern Portland will no longer reopen. It was originally slated to reopen on May 1 following an "indefinite hiatus" last year, prompted by a rise in shoplifting. Prior to its permanent closure, the store first opened in 1984 and transferred to its current location in 2000.

The sportswear giant closed the factory store, the first one in its history, in October 2022. While the ...

NYC distributing flyers to discourage illegals from heading to already-strained Big Apple

October 02, 2023 -

Local authorities announced the endeavor during a Sept. 27 press conference, adding that the flyers are written in both English and Spanish. A report by WPDE 15 said the flyers contain a list of warnings to border crossers entering the U.S. illegally.

The flyer began with a warning against "wrong information" coming from both social media and human traffickers. It then emphasized that the city's resources "have been exhausted" as a result of responding to the migrant ...

Convenience store chain accused of DISCRIMINATION for requiring applicants to have no criminal record

a day ago -

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced via an April 18 press release that it had filed a lawsuit against 24/7 convenience store chain Sheetz. It accused the company of having discriminatory hiring practices that targeted minority applicants.

The lawsuit filed in a federal court in the state of Maryland alleges that Sheetz has maintained a long-standing practice of screening all job applicants for records of criminal conviction, and then denying them employment ...

Jury finds Google guilty of turning app store and billing service into unlawful MONOPOLY

December 14, 2023 -

The jury delivered its verdict on Dec. 11, affirming the search engine giant's monopolistic control in app distribution and in-app billing services on the Android platform – itself a Google creation. According to jurors, Google's practices stifled competition and harmed Epic Games, the creator of the "Fortnite" game franchise.

The North Carolina-based Epic Games sued the California-based tech giant in the Epic v. Google lawsuit. The trial spanned over four weeks and ...

U.S. plans to file antitrust case against Apple for unfairly rigging iPhone’s market dominance

January 09, 2024 -

The lawsuit, which could be filed anytime during the first half of 2024, focuses on how Apple is using its control over its hardware and software to make it more difficult for consumers to leave and for rivals to compete.

Justice Department investigators are focusing on how Apple blocks non-Apple products from mixing with Apple tech while making the integration of Apple products with iPhone seamless.

Investigators are also focused on how Apple has blocked out ...

Updated Apple policy now requires search warrant to send customer data to law enforcement

December 27, 2023 -

According to Apple's updated guidelines, the company will only release customer data about push notifications with law enforcement "in response to a search warrant issued upon a showing of probable cause, or customer consent."

Apple previously accepted a subpoena to hand over customer data. The critical difference between the two is that a subpoena requires the company to act in response to a request for information.

On the other hand, a search warrant is more ...

Natural healing: A warming apple cider vinegar recipe that helps boost your immune health

December 20, 2023 -

This winter, you can also use apple cider vinegar to make a natural remedy that offers several health benefits, such as promoting digestive health and boosting your immune system.

Detailed below is a recipe from herbal medicine educator Erica Kuo, who shares that taking the apple cider vinegar mixture can help you boost your immune health this winter.Warming spicy apple cider vinegar recipe

Apple cider vinegar is made by fermenting apple juice. ACV is a popular ...

Medical company DocGo awarded $432M contract to bus illegals out of the Big Apple

August 01, 2023 -

The New York Times (NYT) expounded on this in a report, naming DocGo as the medical company at the center of the scheme. The company was contracted by Adams' office to transport illegals from Texas to other parts of New York state. Prior to this, DocGo had been providing services related to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) such as testing and vaccination to NYC.

"The city awarded DocGo a $432 million contract, which took effect in early May [2023], without subjecting ...

Health Ranger Store donates $155K+ to food banks to help feed and nourish hungry Americans

May 04, 2023 -

In the video below, the Health Ranger displays three pallets of boxes all filled with numerous popular health food items from the Health Ranger Store, including 3,840 bottles of vitamin D3, valued at over $56,000; $11,000 worth of certified organic Superfood C powder containing acerola cherry, baobab, and camu camu berry; and 1,000 packages, worth about $30,000, of buffered vitamin C, which is easy on the stomach, does not come from China, and is non-GMO.

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