tech

U.S. government agency sued over sale of ‘certified’ used cars

The Center for Auto Safety and five other groups filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday for allowing used cars to be advertised as “certified” or safe despite being the target of an outstanding safety recall. The FTC reached an agreement in January 2016 with General Motors Co and two dealership companies, Jim Koons Management and Lithia Motors Inc , that allows them to advertise cars as “certified pre-owned vehicles” even though they might have an issue …

Read the original:
U.S. government agency sued over sale of ‘certified’ used cars

tech

Channeling Steve Jobs, Apple seeks design perfection at new "spaceship" campus

By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Inside the original Macintosh computer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs inscribed the signatures of his team, revealing his deep concern for even the hidden features of his products. The campus is something of an exception to the trend of radically open offices aimed at fostering collaboration, said Louise Mozingo, a professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at U.C. Berkeley.

View original here: 
Channeling Steve Jobs, Apple seeks design perfection at new "spaceship" campus

tech

U.S. tech titans lead legal brief against Trump travel ban

The companies – including Apple Inc , Google Inc and Microsoft Corp – banded together late on Sunday to file a “friend-of-the-court” brief with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

See the original post here: 
U.S. tech titans lead legal brief against Trump travel ban

tech

Start, switch, stop: How to regroup your IT projects to prepare people for change

As an IT leader, explaining your tech projects can be difficult. Here's how you can group your IT projects to better prepare users for what they entail.

See more here: 
Start, switch, stop: How to regroup your IT projects to prepare people for change

tech

Unions, gig-economy firms gear up for New York benefits battle

Faced with a barrage of lawsuits from workers demanding benefits and recognition as employees, some companies in the fast-growing 'gig economy' are looking to settle the issues through legislation. Joseph Morelle, the number two Democrat in the New York State…

Read more from the original source: 
Unions, gig-economy firms gear up for New York benefits battle

tech

Apple weathers anti-U.S. demo in China, where patriotic protests snowball

Apple Inc found itself on the receiving end of a small, short-lived anti-U.S. protest this week in China, the tech firm's biggest overseas market and a country where foreign firms have suffered damaging boycotts following international spats. A handful of unofficial Apple stores were picketed and social …

Read more from the original source:
Apple weathers anti-U.S. demo in China, where patriotic protests snowball

tech

Exclusive: U.S. and Chinese labor groups collaborated before China Wal-Mart strikes

OUR Walmart, the American worker group, has taken the unusual step of collaborating with a group of Chinese Wal-Mart workers trying to fight work schedule changes and low wages. “They asked for our support,” said Cantare Davunt, OUR Wal-Mart's leader from Minnesota, who participated in the Skype call. The U.S. organization is keen to maintain the relationship with the WCWA and believes such partnerships can boost the clout of the retailer’s global workforce.

Here is the original: 
Exclusive: U.S. and Chinese labor groups collaborated before China Wal-Mart strikes

tech

SoftBank to buy UK chip designer ARM in $32 billion cash deal

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to buy UK chip designer ARM Holdings PLC in a 24.3 billion pound ($32.2 billion) cash deal, the two sides said on Monday, a bold bet on internet-connected machines that will transform the Japanese group. ARM stands to be central to the …

View original post here: 
SoftBank to buy UK chip designer ARM in $32 billion cash deal

tech

U.S. succeeds in cracking Apple’s iPhone, drops legal action

The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had succeeded in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and dropped its legal case against Apple, ending a high-stakes legal battle but leaving the broader struggle over encryption unresolved. The abrupt end to a confrontation that had transfixed the tech industry was a victory for Apple, which vehemently opposed a court order obtained by the Justice Department that would have required it to write new software to get into the iPhone. “From the beginning…

Read more:
U.S. succeeds in cracking Apple’s iPhone, drops legal action

tech

U.S., Apple ratchet up rhetoric in fight over encryption

By Dustin Volz and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion on Friday seeking to compel Apple Inc to comply with a judge's order to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, portraying the tech giant's refusal as a “marketing strategy.” In response, a senior Apple executive, speaking with reporters on condition of anonymity, characterized the Justice Department&#…

Read more here:
U.S., Apple ratchet up rhetoric in fight over encryption

Next Page »