Trending:Bending to employee sentiment and legislative mandate, Microsoft that will curtail or end some of its most controversial workplace policies and practices.Amazon in April announced that it would launch led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.Non-compete clauses, limiting the ability of employees to go to work for competitors, were narrowed to apply only to employees who make more than $100,000 per year in Washington state .Microsoft says its new policy against non-compete agreements does not apply to leaders at the “partner” level and above, which includes general...…Trending:Bending to employee sentiment and legislative mandate, Microsoft that will curtail or end some of its most controversial workplace policies and practices.Amazon in April announced that it would launch led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.Non-compete clauses, limiting the ability of employees to go to work for competitors, were narrowed to apply only to employees who make more than $100,000 per year in Washington state .Microsoft says its new policy against non-compete agreements does not apply to leaders at the “partner” level and above, which includes general...WW…

Trending:In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.Parler wasn’t ending its fight against Amazon Web Services last night when it its seeking to require the cloud giant to resume hosting its service.In , filed Tuesday afternoon in King County Superior Court in Seattle, the conservative social media platform alleges defamation, negligence, breach of contract, and a litany of other charges against Amazon. Parler says it has lost “tens of millions of current and prospective future users” and “hundreds of...…Trending:In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.Parler wasn’t ending its fight against Amazon Web Services last night when it its seeking to require the cloud giant to resume hosting its service.In , filed Tuesday afternoon in King County Superior Court in Seattle, the conservative social media platform alleges defamation, negligence, breach of contract, and a litany of other charges against Amazon. Parler says it has lost “tens of millions of current and prospective future users” and “hundreds of...WW…

Trending:The avatar will see you now.Or at least Microsoft hopes so. In a world still adjusting to the realities of remote work and life, the tech giant just doubled down on the concept with , representing its vision for how we’ll meet in the future.Announced at Microsoft’s virtual Ignite conference, Mesh promises to let people use headsets, computers and handheld devices to connect in virtual, 3D spaces, represented by both animated and photorealistic avatars.The company says Mesh will work via its HoloLens 2 headset, but also virtual reality headsets including the Oculus Quest 2, and...…Trending:The avatar will see you now.Or at least Microsoft hopes so. In a world still adjusting to the realities of remote work and life, the tech giant just doubled down on the concept with , representing its vision for how we’ll meet in the future.Announced at Microsoft’s virtual Ignite conference, Mesh promises to let people use headsets, computers and handheld devices to connect in virtual, 3D spaces, represented by both animated and photorealistic avatars.The company says Mesh will work via its HoloLens 2 headset, but also virtual reality headsets including the Oculus Quest 2, and...WW…

Trending:Ongoing coverage of COVID-19, and its impact on Seattle and the technology industry.Amazon is developing a robot that would roll through grocery stores and distribution centers, using banks of ultraviolet light to kill viruses on surfaces.The company provided “60 Minutes” with video of a prototype of the robot about Amazon’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, and the backlash from workers who want the company to close down distribution centers for cleaning and disinfection when employees test positive.Careful, creative, or creepy? Amazon says it uses its vast camera system for...…Trending:Ongoing coverage of COVID-19, and its impact on Seattle and the technology industry.Amazon is developing a robot that would roll through grocery stores and distribution centers, using banks of ultraviolet light to kill viruses on surfaces.The company provided “60 Minutes” with video of a prototype of the robot about Amazon’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, and the backlash from workers who want the company to close down distribution centers for cleaning and disinfection when employees test positive.Careful, creative, or creepy? Amazon says it uses its vast camera system for...WW…