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'Thrown in their faces': Bud Light salespeople say boycott is hurting commission
Bianca Birau / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Salespeople promoting Bud Light for a Florida–based distributor have grown accustomed to car horns, middle fingers and jokes amid a weekslong boyco...
Jun 03, 2023
Food, drink, pot under one roof: California state bill could allow for cannabis cafes
Craig Hastings/Getty Images(CALIFORNIA) -- California cannabis users may soon not have to travel far to get a cup of coffee to go with their legal pot. The state's assembly passed a bill Wednesday tha...
Jun 03, 2023
The four-day workweek is gaining momentum. Could the US adopt it nationwide?
Marko Geber/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Michael Arney, the founder of an eight-person marketing design agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, learned an employee was leaving for a 50% raise at a larger ...
Jun 01, 2023
'Skiplagging' may get you a cheaper flight, but be aware of the risks
Craig Hastings/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Say you're looking to fly from Las Vegas to Charlotte, North Carolina. The flight costs $500. But a flight from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C., with a layover i...
Jun 01, 2023
Ring security cameras gave every employee 'full access' to all customer video for years: FTC
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) -- Ring security cameras, the inexpensive security cameras that people can hook up in their houses or on their doors, were not fully secure for years, acc...
May 31, 2023
Nearly 2,000 Amazon workers to walk out after return to office
NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 2,000 Amazon workers plan to walk out on Wednesday as the company weathers layoffs and a mandate that corporate employees return to the office. "Emp...
May 31, 2023
AI poses threat of 'extinction event for humanity,' US official says
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A top U.S. official for cybersecurity said Wednesday that humanity could be at risk of an "extinction event" if tech companies fail to self-regulate and work w...
May 31, 2023
Airline begins asking passengers to weigh in before flights for new study
Greg Bajor/Getty Images(LONDON) -- An airline is asking passengers to weigh in before flights in a survey that will take place for nearly five weeks and involve more than 10,000 passengers. Air New Ze...
May 31, 2023
AI leaders warn the technology poses 'risk of extinction' like pandemics and nuclear war
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of business leaders and public figures sounded a sobering alarm on Tuesday over what they described as the threat of mass extinction posed by artificial ...
May 31, 2023
Experts warn against canceling Pride campaigns after extremists threaten Target
Jorge Villalba/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Target reported that its employees faced threats over its new Pride collections celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and responded by pulling some of the merchandi...
May 31, 2023
