mayo 2024

30 May

Teamsters fight to unionize Amazon and FedEx delivery workers

Camila RojasInversiones y negocios

Ervin said the minimum wage for his workers under Amazon's contract was $19.75. “If you ask people to make this a career, you should have better working conditions and pay your drivers more,” said Ervin, a 26-year Air Force veteran. Amazon did not directly respond to this criticism. The company noted that its contractors, which it calls delivery service partners, have created 279,000 driver jobs over the past five years. “Helping DSPs create a good overall work experience is important to us, which is why we have invested more than $8 billion in cutting-edge technologies, safety features, pricing, programs and…

30 May

Charles Barkley Reflects on the Future of ‘Inside the NBA’

Camila RojasInversiones y negocios

“You should do it out there,” Smith said, suggesting the interview take place outside the elevator. Barkley turned to me, "Don't worry about him." “He should clear that up through Turner,” Smith said. “He should do it right.” Why was it so important for him to speak out, I asked Barkley, even if others around him didn't want him to? He nodded at the impact the uncertainty has on the staff members who work on the show. And not just the most well-known characters on the air: Barkley, Smith, Shaquille O'Neal and host Ernie Johnson. “It's people's lives,” Barkley said.…

30 May

What to know about the open versus closed software debate

Camila RojasCiencia y Tecnología

What are some examples of open source software? Some of the most popular software systems are open source, such as Linux, the operating system on which Google's Android mobile system was built. Among the best-known open source products is Firefox, the free downloadable Web browser created by the Mozilla Foundation. So, what is the open and closed debate and how does it relate to artificial intelligence? Tech companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic have spent billions of dollars creating “closed,” or proprietary, AI systems. People who don't work for these companies can't see or tinker with the underlying source code,…

30 May

New professional women’s hockey league will launch in 6 cities – Generic English

Camila RojasInversiones y negocios

Related media - Connected media For the first season, each team will play 24 regular season games starting in January 2024. The league says subsequent seasons will begin in November and include 32 games. Expansion is also possible in the future, he said. In its final season, the PHF had teams in Boston; buffalo; Simsbury, Conn.; East Rutherford, New Jersey; Richfield, MN; Montreal; and Toronto. With the start of the new championship, Buffalo and Connecticut lose their teams, while Ottawa gains one. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said his league was reluctant to get involved in women’s hockey as long as…

30 May

Sue Johnson, the psychologist who had a scientific vision of love, dies at 76 – Generic English

Camila RojasSalud

Associated media - Related media Susan Maureen Driver was born on December 19, 1947 in Gillingham, England, the only child of Arthur and Winifred Driver. The Drivers ran a pub called the Royal Marine and Sue grew up in its rowdy environment. “I spent a lot of time watching people meet, talk, drink, argue, dance, flirt,” she wrote. Her parents’ relationship was chaotic and contentious, and they divorced when she was 10. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Hull in East Yorkshire before moving to Canada, where he earned a master’s degree in literature…