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Federal officials have cited Amazon for unsafe working conditions and ergonomic hazards at three warehouses, including the company’s Aurora site. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Amazon connected to the Aurora warehouse along with worksites in Nampa, Idaho; and Castleton, N.Y.; for “failing to keep workers safe,” according to a Wednesday U.S. Department of Labor new release. OSHA has also “delivered hazard alert letters for exposing workers to ergonomic hazards,” the release said.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSteven Spielberg is “encouraged” that two blockbusters have finally earned Oscars recognition for Best Picture, but he thinks it’s a milestone that should’ve been hit “years ago” by The Dark Knight.On Tuesday (24 January), the Academy revealed the nominees for this year’s Oscar awards, with blockbuster hits Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water among the 10 films vying for the…

Several days after Twitter a number of third-party apps off from its API, the company has quietly acknowledged the move. “Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules,” the company said in from its developer account. “That may result in some apps not working.” However, the company offered no explanation which “long-standing API rules” developers of apps like Twitterrific and Tweetbot were violating. It also doesn’t address why some smaller third-party Twitter apps are still up and running. Twitter no longer has a…

The FAA’s system outage has drawn new attention to the technology that underpins daily flights in the U.S. Photo: saul loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

Chinese electric car company Nio delivered more than 5,000 cars in April despite Covid restrictions in some parts of China, albeit down sharply from nearly 10,000 vehicle deliveries in March.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesChinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc. lowered its fourth quarter outlook for deliveries, citing supply chain disruptions stemming from Covid outbreaks.Nio now projects that it will deliver between 38,500 to 39,500 electric vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2022, down from its…

ABINGDON, Va.  —  Virginia State Police now blame “human error” for the agency’s hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who killed the grandparents and mother of a 15-year-old California girl he “catfished” online. “Human error resulted in an incomplete database query during Edwards’ hiring process,” Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a news release Wednesday. The statement amounts to an admission that the agency should have known about a 2016 incident, first reported by The Times on Tuesday, in…

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it said, the latest industry casualty after the firm was hurt by exposure to the spectacular collapse of the FTX exchange earlier this month. The filing in a New Jersey court comes as crypto prices have plummeted. The price of bitcoin, the most popular digital currency by far, is down more than 70% from a 2021 peak. "BlockFi's Chapter 11 restructuring underscores significant asset contagion risks associated with the crypto ecosystem," said…

Elon Musk said on Saturday his rocket company SpaceX would continue to fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, citing the need for "good deeds," a day after he said it could no longer afford to do so.Musk tweeted: "the hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free".The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep…

(Image credit: AMD )AMD pre-announced portions of its Q3 earnings performance today, revising its projected revenue from $6.7 billion during the quarter to $5.6 billion, a $1.1 billion reduction. AMD also warned investors that its non-GAAP gross margin would weigh in at 50%, a reduction from the projected 54%. The company cited lower sales in the consumer PC market than expected and significant inventory corrections in the PC supply chain. However, it noted that its data center, gaming and embedded segments are still…

Virgin Atlantic has not operated any passenger flights to Hong Kong since December 2021, after the city-state suspended all flights from the U.K. due to a resurgence in Covid-19 cases.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBritish airline Virgin Atlantic announced Wednesday it was permanently ceasing operations in Hong Kong due to issues related to the closure of Russian airspace.The decision marks the end of the carrier's London Heathrow to Hong Kong flight route and the closure of its Hong Kong office. It also ends the…