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Enlarge (credit: Lawrence Glass / Getty ) Amazon has posted an apology to Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) for a tweet last week denying that it makes its workers urinate in water bottles. The controversy started with a tweet by Pocan blasting Amazon for its treatment of workers—a topic of particular public interest as workers at […]
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No end in sight for chip shortage as supply chain problems pile up
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