Apple Accused of Restricting Workers’ Slack, Social Media Use by US Labor Board

Apple Accused of Restricting Workers’ Slack, Social Media Use by US Labor Board

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The U.S. National Labor Relations board accused Apple of interfering with workers’ rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of social media and workplace messaging app Slack, the agency said on Friday. The NLRB complaint, issued on Thursday, accuses the iPhone maker of maintaining unlawful…

Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report

Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report

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Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter. Disney’s CFO Hugh Johnston said most of the media and entertainment…

Google Chat Rolls Out Cross-Platform Messaging With Microsoft Teams, Slack: How It Works

Google Chat Rolls Out Cross-Platform Messaging With Microsoft Teams, Slack: How It Works

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Google Chat will now allow sending messages to Microsoft Teams and Slack with its new interoperability support. The cross-platform messaging feature was first announced by the tech giant at the Google Cloud Next 2023 event, but so far the feature was available only in beta to a limited number of…

Microsoft Said to Have Offered to Charge for Its Office Product to Address EU Antitrust Concerns

Microsoft Said to Have Offered to Charge for Its Office Product to Address EU Antitrust Concerns

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Microsoft has offered to charge different prices for its Office product with and without its Teams app to stave off a possible EU antitrust investigation and fine, two people familiar with the matter said. Microsoft has been seeking to address the EU competition enforcer’s concerns since last year after Salesforce-owned…

Uber Investigating Cybersecurity Incident After Alleged Data Breach: All Details

Uber Investigating Cybersecurity Incident After Alleged Data Breach: All Details

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Uber Technologies on Friday said that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident involving a breach of its network. The ride-hailing company confirmed that it has reached out to law enforcement after a hacker allegedly breached its network that forced Uber to take several internal communications and engineering systems offline…