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Amazon Cancels Yet Another Hub Meant for the New York Metropolitan Area

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Amazon, like many folks still struggling to locate an affordable apartment in and around New York City, can’t find anywhere that will let it settle down. First the company tried Queens , but found the neighborhood was too rowdy. Now, the area across the bay is no longer so keen on letting the retail giant set up shop.

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New York Amazon Employees Had to Work During Deadly Floods

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As Tropical Depression Ida transformed New York City into a lake on Monday night, Amazon, absurdly, kept its warehouses open and expected staff to work. Read more.

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New York Attorney General Sues Amazon Over 'Flagrant Disregard' For Covid Safety

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Early on in the pandemic New York Attorney General Letitia James promised an investigation into Amazon’s safety practices and, by god, she delivered. Read more.

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TIME Immersive AR Experience Shines A Spotlight On The Rapidly Shrinking Amazon Rainforest

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TIME Turns To AR And Jane Goodall To Explore The Rapidly Shrinking Amazon Rainforest. TIME Magazine is launching a new AR experience called Inside The Amazon: The Dying Forest , marking the second immserive experience to launch on their AR/VR app TIME Immersive , which was made available to all iOS and Android users this past July.

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Time Magazine Takes Readers on an Augmented Reality Tour of Amazon Rainforest

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Don't Miss: New York Times Delivers Augmented Reality Content to Magic Leap One Starting with Guatemala Volcano Feature Available via an update to the Time Immersive iOS and Android apps, "Inside the Amazon: the Dying Forest" presents.

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The Feds Are Investigating Amazon Warehouse Working Conditions Nationwide

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Amazon warehouses are notoriously dangerous , unpleasant places to work. Now, the Department of Labor and Federal Prosecutors in New York are probing the company’s warehouses across the country as part of a civil investigation into alleged unsafe workplace conditions. Read more.

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Amazon Is Facing a Labor Reckoning, and It’s Pushing Back With All It Has

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The ground is shifting beneath Amazon’s mammoth-sized feet. Just days after workers at a Staten Island, New York warehouse voted to create the first Amazon union in the U.S., securities regulators authorized a shareholder vote on an investigation into its treatment of warehouse workers. Read more.

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