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Twitch is removing the anti-union ads that its parent company, Amazon, was running on the platform . The ads showed Amazon employees talking about why they want to vote no on unionization and directed viewers to Amazon’s “DoItWithoutDues” website. A Twitch spokesperson said the ads “should never have been allowed to run on [the] service,” as they violate its political advertising policies. Twitch also says that it is “evaluating [its] review processes to ensure that similar content does not run in the future.” The ads were reported by More Perfect Union ; their removal was first reported by Rod Breslau . The ads were the latest entry in a long campaign aimed at disrupting organization efforts at an Amazon warehouse outside of Birmingham, Alabama . Those efforts involve pulling employees into mandatory meetings, near-daily texts to employees, relentless anti-union posters in the workplace, and even reportedly changing the timing of traffic lights to disrupt a union drive … [Read more...] about Twitch, owned by Amazon, pulls Amazon’s anti-union ads

If you see an incredible image of deep space, chances are it came from Hubble. Launched in 1990, Hubble is a telescope that orbits above Earth's atmosphere, beaming home images that have helped us solve some of the universe's greatest mysteries. Not only does NASA count Hubble as one of its most successful science missions, but it is also among the biggest advancements humans have ever made in space. The Tech That Powers Hubble Hubble orbits around Earth at about five miles per second; a complete spin takes 97 minutes. On its journey, its mirror captures light and directs it into its instruments, which then work together to provide the observation. While Hubble provides views of deep space, it doesn't magnify distant stars, alien planets and galaxies. Instead, it collects more light than the human eye can see on its own. With a telescope, the bigger the mirror, the better the vision. Hubble's mirror is 94.5 inches in diameter, which is smaller than most Earth-based telescopes. … [Read more...] about How Hubble Snaps Those Amazing Space Images

Telefonica posted a 10% fall in 2020 earnings on Thursday and while the Spanish telecoms group expects the business to stabilise this year, it plans to lower its dividend. Telefonica, like its European peers, was struggling to post strong growth even before the pandemic struck, is focusing on stoking growth in Brazil, Britain , Spain and Germany and selling some assets to cut debt and fund an upgrade to next-generation 5G networks. Earnings improved later in the year as the initial impact of the health crisis and lockdowns eased, but the company still calculated it had lost 977 million euros in operating income due to lower service revenue and handset sales. Operating income before depreciation and amortisation (OIBDA) fell 10% to 13.5 billion euros including a 1.2 billion-euro hit from unfavourable exchange rates. In response Telefonica lowered its proposed dividend on 2021 earnings to 0.30 euros per share from the 0.40 euros it paid for 2020. CEO Jose … [Read more...] about Telefonica cuts dividend as pandemic crimps 2020 earnings

Paramount Plus is the subscription streaming-video service set to replace CBS All Access , costing $10 a month ad-free when it launches Thursday in the US and 18 Latin American countries. Paramount Plus will include live news and sports as well as on-demand shows and movies, including originals -- all of which leaning into parent company ViacomCBS ' brands like CBS , MTV , BET , Comedy Central , Nickelodeon and Paramount Network, plus movies from the Paramount Pictures studio. But Paramount Plus won't have the one show most associated with the Paramount name: Yellowstone . The first three seasons of the cowboy drama are streaming exclusively on rival service Peacock . Down the line, Paramount Plus will have exclusive Yellowstone spinoffs, though, like a prequel Y:1883 expected later this year. Paramount Plus will have a library of more than 30,000 episodes and 2,500 movies, plus 36 original series debuts this year. Among those originals will be a … [Read more...] about Paramount Plus: Everything to know about CBS All Access’ revamp

NASA's Perseverance rover has been spotted on the Martian surface by a camera high overhead, on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. On Feb. 23, the orbiting ExoMars, a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, captured an image of Mars showing a tiny, pale dot — Perseverance — on the ground far below. Released by the ESA on Feb. 25, the image also shows the rover's jettisoned parachute and backshell, the heat shield and the rocket-powered descent stage, all of which were critical for Perseverance's safe touchdown on Feb. 18. ExoMars also played a part in Perseverance's harrowing landing in Jezero Crater, relaying important data back to Earth that showed the rover's progress, ESA representatives said in a statement. Related: Here's the last thing NASA's Opportunity rover saw before 'lights out' The ESA-Roscosmos orbiter arrived at Mars five years before Perseverance, on Oct. 19, … [Read more...] about Perseverance is a tiny pale speck on Mars in this orbiter’s eerie photo