“Amazon now employs almost 1 million people in the U.S. — or 1 in every 169 workers,” reports NBC News: Amazon has revealed for the first time the number of people it employs in the U.S., putting the figure at 950,000, according to the e-commerce giant’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday. While the headcount was…

Slashdot reader storagedude quotes eSecurityPlanet : The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined counterparts in the UK and Australia Wednesday to announce the top 30 vulnerabilities exploited since the start of the pandemic. The list, a joint effort with the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the UK’s National Cyber…

Slashdot reader Dave Knott quotes the BBC’s Doctor Who site: Having been in charge of the TARDIS since filming for the Thirteenth Doctor began in 2017, Showrunner Chris Chibnall and the Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, have confirmed they will be moving on from the most famous police box on Earth. With a six-part Event Serial…

Apple sells phones priced as low as $399 to as high as $1,399. We’re here to help you find the best one for your needs and budget. …read more Source:: CNet

The iPhone 13 could be coming in September, but does it make sense to wait for Apple’s newest iPhone or buy last year’s iPhone 12? Here’s how to tell what’s the best decision for you. …read more Source:: CNet

Software defined radio and widespread software-controlled PLL synthesis for RF has been a game changer. Things like the RTL-SDR can be any kind of radio you like on almost any frequency you like. But not every SDR or PLL system opens the configuration doors to you, the end user. That was the problem [vgnotepad] faced…

Microsoft asked for questions from customers about its new software. It wasn’t quite prepared for what transpired. …read more Source:: ZDNet

A business executive makes a difficult confession when he endures what outrageous treatment at the hands of Google’s customer service is. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The company admitted in May that an old algorithm repeatedly cropped out Black faces in favor of White ones. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Slashdot reader Bruce66423 shares a report from the Guardian: The UK’s competition watchdog has imposed fines of more than £100m on the pharmaceutical company Advanz and its former private equity owners after it was found to have inflated the price of its thyroid tablets by up to 6,000%. An investigation by the Competition and Markets…