Month: April 2022

Thomson Reuters commits to human rights assessment of ICE contracts after union investor push

Photo by John Moore/Getty Images In its latest notice to shareholders, Thomson Reuters announced that it would align with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and conduct an independent, company-wide human rights impact assessment of its products and services, including contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The announcement

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US NTIA seeks comments on competition in the mobile app ecosystem, including Android and iOS app store policies, the issues web app developers face, and more (Bruce Lawson/Bruce Lawson’s personal site)

Bruce Lawson / Bruce Lawson’s personal site: US NTIA seeks comments on competition in the mobile app ecosystem, including Android and iOS app store policies, the issues web app developers face, and more  —  MUSIC  —  WRITING  —  Site Lowlights:  — My Amazon wishlist  —  Pages  —  Mailing List

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BioWare contractors want a union

The contractors have worked on games like Mass Effect Legendary Edition. | Image: EA A group of contractors supporting EA-owned BioWare is trying to unionize. Part of the reason is because they’ll be required to return to the office, even while full-time BioWare employees who work at the same location are being offered a hybrid

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Epic Games, which acquired Bandcamp in March, asks a court to bar the app’s removal from the Play Store if it doesn’t implement Google Play Billing by June (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge: Epic Games, which acquired Bandcamp in March, asks a court to bar the app’s removal from the Play Store if it doesn’t implement Google Play Billing by June  —  Epic opens a new line of assault against Google payments  —  Epic Games has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction

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