Associated Press: Bernie Sanders opens a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices and writes to Andy Jassy over “egregious health and safety violations”  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK-based Volt, which offers open banking APIs in the UK, Europe, and Brazil, raised a $60M Series B led by IVP, a source says at a $350M valuation  —  Open banking — where traditional banks enable payments and other new services by way of APIs that give access to financial data previously locked … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider: In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says “cis” or “cisgender” are “slurs” on Twitter and the “contemptible creep” who “manufactured” the term “has serious problems”  —  – Elon Musk said terms like “cisgender” and “cis” are now considered “slurs” on Twitter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: Google Cloud launches Anti Money Laundering AI, an API used by HSBC and others that relies on AI instead of the industry standard rules-based system  —  The company is looking to set itself apart from a crowded field of surveillance platforms by reducing the amount of human input in the process of screening for money-laundering risks Lees verder op Tech Meme