Protests and strikes against Amazon.com are planned for Nov 24.

Can anyone tell me where these plans are published?

Amazon wiped out enormous numbers of jobs through its anticompetitive practices. That is one of many reasons to refuse to buy from that company.

*Tennessee voters reject mayoral candidate who refused to disavow neo-Nazis.*

This will encourage Republicans to hesitate before openly endorsing prejudice and mass murder. That doesn't mean we are out of the woods: not all will learn from this lesson, and those who do may employ "dog whistles" instead. But it's a step forward anyway.

California has suspended the permit for Criuse cars to operate without a driver after a peculiar accident in which the car's computer reacted unsafely.

I am glad that California agencies are watching out for the public's physical safety from driverless cars. However, there is no sign that they will adequately protect the privacy of people in the vicinity of these cars. That includes the passengers who ride in driverless taxis, and the passers-by whose faces are imaged by them and perhaps subsequently subject to facial recognition.

Driverless cars should not be allowed to operate until they can operate without contributing to the societal danger of massive surveillance.

As tech companies add microphones to a wide range of products, including refrigerators and motor vehicles, they also set up transcription farms where human employees listen to what people say to the devices and tweak the recognition algorithms.

Everyone: Object to the proposed UnitedHealth-Amedisys $3.3 billion mega-merger.