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A surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Gawande is probably best known for his work writing about how to improve quality and lower costs in health care.

The letter, which has been signed by Deerhoof, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Damon & Naomi and more, comes in light of a music festival put on by Amazon Web Services.

Bezos is pushing back against an article about the company's workplace, which said employees are often reduced to tears by harsh criticism and are encouraged to snitch on other workers to managers.

As several states relax mask mandates, U.S. companies are easing up their own rules.

A possibility of an Amazon union is once again on the ballot. Workers in Alabama are beginning a re-vote in a new chapter of the historic push to form Amazon's first unionized U.S. warehouse.

The Federal Trade Commission gave nine social media and tech companies 45 days to hand over details on how they collect user data. It is the latest move by government actors to regulate Big Tech.

"We're surprised about this conclusion. AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing," an Amazon Web Services spokesperson told NPR. The contract is for 10 years.

Plans to pave Brazil's highway BR-319 through the Amazon rainforest have raised alarm from environmental groups.

The resounding vote against forming a union at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is a blow to the labor movement. It has glimmers of hope but in the private sector unions are rare and mostly weak.

House Democrats recommend Congress look at ways to force the companies to split off some of their businesses, saying the tech giants have exploited their power to benefit themselves and hurt rivals.