Hardware
Amazon Increases Hourly Pay at Nearly $1 Billion a Year Cost

According to Amazon.com Inc., a pay hike for hourly workers in the US will raise the average beginning compensation for the majority of front-line workers in transportation and warehousing to more than $19 an hour.
The minimum wage set by the corporation for all hourly employees in the US is still $15 per hour. Starting compensation for positions in Amazon’s customer fulfillment and transportation departments will rise to $16 per hour, a representative said in an email on Wednesday.
According to the Seattle-based business, the boost will result in increased spending of over $1 billion over the coming year. After Walmart Inc., Amazon is the second-largest private employer in the US. By the end of 2021, Amazon had over 1.1 million employees working for them in the US. As of June 30, the corporation employed more than 1.5 million people overall. The majority of those individuals are hourly laborers who work at retail establishments like Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh or pack and ship merchandise.
According to a release, the business is also extending access to a scheme that enables employees to get payments more frequently than once or twice each month.
At some of its locations, including one in the Albany, New York, region warehouse where a vote is slated for next month, Amazon deals with employee activity and union drives. In an election held in April of last year, more than 8,000 employees of a Staten Island, New York, warehouse gained the right to union representation.
Engineering
RVs can use the more expensive Starlink internet connection from SpaceX

For its hardware kit, an upfront payment of $2,500 is required.
While the Starlink service for RVs provides a way to stay online even while you are off the grid, it has one significant drawback: It cannot be used while moving. Now that you may utilize Starlink on moving vehicles, SpaceX has released a new version called “Flat High Performance” for RVs. To use the service, you merely need to be prepared to pay nearly five times as much for the required dish.
The Flat High Performance Starlink for RVs has a larger rectangular terminal with a 35 percent greater field of view than its normal version, making it ideal for use when moving. Additionally, it features improved GPS capabilities that provide the dish the ability to connect to more satellites, making it possible to access the Starlink internet even when a vehicle is moving. The terminal has higher performance in hot weather and snow as well as improved weather resistance. However, the Flat High Performance dish must be permanently mounted on top of your RV as opposed to the conventional version, which can be set down on the ground.
Flat High Performance is already available for pre-order in a few locations, and deliveries will begin in December. Be aware that the hardware kit for it costs $2,500 and includes the dish and mount. Only $599 must be paid up front for the regular Starlink for RVs’ equipment. Like the basic version, the service itself costs $135 per month, which is $25 more than a standard Starlink connection. However, you are not required to pay for the months you do not utilize the service because you can pause (and unpause) it at any moment.
Hardware
According to an Apple SVP, iPhones will support USB-C charging to comply with EU law

Greg Joswiak, SVP of the company, claimed that Apple was forced to abide by the new regulation.
It was very clear which company would be most impacted by the mandate when the European Parliament voted in favor of establishing USB-C the regional charging standard. Apple, naturally. The tech giant’s iPad models already have USB-C connectors, but its iPhones still use a lightning connector. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s SVP of worldwide marketing, has now stated that the tech giant will switch to USB-C connectors in order to comply with the EU rule in an interview at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live event.
“We’ll have to comply, of course.” When asked whether Apple is switching to USB-C by WSJ Senior Personal Technology Columnist Joanna Stern, Joswiak gave a response. Let’s first discuss the company’s history with regulatory compliance, such as how it had to develop its own solution because the available technology at the time was ineffective in order to make its phones compatible with hearing aids.
Joswiak also discussed how, ten years ago, the EU pushed for the adoption of micro-USB. Apple made cables detachable so that consumers may quickly swap out cables because the EU was concerned that people would need to have multiple adapters with various connectors. The CEO claimed that by making the change, more than a billion consumers were able to keep using their lightning cables rather than discarding them and creating “a load of e-waste.”
“We have no choice as we do around the world but to comply to local laws,” Joswiak said.
He omitted, however, to mention whether Apple is continuing to sell phones with lightning ports elsewhere while just producing a new model for the European market. He added that Apple believes that “not having a government be that prescriptive” would have been better for the environment and its customers.
Apple previously justified its decision to stop including power adapters with new iPhones by citing environmental concerns. The IT company claimed that since more iPhones can fit in shipping containers, doing so will save 861,000 tons of metal and also fuel. However, not everyone agreed with the company’s justification, and Apple has received fines in Brazil on multiple occasions for leaving adapters out of iPhone packaging.
Under the end of 2024, Apple will be required by the new EU mandate to supply iPhones and iPads in the region with USB-C connections.
Hardware
More than a dozen US public airport websites were taken offline by hackers.

The event had little impact on crucial activities, such as air traffic control.
On Monday, hackers who are thought to be located in Russia momentarily took down 14 public-facing websites for US airports. Websites for LaGuardia, O’Hare, and LAX were among those attacked; the majority of them are now operational. According to a senior US government official, tourists seeking for security wait times or other information may have experienced some inconveniences, but air traffic control, internal airport communications, and other important activities were unaffected. No internal airport systems were hacked, and there were no operational interruptions, according to a LAX official.
A Port Authority representative informed ABC News that a denial of service event that lasted 15 minutes occurred on Monday, October 10, 2022, at around 0300. As a result, there were intermittent delays in accessing the LaGuardia airport website. “The cybersecurity defense system for the Port Authority accomplished its duty by swiftly identifying the incident, taking care of the issue in 15 minutes, and enabling us to inform others by immediately contacting federal authorities. No facilities managed by the Port Authority had any operating issues.”
The pro-Russian hacking group Killnet has been blamed for the event, which is alleged to have been caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) assaults. However, it is not thought that the hackers are connected to the government. According to a cybersecurity specialist, there is no proof that the Russian government was engaged in this event.
According to CNN, the Transportation Security Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are both keeping an eye on the issue. According to CISA, there are no operational problems at the airports that are a concern.
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