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☆ Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps project to crack Apple-Google duopoly
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Overture is aiming to establish a baseline for maps data so that companies can use it to build and operate their own maps. For many companies, Google 's and Apple 's maps aren't ideal, because they don't provide access to the underlying data. For example, app makers pay per thousand Google Maps lookups through an application programming interface (API). Apple allows access to Apple Maps for free for native app developers, but web app developers need to pay. Overture is only offering the underlying map data, leaving it up to companies to build their own software on top of it.

Persons: Marc Prioleau, Prioleau Organizations: Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, CNBC

☆ Walmart's active-shooter training is so old and 'inadequate' that it has become a meme, some workers say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Walmart's active-shooter training has been around in some form for at least a decade, employees say. Some workers say Walmart needs to do more on top of the training to address workers' mental health. Three current and former employees of the retail giant told Insider the active-shooter training wasn't enough to keep them safe. Walmart employees told Insider they're worried about whether the quarterly active-shooter training had prepared them for violence in stores. The lawsuit also said the shooter "repeatedly asked coworkers if they had received their active shooter training."

[1/2] A memorial is seen in the parking lot after a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. November 23, 2022. A system meant to help workers get compensated for workplace injuries could make it difficult for the lawsuit to succeed. But while many of those shootings occur in the workplace, employers are rarely held responsible. That is in part because nearly all U.S. states, including Virginia, require employers to buy workers compensation insurance to pay workers for medical expenses and lost wages stemming from workplace injuries. Workers' compensation is "a tough defense to overcome," said Jeffrey Harris, a Georgia-based plaintiffs' attorney who has handled numerous workplace injury cases.

☆ Virginia Walmart worker who escaped shooting files $50M suit, says she complained of gunman's 'bizarre' behavior
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Gina Gentilesco | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

She ran from the room as bullets whizzed by her head, "barely missing her," says a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court. In the complaint, she said Bing had "bizarrely and inappropriately commented" on her age by asking: "Isn’t your lady clock ticking? The lawsuit says she also complained to the store that he had allegedly "harassed her for being poor and being short." "The entire Walmart family is heartbroken by the loss of the valued members of our team," the company said Tuesday. The lawsuit details other incidents involving Bing, including one where he allegedly asked Prioleau if she liked guns.

[1/2] Police walk through the parking lot after a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jay Paul/File PhotoCompanies Walmart Inc FollowNov 29 (Reuters) - An employee at the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a supervisor fatally shot six people last week, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the company, claiming she and others had warned management about the shooter’s behavior and that nothing was done. A Walmart spokesperson said the company is reviewing the complaint and will respond in court. Prior to the shooting, Prioleau said Bing had asked her if she liked guns, and asked coworkers if they received their active shooter training. Walmart continued to employ Bing, despite complaints from Prioleau and others, the lawsuit claims.

☆ Virginia Walmart mass shooting survivor files $50 million lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Bullets whizzed by Plaintiff Donya Prioleau's face and left side, barely missing her," the lawsuit states. The lawsuit alleges that Bing "had a personal vendetta against several Walmart employees and kept a 'kill list' of potential targets prior to the shooting." The lawsuit states that she also informed Walmart that Bing called her a "bitch" under his breath. Before the shooting, Bing told co-workers that "the government was watching him," the suit says. Jessica Wilczewski, a Walmart employee who witnessed the shooting, told The Associated Press last week that Bing seemed to target certain people.

The gunman, identified as Andre Bing, 31, of Chesapeake, Virginia, said nothing as he began firing on workers gathered late on Tuesday ahead of their overnight shift, according to two employees who were in the break room. Another Walmart employee, Briana Tyler, told ABC's "Good Morning America": "I looked up and my manager just opened the door and he just opened fire." [1/6] FBI agents stand in the parking lot after a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. November 23, 2022. He told her that during the nightly meeting his manager was acting "strange" and "then started shooting," she told the news station. This was not the first mass shooting at a Walmart, which has thousands of stores across the country.

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