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Microsoft's new Xbox mini fridge allows gamers to keep their drinks and snacks cool. The product sold out minutes after going up for preorder in the U.S., but is set to return in December. dpa/Reuters hide caption
People in San Francisco cannot dine in at the city's only In-N-Out Burger, a popular California chain, after the restaurant did not follow COVID-19 protocols. Adam Lau/AP hide caption
Netflix's Los Angeles headquarters, where a rally in support of the employees walking out is set to happen Wednesday. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Netflix employees are staging a walkout as a fired organizer speaks out
Southwest Airlines will let unvaccinated employees keep working past early December instead of putting them on unpaid leave if they apply for an exemption on medical or religious grounds. Morry Gash/AP hide caption
A construction worker works on the roof of an apartment home in May 2020 in Uniondale, N.Y. Al Bello/Getty Images hide caption
Facebook is paying a $4.75 million fine and up to $9.5 million to eligible victims in a settlement announced Tuesday to resolve the allegations that it discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with special visas to fill high-paying jobs. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
League One Volleyball is a new pro league that aims to nurture players from the youth club level, where coaches and elite players will share their expertise. Art Camp hide caption
Thirty-five years ago, Janet Jackson released an album that changed the course of her career, and of pop music. Blake Cale for NPR hide caption
ESPN reporter Allison Williams reports from a college basketball tournament at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 8, 2017. Williams said in a recent Instagram video that she is leaving ESPN due to the company's vaccine mandate. Lance King/Getty Images hide caption
In this Oct. 12, 2004, file photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Sinclair Broadcast Group said Monday it's suffered a data breach and is still working to determine what information the data contained. Steve Ruark/AP hide caption
In this April 14, 2020 file photo, the thumbs up "like" logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Jeff Bezos, then the CEO of Amazon, testifies in Congress by videoconference on July 29, 2020. Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images hide caption
The Tribune Tower, the iconic former home of the Chicago Tribune, seen in Chicago, Illinois in 2015. The newspaper lost a quarter of its staff to buyouts after it was acquired by Alden Global Capital in May. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30. Powell's term expires early next year, and President Biden must decide whether to reappoint him. Sarah Silbiger/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
What's at stake as Biden decides whether to stick with Jerome Powell as Fed chief
People walk on a pedestrian overhead bridge past construction cranes at the Central Business District in Beijing on Monday. China's economic growth sank in the latest quarter as a slowdown in construction and curbs on energy use weighed on its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco event in San Francisco on Oct. 3, 2019. Benioff is a proponent of stakeholder capitalism, the belief that companies must look out for the broader good. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption
Why the Salesforce CEO wants to redefine capitalism by pushing for social change
Students at Patterson High School in Patterson, Calif., are participating in the one of the first truck-driving programs for students at a non-vocational high school in the country. Dave Dein/Patterson High School hide caption