That means a lot of people will be doing online shopping. It's Black Friday and Cyber Monday is just around the corner. The iPhone maker has been criticized by labor groups for not doing enough to protect workers at the facility. Apple on Thursday sent a head staff at the site and is working closely with Foxconn to ensure their employees' concerns are addressed. The company added it would honor its contractual obligations and pay would be in line with official recruitment posters. On Thursday, the company blamed a computing error for giving new recruits the wrong contracts. Foxconn confirmed the violence was related to concerns some new workers had over their pay. One video shot near the factory buildings shows more than a dozen police officers and men in white protective suits surrounding and repeatedly punching a man and beating him with batons. Video caught the sounds of workers breaking down barriers on Tuesday at the Foxconn factory, where more than 200,000 people have been under strict quarantine controls for weeks. Workers at the world's biggest iPhone assembly plant clashed with the police this week after protests erupted over pay and strict COVID-19 lockdowns. We'll bring you highlights from the debate after these headlines. Will it be a game changing new online realm where our work and social lives migrate, creating new opportunities for online commerce? Or is it just a lot of hype about a yet to be completed digital world that will only interest a small number of people?Īt this year's WSJ Tech Live conference, I put the topic of the metaverse up for debate between a true believer and founder of a metaverse company and an outspoken skeptic. A lot has been said about the prospects for the metaverse. I'm Zoe Thomas for The Wall Street Journal. Zoe Thomas: This is your Tech News Briefing for Friday, November 25th. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. This transcript was prepared by a transcription service.

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