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Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, December 19th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street

Journal. Thousands of Amazon workers across the U.S. are on strike during the pre-Christmas

rush over contract negotiations and the company's refusal to recognize the Teamsters Labor Union.

The union says it represents nearly 10,000 Amazon workers and has set up picket lines outside

hundreds of Amazon fulfillment centers, including in New York City, Atlanta, and Skokie, Illinois.

Amazon called the strike in illegal public relations play and said it wasn't expected to affect

operations. Apple says it is concerned that companies, including META, might attempt to abuse the European Union's new regulations on tech companies in order to gain access to key software tools on iPhones.

The EU's regulator proposed that Apple features like iOS notifications and airdrop file transfers be open to third-party developers.

But Apple said it is worried about

iPhone user safety if it opens up its operating system, and that meta has made more requests

than any other company to access Apple's technology in ways that were to reduce protections

around personal data. In a social media post on X, a metaokesman said Apple's complaints have no basis in reality.

And the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a month-long ban on flying drones in parts of New Jersey for security reasons.

That's after a string of unexplained drone sightings in the Garden State.

The FAA says at the request of federal security officials,

unmanned aircraft aren't allowed to fly over critical infrastructure over much of the state

until January 17th. Anyone flying drones in restricted areas during that time could be charged

with a crime, though it doesn't apply to drones on national defense, law enforcement,

firefighting missions, or drones

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