Tech news

'Summer Was Scary': Amazon Fined for Not Giving Workers Enough Shade, Water

Workers were made to take heat breaks under a plane wing and couldn't sit down, according to three OSHA citations.
Jules Roscoe
2.21.24
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Amazon Joins Elon Musk’s SpaceX In Mission to Destroy Federal Agency Protecting Workers

Amazon is the latest company facing labor charges to argue that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
Jules Roscoe
2.16.24
OpenAI

Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran Used GPT for 'Malicious Cyber Activities', OpenAI Says

OpenAI shut down accounts affiliated with multiple “state-affiliated threat actors." Microsoft said that no “significant” cyber campaigns were carried out.
Jules Roscoe
2.15.24
Tech news

The First VR Squirting Video Shot Specifically for Apple Vision Pro Is Here

Two weeks after Apple's headset launched without porn, sex educator Kenneth Play is debuting adult instructional videos shot with the iPhone 15.
Jules Roscoe
2.14.24
SCOTUS

U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried.

Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and FTC—are "unconstitutional."
Jules Roscoe
2.1.24
Tech news

NVIDIA Reverses Course on Donation Matching for Gaza Charities, Causing Internal Rift

More than 60 employees met with senior management after the chipmaker ended automatic matching for several charities in Gaza while still matching donations supporting West Bank settlements, settler militias, and the IDF.
Jules Roscoe
Jordan Pearson
1.24.24
Tech news

Google Cuts Thousands of Workers Improving Search After Search Results Scientifically Shown to Suck

"These workers provide critical support that keeps Google’s flagship Search results and Bard AI safe and functional for the company’s billions of users," the union representing the contractors said.
Jules Roscoe
1.23.24
AI

A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine

Researchers warn that most of the text we view online has been poorly translated into one or more languages—usually by a machine.
Jules Roscoe
1.17.24
trader joe's

Trader Joe's Sued Its Union Over Tote Bags. A Judge Just Threw the Case Out.

Trader Joe's trademark lawsuit was an "obvious" ploy to gain an edge over the union, the judge said in their decision to dismiss.
Jules Roscoe
1.16.24
israel

Israel Defends Itself Against Hague Genocide Allegations with Google Ads

Searching for information on the International Court of Justice hearings yielded an Israel-sponsored ad calling the ongoing genocide hearing against it “meaningless.”
Jules Roscoe
1.11.24
SAG-AFTRA

'None of Us Want Our Voices Replicated': Voice Actors Say Union's 'Ethical' AI Deal Is Bad for Humans

A “groundbreaking” deal with an AI voice generation studio could be the first of many, the SAG-AFTRA national executive director said.
Jules Roscoe
1.10.24
NPR

Fired Comedian Ordered to Get Day Job Back After Jokes Ruled 'Simply Funny'

Jad Sleiman was a reporter in Philadelphia before he was fired over his budding comedy career. Now, his employer has been ordered to reinstate him.
Jules Roscoe
1.5.24
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