Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract (www.nbcnews.com)
“Google issued a stern warning to its employees, with the company’s vice president of global security, Chris Rackow, saying, “If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again,” according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC.”
Feds hit coding boot camp with big fine for allegedly conning students (www.theregister.com)
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has slapped coding boot camp BloomTech with several punishments for alleged deceptive business practices.
How to Escape From the Iron Age? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
The 'rushed' attempt to rehabilitate Cities Skylines II is becoming a cautionary tale (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Reddit Is Taking Over Google (tech.slashdot.org)
Reddit, Quora, and other internet forums that have climbed up through the traditional set of Google links. Data analysis from Semrush, which predicts traffic based on search ranking, shows that traffic to Reddit has climbed at an impressive clip since August 2023. Semrush estimated that Reddit had over 132 million visitors in...
Tesla seeks to award Elon Musk $56bn pay package | BBC (www.bbc.com)
Iran Shuts Airspace, Flights Divert as Israel Launches Missiles (www.bloomberg.com)
Vast tracts of western Iran airspace are empty after strikes...
LAVD Kernel Scheduler Shows Promising Results For Linux Gaming (www.phoronix.com)
Israel conducted strike on Iran, senior U.S. official says (www.axios.com)
Israel conducted a strike in Iran early Friday morning local time, a senior U.S. official told Axios....
US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine (apnews.com)
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland. U.S. allies France, Japan and South Korea supported the resolution....
Zuckerberg says Meta's Llama 3 is really good but no chatbot is sophisticated enough to be an 'existential' threat — yet (www.businessinsider.com)
I'm tired boss (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Israeli missiles hit site in Iran, ABC News reports (www.reuters.com)
Israel has attacked Iran, US official tells CNN (www.cnn.com)
Pogroms surge across West Bank (www.972mag.com)
Israeli missiles hit site in Iran, explosions heard in Isfahan (www.aljazeera.com)
Middle East crisis live: air defences activated in Iran after explosions reported near Isfahan (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)
A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers....
Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10 (www.xda-developers.com)
Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News....
GOP Governors Show 'How Scared They Are' of Workers Organizing With UAW (www.commondreams.org)
Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform (www.nbcnews.com)
Warrington church is main setting for new horror film (www.warringtonguardian.co.uk)
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