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I started editing Wikipedia more seriously over the last couple of months, and this video has a bunch of useful information and how-tos that I wish I had then, and some stuff that I still didn’t know. I really like contributing to such a useful resource, and knowing that every little edit I make helps everybody who wants to...

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KUMAMOTO, Japan/TAIPEI – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has inaugurated its first plant in Japan, paving the way for it to begin making smartphone and auto-related chips for top local clients Sony and Renesas by the end of this year.

X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation::Ken Klippenstein, Steven Monacelli, and Alan MacLeod were all suspended from the platform.

RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study::Data is consistent with bosses using RTO to reassert control and scapegoat workers.

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes ‘overcompensate’ for diversity::Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make...

Judge rebukes law firm using ChatGPT to justify $113,484.62 fee as “utterly and unusually unpersuasive”::Use of AI to calculate legal bill ‘utterly and unusually unpersuasive’

Today we’re launching Gemini Advanced — a new experience that gives you access to Ultra 1.0, our largest and most capable state-of-the-art AI model. In blind evaluations with our third-party raters, Gemini Advanced with Ultra 1.0 is now the most preferred chatbot compared to leading alternatives....

Elon Musk’s Battle with Swedish Unions Is Now Impacting Tesla’s Charging Stations | The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for th…::The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for the electric...

Reddit cites r/WallStreetBets as a risk factor in its IPO filing::As Reddit finally files to go public, the company wrote in its S-1 filing that “meme stock” schemes on r/WallStreetBets could pose a risk to investors.

Amazon made airport workers toil in 100-degree heat without shade, water — The trillion-dollar online retailer plans to appeal workplace safety citations and $14,625 in fines::The trillion-dollar online retailer plans to appeal Cal/OSHA citations and $14,625 in fines.

ChatGPT has meltdown and starts sending alarming messages to users::AI system has started speaking nonsense, talking Spanglish without prompting, and worrying users by suggesting it is in the room with them

Employees offered suggestions to reduce risks of misuse of subscription accounts featuring minors. Meta took another approach and says its programs are well monitored.

How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk.::The Kids Online Safety Act, moving through Congress, presents serious privacy issues for adults and could hurt the kids it aims to protect, too.

Conservative MP Says He Trusts Porn Companies Won’t Leak Digital IDs of Canadians Who Visit Porn Websites::Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives voted to introduce digital IDs for porn users