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The Absurdity of the Return-to-Office Movement::The return-to-office demands make little sense from an overall economic perspective, while working parents, in particular, benefit from not having to waste time commuting to an office, writes Peter Bergen.

Full text from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) article:...

Musk’s SpaceX sued for negligence in accident that led to worker’s coma::undefined

Unclassified letter reveals NSA’s warrantless purchase of Americans’ internet browsing data | Senator Ron Wyden wants the practice to stop::undefined

Netflix says Vision Pro is too ‘subscale’ for it to care about::As revealed last week, the Netflix app won’t be available on Vision Pro when it launches next week, nor will…

Netflix Hints at Price Increases, Plans to Retire Basic Service Amid Ad-Tier Growth::Netflix says subscriptions to its ad-supported service grew by 70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI::Technology companies are axing jobs as they pile deeper into artificial intelligence, with one expert calling it a “sobering signal.”

I’ve seen this movie and it doesn’t end well.

Netflix Is Doing Great, So It’s Killing Off Its Cheapest Ad-Free Plan for Good::The company made gains in ad-based subscribers, but the $12 Basic subscription is being put out to pasture later in 2024 starting in Canada and the U.K.

Looks like it’s taken some principles from GrapheneOS and other alternative ROMs....

An ‘official organization’ on X is just openly glorifying Hitler — X’s verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn’t so bad::X’s verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn’t so bad.

Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X’s Fact Checkers Are Long Gone::Civil rights lawyers and Democrats are sounding alarms about Mr. Musk’s claims about voting. The Biden campaign called his posts “profoundly irresponsible.”

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.

Elon Musk warns Tesla workers they’ll be sleeping on the production line to build its new mass-market EV::Elon Musk said that building Tesla’s next-generation EV, which is set to enter production in 2025, will require Tesla workers to sleep on the manufacturing line.