Amazon — like SpaceX — is the latest company to claim the U.S. labor board is unconstitutional, after receiving numerous labor complaints from employees (www.theverge.com)
Amazon — like SpaceX — is the latest company to claim the U.S. labor board is unconstitutional, after receiving numerous labor complaints from employees::Amazon has accused the National Labor Relations Board of being unconstitutional in a new legal filing, according to a report from The New York Times.
OpenAI Reaches $80 Billion Valuation In Venture Firm Deal, Report Says (www.forbes.com)
OpenAI Reaches $80 Billion Valuation In Venture Firm Deal, Report Says::The AI company has raised billions of dollars from companies including Microsoft.
Reddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI. (www.reuters.com)
Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models (mashable.com)
Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says (arstechnica.com)
DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses (arstechnica.com)
DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses::Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.
Fubo CEO 'Horrified' and 'Sad' About Peacock-Exclusive NFL Games | Cord Cutters News (cordcuttersnews.com)
Fubo CEO, David Gandler, is unhappy about Comcast’s decision to exclusively stream an NFL Wild Card game on Peacock....
Subprime Intelligence (www.wheresyoured.at)
Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton (proton.me)
Proton’s mission, funding sources, independence, and community are some of the reasons we’re more resilient than other privacy-first companies.
Vudu’s name is changing to “Fandango at Home” (www.theverge.com)
EU to hit Apple with €500m fine over antitrust music streaming complaint from Spotify (www.imore.com)
EU to fine Apple about $500 million for anticompetitive App Store policy in music streaming market (9to5mac.com)
EU to fine Apple about $500 million for anticompetitive App Store policy in music streaming market::Apple is about to be hit with its first-ever fine from the EU commission, according to a report this morning…
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
All you need to know about the Digital Services Act (blog.cloudflare.com)
February 17, 2024 marks the entry into force of a landmark piece of European Union (EU) legislation, affecting European users who create and disseminate online content as well as tech companies who act as “intermediaries” on the Internet.
"Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the scrolls!" (scrollprize.org)
Quoted from Tom Scott’s newsletter...
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The Canadian government plans to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.
TikTok is a Time Bomb (gurwinder.substack.com)
The ultimate weapon of mass distraction
Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)
Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use...
India may block Proton Mail (techcrunch.com)
Sorry RDX for Reddit's EU users, you won't be able to add RDX web app (or any other PWA) to your home screen in the latest iOS update (rdx.overdevs.com)
Apple is removing PWA(progressive web apps) from EU Which means:...
To Avoid Hefty Tariffs, China’s BYD Eyes U.S. Car Market Via Mexico (www.wsj.com)
To Avoid Hefty Tariffs, China’s BYD Eyes U.S. Car Market Via Mexico::undefined
Get ready — your Google Workspace subscription is about to see an unwelcome price hike (www.techradar.com)
Kremlin runs disinformation campaign to undermine Zelenskyy, documents show (www.stripes.com)
Kremlin runs disinformation campaign to undermine Zelenskyy, documents show::A covert Kremlin disinformation campaign targeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the aim of dividing Ukrainian society.
Journalist says he finds it ‘surreal’ to have account on X suspended after writing critique of platform (www.irishtimes.com)
Journalist says he finds it ‘surreal’ to have account on X suspended after writing critique of platform::The author’s account had over 100,000 followers and was around 14 years old, he said