Dell RTO mandate said to be a stealth layoff, for women (www.theregister.com)
Childhood disrupted: is the internet damaging young people’s development? (yorkshirebylines.co.uk)
Police departments are using AI to review bodycam footage, and police unions are not happy about it (www.techspot.com)
Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge (www.cnn.com)
Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge::Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by more than $28 billion between your morning coffee and your lunch break.
Any duck duck go alternative that is better in privacy and security ?
I have always liked and used Duck duck go more than google but now i am considering if i should switch because of the shit they pulled with their app and yesterday when i clicked a link it took me directly to their newsletter subsciption page not even like a popup a proper page without any way except manually backing out . So is...
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too (www.theverge.com)
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too::OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman announced that he’s quitting just hours after CEO Sam Altman was fired. OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati is taking over as interim CEO.
Companies With Flexible Remote Work Policies Outperform On Revenue Growth (www.forbes.com)
Companies With Flexible Remote Work Policies Outperform On Revenue Growth::According to a new report, companies with flexible remote work policies outperform firms with more restrictive policies when it comes to revenue growth rates.
Firefox will support at least 200 new extensions on Android this December (www.androidpolice.com)
YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers (www.theverge.com)
YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers::YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers. In a statement to The Verge, YouTube’s Christopher Lawton says the company has launched a “global effort” to urge people to allow ads on the platform.
‘The early adopters have adopted’: US carmakers slow their EV growth plans (www.ft.com)
AI-created child sexual abuse images ‘threaten to overwhelm internet’ (www.theguardian.com)
AI-created child sexual abuse images ‘threaten to overwhelm internet’::Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law
After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff (arstechnica.com)
After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff::The popular developer forum is still hunting for a “path to profitability.”
Unity Software Inc's President and CEO John Riccitiello Sells 2,000 Shares (finance.yahoo.com)
Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com)
Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history::YMMV, based on where you are
Miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation. (lemmy.world)
I miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation....
Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don't show up 3 days a week (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don’t show up 3 days a week::Meta, formerly known as Facebook, told employees that its new RTO policy would be enforced by management.
Hydrogen-powered planes almost ready for takeoff (arstechnica.com)
Amazon Says It Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing (www.vice.com)
Amazon Says It Doesn’t ‘Employ’ Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing::Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.
Disney hack leads to 1.2TB of Slack communications leaked online (stackdiary.com)
In a significant data breach, hacktivist group NullBulge has infiltrated Disney’s internal Slack infrastructure, leaking 1.2TB of sensitive data. This breach, posted on the cybercrime platform Breach Forums on July 12, 2024, exposes many of Disney’s internal communications, compromising messages, files, code, and other...
Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns (www.techspot.com)
Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder for Europol...
EU chat control law proposes scanning your messages — even encrypted ones (www.theverge.com)
Google Pay is officially dead in the US. Just got the email.
We are writing to inform you about changes to your Google Pay experience. As we continue to provide safe and seamless payments to users around the world, we are also simplifying the app experience in the U.S. For years, Google Wallet has been the primary place to securely store payment cards used for tap and pay in stores,...
Instagram is testing unskippable "Ad Breaks" lasting 3-5 seconds, disrupting user browsing experience (bgr.com)
Boeing Will Launch Starliner With Helium Leak (www.extremetech.com)
Boeing and NASA are moving ahead with the upcoming Starliner demonstration launch despite an active helium leak. The launch is now on the books for Saturday, June 1, at 12:25 p.m. EDT. If all goes as planned, Starliner will rendezvous with the International Space Station the following day and return to Earth on June 10. If not,...
