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Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring | The DOJ said that Apple's hiring practices favored visa holders and left out US citizens and perma... (www.engadget.com)

Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring | The DOJ said that Apple’s hiring practices favored visa holders and left out US citizens and perma…::This is the largest amount that the DOJ has collected under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and...

Microsoft lays hands on login data: Beware of the new Outlook (www.heise.de)

Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him — Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant (www.theregister.com)

Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him — Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant::Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant

Google employees typically work more than eight hours a day: Internal memo (www.cnbc.com)

Google employees typically work more than eight hours a day: Internal memo::Employees said they were eager to share the HR representative’s response with their relatives.

Google’s “Web Integrity” Android API could kill “alternative” media clients (arstechnica.com)

Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)

Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff::CEO confirms Tumblr has lost “well north of $100M” since acquisition.

The new Outlook may give Microsoft access to third-party emails and logins - gHacks Tech News (ghacks.net)

Key EU parliament comitee took stance towards protecting end-to-end encryption, and no device scanning. A possible win for privacy (www.eff.org)

Thanks to more than 100 civil society groups joined us in speaking out against this proposal. So did thousands of individuals who signed the petition demanding that the EU “Stop Scanning Me.”...

More tech job layoffs announced at Google, Amazon, and Snap (www.ktvu.com)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Some major tech companies announced another round of job cuts on Thursday. Google, Amazon and Snap are among the companies continuing to downsize.

Robotic Putting Greens. Mixed Reality. Loud Spectators. This Is Golf?! (www.wired.com)

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are backing a new sports league that’s reinventing golf as high-energy, made-for-TV entertainment.

EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments (www.eff.org)

EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments::The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted...

Businesses count the economic cost of Optus network meltdown - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)

Brace yourself, a report suggests that Copilot is coming to Windows 10 (ghacks.net)

Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It (www.wired.com)

Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It::Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest earnings call reveals Max shed 700,000 subscribers in the past three months, even as it made money. That might work for Wall Street, but what about viewers?

Google is moving Shopping List and other notes back into Google Keep (www.google.com)

All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan (www.bloomberg.com)

Omegle Was Forced to Shut Down by a Lawsuit From a Sexual Abuse Survivor (www.wired.com)

Microsoft Can't Stop Being Annoying About OneDrive | They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device. (gizmodo.com)

Microsoft Can’t Stop Being Annoying About OneDrive | They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device.::They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device.

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