First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled (arstechnica.com)
First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.
The CEO of Dropbox has a 90/10 rule for remote work (www.businessinsider.com)
The CEO of Dropbox has a 90/10 rule for remote work::“If you trust people and treat them like adults, they’ll behave like adults,” Dropbox CEO Drew Houston told Fortune.
FCC Aims to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules After US Democrats Gain Control of Panel (www.bloomberg.com)
FCC Aims to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules After US Democrats Gain Control of Panel::The US Federal Communications Commission is to announce plans on Tuesday to reinstate so-called net neutrality rules governing broadband providers, according to people briefed on the matter.
FCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbers (arstechnica.com)
In one of its many attempts to curb robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission said it is making it harder for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain direct access to US telephone numbers....
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...
Arm Acquires Minority Stake in Raspberry Pi (www.tomshardware.com)
Tesla misses estimates for quarterly deliveries; shares fall (www.reuters.com)
Tesla reported a decrease in total deliveries for the third quarter of 2023 compared to the previous quarter, delivering 435,059 vehicles....
Unity Backpedals on Its Horrible Plan for Game Install Fees Amid Developer Backlash (gizmodo.com)
Unity Backpedals on Its Horrible Plan for Game Install Fees Amid Developer Backlash::Unity CEO John Riccitiello reportedly sold thousands of shares of stock in the weeks ahead of the fee announcement.
Superconductor Breakthrough Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing (www.tomshardware.com)
Superconductor Breakthrough Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing::It’s been a rough few days in the condensed matter physics realm following claims of the world’s first room-temperature superconductor being achieved. However, work to verify and replicate the results
These Prisoners Are Training AI : In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners. (www.wired.com)
A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires has purchased tens of thousands of acres of land for more than $800 million to build a new city near San Francisco (www.businessinsider.com)
A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires has purchased tens of thousands of acres of land for more than $800 million to build a new city near San Francisco::A company called Flannery Associates has been buying up land in Solano County for up to $15,000 per acre, court documents show.
The SEO world is up in arms after a story said they're 'ruining the internet.' Here's the spicy drama. (www.businessinsider.com)
‘I’d Have Told Them to F*ck Off’: Succession Star Brian Cox Says AI Is a Human Rights Issue | Hollywood actors entered their 100th day on strike last week in part over demands for contractual prote... (gizmodo.com)
‘I’d Have Told Them to F*ck Off’: Succession Star Brian Cox Says AI Is a Human Rights Issue | Hollywood actors entered their 100th day on strike last week in part over demands for contractual prote…::Hollywood actors entered their 100th day on strike last week in part over demands for contractual protections against AI.
ChatGPT's Scary Good at Getting People to Click Phishing Emails, IBM Finds (futurism.com)
IBM researchers said a ChatGPT-generated phishing email was almost as effective in fooling people compared to a man-made version.
Right to repair’s unlikely new adversary: Scientologists (arstechnica.com)
The Protecting Kids on Social Media Act is A Terrible Alternative to KOSA (www.eff.org)
A new bill sponsored by Sen. Schatz (D-HI), Sen. Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Murphy (D-CT), and Sen. Britt (R-AL) would combine some of the worst elements of various social media bills aimed at “protecting the children” into a single law.
X is reportedly selling inactive usernames for $50,000 — The move is the platform’s latest attempt to raise revenue (www.pcmag.com)
X is reportedly selling inactive usernames for $50,000 — The move is the platform’s latest attempt to raise revenue::undefined
Tech office shuts down its free cocktail bar for employees, CEO says “The office is dead” — An experiment in 2020s, incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occ... (sfist.com)
Tech office shuts down its free cocktail bar for employees, CEO says “The office is dead” — An experiment in 2020s, incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occ…::An experiment in 2020s incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occurs has ended with...
Bloomberg Lazily Helps Telecom Lobby Seed The Press With Bullshit Claims About Net Neutrality (www.techdirt.com)
With the Biden FCC now having a voting majority, the telecom industry is clearly worried about the agency’s plans to restore popular net neutrality rules stripped away by the Trump administration....
Spotify's new Showcase tool lets artists pay to promote their music in the Home feed | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Another reason to never listen to anything recommended by spotify
World’s first crewed liquid hydrogen plane takes off (thenextweb.com)
World’s first crewed liquid hydrogen plane takes off::undefined
Older adults who regularly use the internet have half the risk of dementia compared to non-regular users (www.psypost.org)
Older adults who regularly use the internet have half the risk of dementia compared to non-regular users::A longitudinal study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that older adults who regularly use the internet have about half the risk of developing dementia compared to non-users, even after...
S.Korean experts seek to verify room-temperature superconductor claim (www.reuters.com)
‘Dream’ AI Girlfriend Randomly Turns Into Nude Jennifer Lopez, Has Four Legs (www.404media.co)
A nightmare scenario previously only imagined by AI researchers, where AI image generators accidentally spit out non-consensual pornography of real people, is now reality.