The lunch rush is dead as Americans live for the weekend, office workers are pinching lunchtime pennies (www.nbcnews.com)
UAW loses Alabama union vote seen as bellwether for organizing autoworkers in the South (www.nbcnews.com)
Republican officials led a vigorous campaign opposing the organizing effort. In the run-up to Friday's vote, six Southern governors, all Republicans, led by Alabama's Kay Ivey, warned about “special interests looking to come into our state and threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”...
TikTok sues U.S. government, saying potential ban violates First Amendment (www.nbcnews.com)
China’s booming EV companies eye U.S. competitors they see as ‘not ready’ (www.nbcnews.com)
Chuck Todd: The race to build a better internet — before it's too late (www.nbcnews.com)
Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract (www.nbcnews.com)
"Google issued a stern warning to its employees, with the company’s vice president of global security, Chris Rackow, saying, “If you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again,” according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC."
Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform (www.nbcnews.com)
Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop, research company says (www.nbcnews.com)
Boeing CEO, other executives stepping down amid safety crisis (www.nbcnews.com)
The company has been mired in negative stories since a door panel blew out on a Boeing 737 Max plane flown by Alaska Airlines in January....
Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)
Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts (www.nbcnews.com)
Data from two research firms and figures published by Musk and X suggest a deteriorating situation for X by some metrics. Musk has marketed it as the world’s “town square,” but in number of users it continues to lag far behind social media rivals that focus on video, such as Instagram and TikTok. ...
South Korea to suspend licenses of 2 senior doctors in first punishments over walkout (www.nbcnews.com)
Experts war-gamed what might happen if deepfakes disrupt the 2024 election. Things went sideways fast. (www.nbcnews.com)
House likely to pass a bill that could ban TikTok, sending it to the Senate (www.nbcnews.com)
Teens, with mixed feelings about their own phones, say their parents need to log off (www.nbcnews.com)
Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown (www.nbcnews.com)
TikTok, Facebook and YouTube sued by New York City for alleged harm to kids’ mental health (www.nbcnews.com)
TikTok, Facebook and YouTube sued by New York City for alleged harm to kids’ mental health ::New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that his administration has filed a lawsuit against the parent companies of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, alleging that their services are damaging to the mental...
NYC fails controversial remote learning snow day ‘test,’ public schools chancellor says (www.nbcnews.com)
NYC fails controversial remote learning snow day ‘test,’ public schools chancellor says::New York City's public schools chancellor said the city did not pass Tuesday's remote-learning “test” because of technical issues.
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times (www.nbcnews.com)
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times::Taylor Swift is being targeted again by deepfakes, with supporters of Donald Trump posting manipulated media falsely showing her supporting Trump.
‘A nightmare’: Special counsel’s assessment of Biden’s mental fitness triggers Democratic panic (www.nbcnews.com)
Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.” (www.nbcnews.com)
Alaska Airlines CEO: We found “many” loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster — “My demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house.”::The CEO of Alaska Airlines said new inspections of the carrier's Boeing 737 Max 9 planes revealed that “many” of the aircraft...
Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, U.N. says (www.nbcnews.com)
Teen deepfake victim pushes for federal law targeting AI-generated explicit content (www.nbcnews.com)
Rep. Joe Morelle, D.-N.Y., appeared with a New Jersey high school victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes to discuss a bill stalled in the House.
U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concern (www.nbcnews.com)
U.S. intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to communicate (www.nbcnews.com)
