Apple employees authorize first strike in U.S. retail locations, face retaliation. Petitions for union elections up 35% from Oct 1 to March 31 compared to same period last year. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
Without paywall: https://archive.ph/0KvTq
Congress’s push to protect kids online is at a crossroads (KOSA, US-focused) (www.washingtonpost.com)
Legislators are considering attaching KOSA (the anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bill, aka the Kids Online Safety Act) to must-pass legislation authorizing the FAA. As EFF points out, the latest version of KOSA is still a censorship bill....
Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes (www.washingtonpost.com)
Without paywall: https://archive.ph/NGkbf
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple has complied with the Chinese government's request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial for...
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple has complied with the Chinese government's request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial for...
Philippines strikes security deals with other countries as tensions rise with China at sea (www.washingtonpost.com)
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AI ‘dream girls’ are coming for porn stars’ jobs (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’::undefined
Tesla worker killed in fiery crash may be first ‘Full Self-Driving’ fatality (www.washingtonpost.com)
Tesla worker killed in fiery crash may be first ‘Full Self-Driving’ fatality::undefined
‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr... (www.washingtonpost.com)
‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr...::undefined
California fast-food workers are forming a unique kind of union (www.washingtonpost.com)
Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public (www.washingtonpost.com)
Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public::undefined
You can now join Bluesky without an invitation (www.washingtonpost.com)
The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? (www.washingtonpost.com)
The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?::undefined
Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault (www.washingtonpost.com)
Retailers increasingly are using facial recognition software to patrol their stores for shoplifters and other unwanted customers. But the technology’s accuracy is highly dependent on technical factors — the cameras’ video quality, a store’s lighting, the size of its face database — and a mismatch can lead to dangerous...
Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault.::undefined
Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault (www.washingtonpost.com)
Retailers increasingly are using facial recognition software to patrol their stores for shoplifters and other unwanted customers. But the technology’s accuracy is highly dependent on technical factors — the cameras’ video quality, a store’s lighting, the size of its face database — and a mismatch can lead to dangerous...
Apple’s no-good week was great for the company and bad for you (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple’s no-good week was great for the company and bad for you::undefined
Elon Musk’s X removes the New York Times’ verification badge (www.washingtonpost.com)
China hacked Japan’s sensitive defense networks, officials say (www.washingtonpost.com)
According to former US and Japanese officials, the NSA discovered in the fall of 2020 that the PRC had persistent access to Japanese Defense Networks....
Tesla autopilot killed 17 and crashed 736 times (www.washingtonpost.com)
More or less Tesla's autopilot is not as safe as Tesla would have you believe.