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IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025. This could deal a massive blow to private tax filing services such as TurboTax (apnews.com)
McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve drinks and some locations may charge for refills (www.cbsnews.com)
Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda (www.ign.com)
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/18941119...
Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)
Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts (arstechnica.com)
Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants (gizmodo.com)
Despite its CEO railing against Biden, Tesla was more than happy to take the administration's money.
Tesla is reportedly laying off ‘more than 10 percent’ of its workforce (www.theverge.com)
Thugs. (lemmy.world)
Biden 'outraged' over Israel strike on World Central Kitchen staff in Gaza (www.bbc.co.uk)
The US president accuses Israel of not doing enough to protect aid workers and civilians....
“Job Creator” Elon Musk Has Fired Over 6000 Employees in the Last 4 Years, Some for Trying to Unionize (medium.com)
Archive: https://archive.is/PhiXk
What did we learn from Covid? (Jen Sorensen) (lemmy.world)
https://bsky.app/profile/jensorensen.bsky.social/post/3koezhxawrf2f
Ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick looks to buy TikTok amid shutdown fears - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
TikTok has been at the center of controversy for the United States government in the last few years. Particularly, members of the Senate believe China-based parent company ByteDance could spy on its users and share information with the Chinese Government....
Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees (80.lv)
According to a recent tweet shared by AI enthusiast Nick St. Pierre, the alleged theft occurred last Saturday. It is claimed that employees from Stability AI infiltrated Midjourney's database and stole all prompt and image pairs, an action that also caused a 24-hour outage. In response, MJ reportedly banned all Stable Diffusion...
Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024 (finance.yahoo.com)
Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024::Despite a booming U.S. economy and significant advancements in the tech sector, including a robust performance by companies like Nvidia Corp. and a thriving artificial intelligence (AI) industry, tech companies have...
Sony to cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation unit as layoffs in technology, gaming sector continue. (techxplore.com)
Americans wake to widespread cellular outages, cause unclear (www.theregister.com)
Americans wake to widespread cellular outages, cause unclear::undefined
US considering more than $10 billion in subsidies for Intel, Bloomberg reports (www.reuters.com)
US considering more than $10 billion in subsidies for Intel, Bloomberg reports::The Biden administration is in talks to award more than $10 billion in subsidies to Intel Corp , Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate (www.theverge.com)
Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate::The bill would create a duty of care for tech platforms to protect child and teen users.
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan
Scab Rule (midwest.social)
Paramount Global Laying Off 800 Employees as CEO Bakish Cites Need to Trim Costs (variety.com)
Paramount Global Laying Off 800 Employees as CEO Bakish Cites Need to Trim Costs::Paramount Global, amid a swirl of M&A discussions, is laying off about 800 employees worldwide as it looks to trim costs.
OpenAI wants to raise 5-7 trillion dollars. Yes, Trillion (decrypt.co)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors, including from the United Arab Emirates, to raise between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in funding. The goal, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, is to increase the world's chip manufacturing capacity and enhance AI capabilities....
‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything (www.ft.com)
‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything::The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?
Zuckerberg to Get $700 Million a Year From Meta’s New Dividend (www.bloomberg.com)
Zuckerberg to Get $700 Million a Year From Meta’s New Dividend::Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg stands to receive a payout of about $700 million a year from the social media giant’s first-ever dividend for investors.
U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried | Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting worker... (www.vice.com)
U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried | Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting worker...::Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB and...
USA things (futurology.today)
Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff (www.cnbc.com)
Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff::Amazon and iRobot said regulatory concerns made it impossible for the deal to move forward, sending the Roomba makers' shares plummeting.
Salesforce is the latest tech company to cut jobs with 700 layoffs, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Salesforce is the latest tech company to cut jobs with 700 layoffs, report says::The job cuts, which amount to about 1% of its workforce, follow a series of layoffs last year.
Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees (www.theverge.com)
eBay will lay off 1,000 employees — 9 percent of the company (www.theverge.com)
Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms (www.theguardian.com)