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Tech Intel extends Core chip warranty to soothe customers | PCWorld OpenAI has the tech to watermark ChatGPT text—it just won’t release it | Ars Technica Hack and payback Instagram scammer gets nabbed after bragging about it on a podcast X files antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over ‘illegal boycott’ - The Verge Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X |...

Tech Taco Bell’s drive-thru AI might take your next order - The Verge Some Microsoft services, including Office, are suffering from an outage Tesla recalls 1.8 million vehicles over risk of detached hoods Charter failed to notify 911 call centers and FCC about VoIP phone outages | Ars Technica Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription | Ars Technica Samsung hypes the...

Tech Amazon union workers and the Teamsters have inked a deal - The Verge Amazon faces nearly $6 million in fines over California labor law violations More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel - The Verge US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media - The Ver...

Tech Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo | PetaPixel Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in - The Verge Apple Intelligence: every new AI feature coming to the iPhone and Mac - The Verge Elon Musk calls iOS 18 a 'security violation' for integrating ChatGPT, says he will ban use of Apple devices at Tesla - 9...

Tech Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned - The Verge Butts, breasts, and genitals now explicitly allowed on Elon Musk’s X | Ars Technica Israel reportedly used fake social media accounts to influence US lawmakers - The Verge Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past - The Verge Ex-Meta engineer sues company, claiming...

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Tech Apple Store workers in Maryland vote in favor of a strike over working conditions - 9to5Mac Amazon workers become the first to unionize at one of the company's Canadian warehouses Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them | Ars Technica Eight TikTok creators file their own suit against the divest-or-ban law Gaming Pre-orders for Ghost of Tsushima on PC are bei...

Tech Divestment vs. social media: a hard battle on a good day Bike Lock NYPD Insists Is 'Industrial' Protest Tool Is a Normal Lock Recommended by Columbia University TikTok sues the US government over ban - The Verge Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking | Ars Technica Dell hack: Personal info of 49 million customers allegedly breached | PCWorld Jack Dorsey...

Tech Israel is rubber-stamping AI bombing targets MPA announces move to block piracy sites Apple Store employees in New Jersey want to unionize Twitter isn’t letting you hide the checkmark anymore Gaming Roblox says children developing on its platform is a gift Deck Nine is apparently no stranger to toxic dev culture Xbox plans to tackle game preservation Blizzard Games are returning to China EA P...

Tech AT&T has leaked nearly 70 million Social Security numbers Jon Stewart shows the AI segment that Apple didn’t want us to see Spotify wants more money…again…in less than a year Discord to start running ads even though it said it wasn’t going to Gaming Waffle House needs to let Tekken put the restaurant in game Please check out the shows live on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Tech Uber and Lyft can’t be bothered to pay Minneapolis drivers more Tesla settles racism lawsuit with Black worker Dell becomes the latest company to reverse WFH policies DOJ urging the sale of TikTok instead of ban House bill doesn’t protect your data, just restricts the selling of it Gaming Steam Families beta is perfect for your gaming family Streaming Twitch is removing Prime Video watch part...

Tech Twitter is considering taking a Midjourney FCC says that 100 Mbps or more is broadband Google engineer fired for speaking out against Project Nimbus Bobby Kotick interested in buying TikTok Gaming Capcom making smart moves amidst all the layoffs Sweet Baby hate shows people don’t know how games are made Looks like Saber got some good properties in the Embracer divorce Streaming Twitch is remo...

Tech Automattic isn’t protecting user choice when it comes to gAI Meta hands NSO another “L” in court TikTok is again the Chinese boogeyman to American lawmakers HP finally did it! They’ve turned a printer into a subscription. Apple gives devs ability to disable Reactions by default in iOS 17.4 Apple is supporting DIY repairs of M3 Macs Microsoft is shutting down Android for Windows 11 next year G...

Tech Authy moved its desktop EOL to March Walmart is acquiring Vizio to better get to know you Apple releases a sports app Apple seems to have joined Signal in future-proofing encryption Nvidia driver updates no longer need a login thanks to new app Gaming Microsoft opened up about the future of Xbox Microsoft revealed which games are going where Xbox won’t release cloud app because it’s all about...

Tech Tesla recalls 200,000 more cars due to backup camera Polestar is cutting jobs because EVs are too expensive Jamf couldn’t manage to keep the layoffs away Apple push notifications are sending data to companies Apple vastly changed their app store policies and I barely get it Japan to stop using floppy disks for bureaucratic work Spec Ops: The Line, TikTok, and media licenses Gaming No longer E...

Tech OpenAI unashamed that it needs copyrighted materials to train SEC is in trouble for not following a Tech Talk Commandment Discord is the newest company to be facing layoffs Amazon and Twitch cutting thousands of jobs Google the latest to lay off thousands of people YouTube staff are the latest casualties in Google’s layoff spree Gig workers to become employees under Department of Labor rule G...

Tech Authy to sunset desktop apps iPhone proves to be tougher than Boeing airplane doors Tesla is just as deadly in China as it is in the US thanks to Autopilot Musk is letting his hatred of unions show again Google guilty of breaking labor laws against YouTube Music staff Duolingo is letting AI take their jobs Gaming SAG-AFTRA struck deal for AI voice acting and didn’t tell the actors Bossa Studi...

Gaming Tekken claimed to be racist by rando who didn’t see Leroy or Raven Square Enix president still doesn’t quite get it with “emerging tech” Steam is leaving Windows 7, 8, 8.1 behind Meta has removed TV casting from Quest temporarily - Desk Chair Analysts Xbox has a toaster to go with your fridge Please check out the shows live on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Thursday at 8...

Tech SBF found guilty on all counts Twitter would like to sell used handles for more than used cars No, Kendrick Lemar did not release a new phone called the Light Phone II Gaming Game Pass games to let you know when they’re leaving Microsoft employees will no longer have access to free Game Pass Your PlayStation won’t be posting to Twitter anymore Twitter’s removal from consoles has Musky Musk’s...

Tech More subscriptions coming from Twitter On Twitter, you get fact checked, you won’t get a check Disney thinks subscribers are happy sitting through ads Netflix will reward you with one less ad if you stick to their platform Bandcamp United going after Songtradr for unfair labor practices DoorDash: “It’d be a shame if your fries got cold because of no tip” Gaming Xbox’s New Boss: Bond. Sarah Bo...

Tech Malicious translation to blame for Ubuntu 23.10 being pulled Just before sale, nearly half of Bandcamp’s employees have been cut Corporate social networking site, LinkedIn, lays off over 600 people Musky Musk wants to charge you $1 a year for Twitter To skirt responsiblity, Musk threatens to remove Twitter from EU Netflix decided you aren’t paying enough, again Gaming Microsoft’s purchase of...

Tech Tom Hanks calls out dental ad for using AI likeness of him TikTok is testing an ad-free monthly subscription plan - Android Authority Meta proposing ad-free Facebook and Instagram plans for up to $17/month - 9to5Mac ‘Some of You Lied About Your Gender:’ Men Swamp Tech Conference for Women Gaming SAG-AFTRA's Talks With Video Games Industry End With No Resolution - GameSpot 16-Year-Old Stud...

Tech Microsoft AI researchers mistakenly leaked 38TB of company data Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024 - The Verge New 'Orion' App Turns Your iPad Into an HDMI Display for a Console or Mac - MacRumors Gaming Payday 3 gives controversial Denuvo the boot less than a week from release | VG247 Asus ROG Ally Base Model Has Arrived, Only Costs $600 - GameSpo...

Tech MGM Resorts hit by 'cybersecurity issue,' leading to massive outage Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data Update everything: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge just patched a big flaw Lyft aims to match women and nonbinary riders and drivers with each other more often California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone Pix...

Tech - Right to repair’s unlikely new adversary: Scientologists | Ars Technica - Apple finally admits the CSAM scanning flaw we all pointed out at the time - Future of iMessage safe in the UK, as government backs down on encryption - Apple signs new long-standing deal with Arm for making Apple Silicon chips - Third UK Apple Store has unionized, says customers also harmed - As X bleeds cash, Musk t...