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Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs (New York Times)
New York Times: Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye…
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Google changes its appeals process for accounts flagged as containing CSAM; the content deemed exploitative will still be removed from Google and reported (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
Kashmir Hill / New York Times: Google changes its appeals process for accounts flagged as containing CSAM; the content deemed…
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Sources detail Elon Musk's Twitter cost-cutting measures, including closing a data center, reducing training for new staff, and canceling janitorial services (New York Times)
New York Times: Sources detail Elon Musk’s Twitter cost-cutting measures, including closing a data center, reducing training for new staff,…
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act on December 28, set to take effect on July 1, 2023, with amendments that give OEMs some exceptions (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)
Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act on December 28, set…
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Some Twitter users are reporting widespread service interruptions; Downdetector: the issues mainly affect its website and started around 7 PM ET on Wednesday (Kate Conger/New York Times)
Kate Conger / New York Times: Some Twitter users are reporting widespread service interruptions; Downdetector: the issues mainly affect its…
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German researchers bought a US military device, last used in Afghanistan in 2012, with fingerprints, iris scans, and other data on 2,632 people, for $68 on eBay (New York Times)
New York Times: German researchers bought a US military device, last used in Afghanistan in 2012, with fingerprints, iris scans,…
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An interview with AI researcher and MacArthur Fellow Yejin Choi on misconceptions about AI, GPT-3, training models to make moral decisions, and more (David Marchese/New York Times)
David Marchese / New York Times: An interview with AI researcher and MacArthur Fellow Yejin Choi on misconceptions about AI,…
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A look at Microsoft's "nice guy" strategy to close its Activision deal; sources: Microsoft hopes to win over EU regulators, which could force the US to settle (New York Times)
New York Times: A look at Microsoft’s “nice guy” strategy to close its Activision deal; sources: Microsoft hopes to win…
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An internal ByteDance investigation finds a few employees accessed data on US TikTok users, including two reporters, while trying to find sources for a story (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
Cecilia Kang / New York Times: An internal ByteDance investigation finds a few employees accessed data on US TikTok users,…
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Analysis of 1,000 reinstated Twitter accounts: most are deeply partisan, support Donald Trump, and spread misinformation on COVID-19, election fraud, and QAnon (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: Analysis of 1,000 reinstated Twitter accounts: most are deeply partisan, support Donald Trump,…
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