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Court documents from an ageism lawsuit show company bosses discussing making mature employees “extinct” IBM executives labelled older employees as “dinobabies” and discussed ways to make them “extinct,” documents made public by a Federal District Court on Friday show. The emails were submitted as part of an ageism lawsuit brought against the IT firm and […]
Apple has reportedly included ‘pregnant man’ and ‘pregnant person’ emojis in a beta release of its upcoming iOS 15.4 software update Apple has reportedly included pregnant man and gender-neutral pregnant person emojis in a software update for its operating system. The designs are apparently among 37 new emojis bundled with the iOS 15.4 version, which […]
Apple says proposed antitrust laws would force it to allow ‘sideloading’ on iPhones Having to sideload apps would pose a security risk to iPhone users, Apple warned as rivals and lawmakers pushed antitrust measures “The bills put consumers in harm’s way because of the real risk of privacy and security breaches,” Apple’s senior director of […]
Leading mobile chip manufacturer Qualcomm has defended a new always-on feature in the ‘selfie camera’ found in next-gen phones powered by its tech. It says the devices would know “to act different when you’re not looking back.” Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon processor powers many of the 2022 smartphone models soon to be rolled out in stores, […]
Researchers are constructing a ‘black box’ in Australia, a device that they say is meant to survive climate change disasters and warn future survivors about humanity’s mistakes. Described as a “tool,” the monolith is being “built to outlive us all” and will be constructed in a remote location on the island of Tasmania, Australian scientists […]
State Street Global Advisors has rejected “factually inaccurate” reports that recruiters will need to seek a diversity panel’s approval if they want to hire a white male management candidate over a woman or an ethnic minority. According to London’s The Times, which reported about the new policy on Sunday, the company aims to triple the […]
The US has added NSO Group, the Israeli spyware giant behind the infamous Pegasus software used to spy on journalists and human rights activists, to a trade blacklist, along with three firms charged with similar acts. NSO and fellow Israeli spyware firm Candiru have been added to the US’ “entity list,” a trade blacklist that […]
China’s answer to Google may have stolen a long march on Facebook. Soon after Mark Zuckerberg announced his umbrella company would be changing its name to Meta, the Beijing-based Baidu applied for a ‘MetaApp’ trademark. Zuckerberg famously announced last Thursday that he was changing the name of his company – which owns Facebook, Instagram, and […]
Tech giant Facebook has reached an agreement with parts of the French press concerning the copyrights of articles and stories shared on its platform. The firm also announced the launch of Facebook News in France, due in 2022. In a joint statement on Thursday, Facebook and l’Alliance de la presse d’information générale (APIG), a lobby […]
A report published in the peer-reviewed Global Environment Change journal has blasted oil and gas company Total for “promoting doubt regarding the scientific basis for global warming,” accusing it of moving from “denial to delay.” The accusations are laid out in a report that explores Total’s response to global warming between 1971 and 2021, following […]
Google clamped down on Timnit Gebru, the former co-lead of ethical AI team, because she not only revealed bias in its large language models, but also called for structural changes in the AI field, Gebru told ‘Going Underground.’ Dr. Gebru was the first black female research scientist at Google, and her controversial parting with the […]
Facebook has issued a mea culpa after disrupting the business and social interactions of millions of users as a Facebook-owned social media trio lagged for over six hours, while blaming an engineering error for the web apocalypse. Facebook has confirmed that a routing problem throttled its services, bringing operations at its site, as well as […]
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has entered a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in the US, paving the way for her to leave Canada, where she has spent nearly three years in detention. The Huawei CFO entered the plea on Friday as she made a virtual appearance at a New York court session. She was […]