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Meta conducts yet another round of layoffs
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/24/meta-conducts-yet-another-round-of-layoffs/?guccounter=1
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Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls - Attorneys general across the U.S. have joined a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/call-states-sue-telecom-company-billions-robocalls-99553597
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28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/28-years-later-windows-finally-supports-rar-files/
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Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off “alarm bells,” tech group says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/fbi-misused-foreign-surveillance-law-280k-times-to-snoop-on-people-in-the-us/
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Windows 11 getting native support for 7-Zip, RAR, and GZ archives
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-getting-native-support-for-7-zip-rar-and-gz-archives/
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Netflix Launches Paid Sharing in U.S., Will Start Blocking Users With Unauthorized Passwords
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/netflix-us-password-crackdown-paid-sharing-block-devices-1235607517/
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Tesla plummets 50 spots in a survey of the US's most reputable brands. It's now No. 62 — 30 places below Ford.
https://businessinsider.com/tesla-plummets-50-spots-survey-musk-most-reputable-brands-ford-2023-5
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Max down on launch day, new HBO streaming service not working
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hbo-max-down-not-working-launch-day-new/story?id=99536852
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Software company CEO says using ChatGPT cuts the time it takes to complete coding tasks from around 9 weeks to just a few days
https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-coding-openai-ceo-save-time-ai-jobs-software-2023-5
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Nintendo Faces Loot Box Lawsuit Over 'Immoral' In-Game Monetization
https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-loot-box-lawsuit-mario-kart-tour-gacha-free-pl-1850462641
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FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/22/fbi_fisa_abuse/
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Bill Gates says A.I. could kill Google Search and Amazon as we know them
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/22/bill-gates-predicts-the-big-winner-in-ai-smart-assistants.html
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Amazon employees plan to walk off the job as tech worker tension rises
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/22/tech-layoffs-amazon-walk-out-meta/
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Ice Cube says AI is demonic and its use in music will spark a backlash: 'Somebody can't take your original voice and manipulate it without having to pay.'
https://businessinsider.com/ice-cube-ai-demonic-music-spark-backlash-2023-5
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Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study | Groundbreaking analysis by One Earth is first to quantify economic burden caused by individual companies
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/19/fossil-fuel-firms-owe-climate-reparations-of-209bn-a-year-says-study#:~:text=The%20world's%20top%20fossil%20fuel,lies%2C%20a%20new%20study%20calculates.
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Scientists Working to Generate Electricity From Thin Air Make Breakthrough
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kade/scientists-working-to-generate-electricity-from-thin-air-make-breakthrough
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Chip wars with China risk ‘enormous damage’ to US tech, says Nvidia chief
https://archive.is/OuAE4
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Virgin Orbit: Branson's rocket dream ends after mission failure
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65692302
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Netflix's password sharing crackdown officially hits US users
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-officially-hits-us-users-183143562.html
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Meta has no choice but to sell Giphy at $262M loss to Shutterstock
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/fire-sale-shutterstock-to-buy-giphy-for-262-million-less-than-meta-paid
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Congress wants AM radio in all new cars—trade groups say that’s a mistake | Congress wants to force AM into every new car for emergency alerts.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/ev-advocates-join-tech-groups-and-automakers-to-oppose-am-radio-mandate/
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Following UK antitrust order, Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53M after buying it for $400M
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/meta-sells-giphy-to-shutterstock-for-53m-after-uk-divestment-order/
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Giphy Sold by Meta for $53 Million to Shutterstock
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/giphy-sold-meta-shutterstock-1235622548/
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Researchers discover brute-force attack that can bypass Android phone fingerprint locks | It doesn't work on iOS devices
https://www.techspot.com/news/98788-researchers-discover-brute-force-attack-can-bypass-android.html
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Social media presents ‘profound risk of harm’ for kids, surgeon general says, calling attention to lack of research
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/23/health/social-media-kids-surgeon-general-advisory/index.html
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iPhone maker Wistron calls it quits, saying Apple didn’t allow it to make a profit
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/22/iphone-maker-wistron-quits/
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Buyer beware: some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people’s data
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/22/23733267/sandisk-extreme-pro-failure-ssd-firmware
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Uber puts its diversity head on leave after employees voice fury at events titled ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’
https://fortune.com/2023/05/22/uber-dei-diversity-inclusion-boss-bo-young-lee-suspended-dont-call-me-karen-events/
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Britain is writing the playbook for dictators. The Online Safety Bill is a model for stripping citizens of their privacy. We won’t go along with it.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/britain-is-writing-the-playbook-for-dictators/
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Facebook parent Meta hit with record fine for transferring European user data to US
https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-data-privacy-fine-europe-9aa912200226c3d53aa293dca8968f84
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