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Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial

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Lawyers say Black employees at Tesla experienced ‘rampant racism’ that was left unchecked for years at their flagship factory in CaliforniaDozens of Black employees at Tesla’s flagship plant in California said they were subject to racist slurs, unequal pay and promotions, and bullying by supervisors on a daily basis, a situation management did little to […]

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Apple expected to unveil folding iPhone as new CEO takes center stage

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The new model will serve as the first big test for John Ternus, who took the role last weekAll eyes are on Apple’s annual fall announcement of new products this afternoon, where the company is expected to unveil the most significant change to the iPhone since the smartphone’s introduction in 2007.Unlike previous iterations, the new

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Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $17bn

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US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on nighttime useMeta agreed to significant changes to its Instagram and Facebook apps in a settlement that ended a landmark lawsuit on Wednesday. Dozens of US states had accused the tech giant of addicting and harming children with

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Instagram CEO denies company hid low use of teen safety feature in Meta trial

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Adam Mosseri is first top executive from Meta to testify in blockbuster lawsuit brought by 29 US statesInstagram’s CEO disputed allegations by US prosecutors that his company hid negative information from the public while testifying during a blockbuster social media trial.“I am not trying to encourage my team to hide anything,” the CEO, Adam Mosseri,

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Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial

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In trial that opened on Tuesday, California and 28 other states accused the company of designing addictive sites and violating laws protecting children’s privacyMeta’s business can be boiled down to four words that begin with the letter H: hook, hold, harvest, hide, according to a lawyer who is prosecuting the world’s largest social media company.The

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UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills

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Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behindA math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “severe” math deficiency among students in an op-ed for the San Francisco Standard, admitted to using artificial intelligence to help edit the piece.The

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Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial

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Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products’ potential harm to childrenMeta has taken a “don’t ask, don’t tell” strategy when it comes to the safety of children on its social media platforms, according to a whistleblower who testified during a landmark trial against the company on Tuesday and

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US states take on Meta in pivotal trial over child social media addiction claims

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State attorneys general allege that tech company intentionally designed addictive products that harm young peopleMore than half of the states in the US have joined together in an unprecedented lawsuit against Meta that goes to trial on Tuesday, accusing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in young

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AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection

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Hi-tech cameras orbiting Earth and on the ground, along with AI, help firefighters extinguish blazes before they spreadThe fires in Spokane, Washington, this summer are the latest reminder that when a wildfire is detected can be just as important as where it starts. A blaze found within minutes can often be contained before it spreads.

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The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’

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Wynd Kaufman, 69, chained and locked the front doors of OpenAI’s headquarters last year with members of StopAIAn activist who blocked the entrance to one of the world’s biggest AI companies is believed to have become the first person jailed for protesting against artificial intelligence as supporters dub her the “Rosa Parks of AI risk”.Wynd

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