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09 Mar

Activision’s union, with 600 members, is now the biggest one in video games

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The number of unionized workers for Microsoft's video game subsidiaries keeps growing, and the latest group to join the pool is the largest one yet. Approximately 600 quality assurance workers at Activision have joined the Communications Workers of America (CWA), making them the biggest certified union in the US video game industry. They're also the first Activision workers to organize…

09 Mar

Refurbished Sonos Era 300 speakers are $90 off in a rare deal

John RoutledgeLatest News

Sonos has been excluding its first music speaker designed for spatial audio from previous sales events since it was released last year, so listen up: The company is selling refurbished units of the Era 300 for $359, or $91 less than retail. Yes, it's not brand new, but Sonos' refurb program has a good track record. At the moment, only…

09 Mar

The best laptops for college students

John RoutledgeLatest News

Whether you commute to a physical campus, take classes online or do a little of both, a laptop is likely the center of your studies. If you're working with an aging machine, upgrading to a newer model can make all of your academic pursuits a little easier by helping you stay on top of your schedule and multitask better with…

09 Mar

Google fires engineer who protested at a company-sponsored Israeli tech conference

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Google has fired a Cloud engineer who interrupted Barak Regev, the managing director of its business in Israel, during a speech at an Israeli tech event in New York, according to CNBC. "I'm a Google software engineer and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!" the engineer was seen and heard shouting in a video captured by…

09 Mar

Sam Altman is back on the OpenAI board. We still don’t know why he was fired.

John RoutledgeLatest News

Sam Altman is back on the board of OpenAI, nearly four months after the CEO was ousted, and quickly reinstated, from the company he founded. Although Altman had returned as the AI company’s top executive in November, a temporary board oversaw his return and the subsequent investigation into his conduct.That investigation is now complete, according to the company, which added…

09 Mar

Joe Biden says he would sign bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok

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TikTok’s future is looking increasingly uncertain as support grows for a new bill that would force the company to sell itself or face a ban in the United States. Now, President Joe Biden has come out in support of the measure, one day after it cleared its first legislative hurdle in the House."If they pass it, I'll sign it,” he…

08 Mar

Rivian’s R2 pre-order numbers hint at pent-up demand for Musk-free EV innovation

John RoutledgeLatest News

Rivian’s R2 reservations are off to a hot start. On Friday, CEO RJ Scaringe posted on X that the automaker had taken more than 68,000 reservations for the SUV in less than 24 hours. Amid alarmingly weakened demand for electric vehicles, perhaps there’s a latent interest in innovative EV companies when they aren’t helmed by a conflict magnet with a…

08 Mar

Microsoft’s Copilot now blocks some prompts that generated violent and sexual images

John RoutledgeLatest News

Microsoft appears to have blocked several prompts in its Copilot tool that led the generative AI tool to spit out violent, sexual and other illicit images. The changes seem to have been implemented just after an engineer at the company wrote to the Federal Trade Commission to lay out severe concerns he had with Microsoft's GAI tech.When entering terms such…

08 Mar

Apple reinstates Epic’s developer account two days after banning it

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Apple has reversed course on its decision to ban Epic Games' developer account after it emerged European Union officials were looking into the issue. The about turn means that Epic will be able to bring its own app store to iPhones and iPads in the EU. The publisher will also be able to more easily bring Fortnite back to those…

08 Mar

The Chevy Blazer EV is back on sale with functioning software and a big price drop

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Chevrolet is resuming sales of the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV after pulling the car last year following reports of major software issues, as indicated by Car and Driver. The company says the malfunctions have been patched, thanks to “significant software updates.” To entice wary consumers back into the fold, Chevy has slashed prices on the vehicle. The sticker price has…