Month: March 2024
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they’re recording, listening—and talking back. Source
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Activision QA workers form the largest US video game union yet
Around 600 workers in Activision Publishing’s quality assurance department have formed a union. Assisted by the Communications Workers of America, the employees completed their vote with the results certified on Friday, March 8th. With that, Activision Quality Assurance United – CWA becomes the latest union to arise out of Microsoft’s…
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Fortnite has been down all day, and the outage isn’t over
The launch of Fortnite’s Greek mythology-themed Chapter 5: Season 2 has been on hold since early this morning after the usual downtime for maintenance didn’t end on schedule. Epic usually takes the servers down at 3AM ET to prepare for a big update, but then the battle royale game never…
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Sam Altman rejoins OpenAI’s board after investigation into sudden firing
An independent investigation commissioned by OpenAI’s nonprofit board has found that CEO Sam Altman’s conduct “did not mandate removal.” After surviving an attempted boardroom coup in November, he will now rejoin the board. In a press release, board chair Bret Taylor said the law firm WilmerHale interviewed board members, employees,…
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Google fired an employee who protested its contract with the Israeli military
Google has fired an employee who publicly protested the company’s work for the Israeli military. During a presentation by an executive with Google’s Israel branch on Monday, the now-former Google Cloud engineer stood up and shouted, “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance.” Google confirmed the firing,…
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13 Best Deals From the Discover Samsung Sale: Phones, Tablets, TVs
This week you can save on smartphones, tablets, headphones, and even a projector. Source
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