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The Times Tech Guild, representing 600+ NYT devs, data analysts, and more, goes on strike ahead of the US election; management offered a 2.5% annual wage rise — The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times's digital operation.
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Forums: r/northernlion, r/Journalism, and r/technology
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta's plans to build a US nuclear-powered AI data center were thwarted in part after a rare bee species was found on land earmarked for the project — Mark Zuckerberg is continuing to explore energy deals amid a Big Tech arms race over artificial intelligence| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X starts rolling out an update to let users see public posts, and following and followers lists, of users who block them; blocked users still can't engage or DM — X is rolling out its controversial update to the block feature, allowing people to view your public posts even if you have blocked them.
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X: @xeng, @airbagged, @emptywheel, @scottbudman, and @geomaniac_
| The Philadelphia Inquirer: |
Elon Musk's lawyers claim in a Pennsylvania court that the $1M/day giveaway to registered voters, which Musk said multiple times is “random”, is not a lottery — Elon Musk's daily $1 million giveaway to voters in battleground states is not a lottery and its winners were not chosen by chance …
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X: @elonmusk, @america, @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, @iainthomson, @jamessurowiecki, @maxkennerly, and @yashar
Forums: r/esist, r/politics, and r/law
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings — With the second beta of iOS 18.2 that's available for developers today, Apple has further fleshed …
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Forums: r/apple, MacRumors Forums, MacRumors Forums, and MacRumors Forums
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with GM SVP Baris Cetinok on having a “high conviction” that ditching CarPlay and Android Auto is the right call, building autonomous cars, and more — GM's Baris Cetinok is committed to building a custom experience to rival that of Apple and Google.| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 review: the new $60 screen is easy to build, works with the latest OS, and holds the Pi on its back, but scrolling can be awkward — It has been nine years since the previous Touch Display was released. … The official Raspberry Pi Touch Display debuted …
More: Raspberry Pi, XDA Developers, Thurrott, How-To Geek, OMG! Ubuntu, Liliputing, Neowin, Notebookcheck, and Phoronix
X: @raspberry_pi and @makerbymistake
| Joseph Cox / Wired: |
How hackers used infostealer malware to breach AT&T, Ticketmaster, Santander, EA, and more, as global law enforcement tries to shut down the growing industry — When you download a piece of pirated software, you might also be getting a piece of infostealer malware … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta confirms it has made Llama models available for US national security applications, with partners like Anduril, Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin using Llama AI — In an effort to combat the perception that its “open” AI is aiding foreign adversaries, Meta today said that it's making … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix plans to delist nearly all of its interactive shows and films as of December 1 saying the tech “served its purpose”, after launching the format in 2017 — Netflix's “Interactive Specials” page lists 24 titles, but only four will remain: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch …
More: Gizmodo, Engadget, Game Developer, MakeUseOf, Polygon, What's on Netflix, BGR, and Entertainment Weekly
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic releases Claude 3.5 Haiku, but it is priced at $1 per million input tokens, up 4x from Claude 3.0 Haiku's price, and lacks image analysis features — Anthropic's newest AI model has arrived. But it's pricier than the last generation — and, unlike Anthropic's other models, it can't analyze images (yet).
More: The Decoder and Simon Willison's Weblog
| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
The US NLRB alleges Grindr illegally imposed a return-to-office policy last year forcing out ~80 of its 178 staffers in an attempt to thwart a unionization push — - RTO was attempt to keep workers from unionizing, NLRB alleges — NLRB judge typically rules on complaints; appeal is possibleSponsor Posts
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