SpaceX Fires At least Five Workers Over Letter Calling Elon Musk A “Distraction”
According to the New York Times, SpaceX has fired at least five employees involved in drafting a letter describing the company’s CEO as a “distraction and embarrassment.” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said in an email that the company had opened an investigation and “terminated a number of employees involved” with the letter, the New York […]
Apple Workers At Maryland Store Vote For Union
More than 100 Apple store employees in Towson, near Baltimore, who recently organized into the Coalition of Organization Retail Employees (CORE) have voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The victory means that the Apple workers are now the company’s first retail employees to unionize in America. “I applaud the […]
Bitcoin Leaps 7.6% To $20,404
Bitcoin jumped 7.6% to $20,404 on Sunday, after slipping to a record low of $17,592.78 on June 18. Ether, the coin linked to the blockchain network Ethereum, rose more than 13% to $1,131 from its previous closing price of $993 on Saturday. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have suffered massive declines in recent months, owing to […]
Major Tech Platforms Commits To EU Commission’s new Code Of Practice On Disinformation
Major technology platforms have joined 34 signatories in backing the EU Commission’s move to tackle online disinformation. The now revised Code of Practice on Disinformation builds on the original code of practice that was introduced in 2018. On the new code of practice, signatories promise, among other things, to demonetize the distribution of disinformation, ensure transparency […]
Meta Pauses Plans For Portal, AR Glasses
Meta is scaling back production of some devices due to hit the market soon, including AR glasses and Portal, the company’s videoconferencing device with an object-sensing camera that follows users’ movements. Meta has also reportedly stopped developing a smartwatch with cameras, which has been in the works for several years. Meta’s AR glasses, which are […]
Experts Reject Google Engineer’s Claim That AI Is Sentient
Prominent AI researchers have criticized Google engineer Blake Lemoine’s claims that the company’s LaMDA AI is sentient. Lemoine published an alleged interview with LaMDA AI to capture the machine’s sentience. In his interview with the Post, he explained that working with large systems like LaMDA convinced him that advanced machine learning systems have become intelligent […]
Researchers Develop First Photonic Processor To Harness Light Polarization
Researchers at Oxford University have developed the first photonic computing processor to utilize polarizations of light. The method uses the polarization of light to maximize information storage density and computing power using nanowires. An electromagnetic wave like light consists of a coupled oscillating electric field and a magnetic field, which are always perpendicular to each […]
BlackCat Ransomware Gang Targets Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
BlackCat ransomware gang targets unpatched Microsoft Exchange Server to exploit vulnerabilities and to gain access to targeted networks. According to the Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team, the attackers, after gaining an entry point, carried out a number of actions, including gathering information about the compromised machines, carrying out credentials thefts and lateral movement activities. […]
Cisco Won’t Fix Zero-Day RCE in End Of Life VPN Routers
Cisco is advising owners of end-of-life Small Business RV routers to upgrade to newer models after revealing a remote code execution vulnerability that the company will no longer patch. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-20825 with a CVSS severity rating of 9.8 out of 10.0. As per a Cisco security advisory, the flaw is due […]
Musk Addresses Twitter Staff On Workplace Controversies
Elon Musk faced Twitter employees for the first time on Thursday since striking a deal to acquire the ubiquitous social network for $44 billion. Musk attended the meeting remotely. Twitter’s chief marketing officer, Leslie Berland, asked a selection of questions submitted by employees during the internally live streamed meeting. Musk’s comments about how he would […]
