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Apple INA Hiring Discrimination Settlement
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Jon Brodkin (Hacker News, 9to5Mac, ): Apple illegally discriminated against US citizens and other US residents in its hiring and recruitment practices for certain types of positions that went to foreign workers, the US Department of Justice said yesterday. Apple agreed to pay up to $25 million in back pay and civil penalties to settle […]
Ron DeSantis is close to rock bottom in new poll — even lower than Chris Christie
Boing Boing,
Even heel lifts can't help presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has plummeted so low in New Hampshire, he's even below Chris Christie in the most recent Emerson College poll. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley has surged to second spot. "He came to the scene as someone who was supposed to be all the things you love about Donald Trump, but better packaging. — Read the rest
YouTube now allows monetization on videos with breastfeeding nudity and ‘non-sexually graphic dancing’
TechCrunch,
YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity while breastfeeding and non-sexually graphic dancing. With this new update, creators can now earn more ad revenue on breastfeeding content where a child is present in the video, even if the areola is visible. In […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Musk: SpaceX now aiming for Saturday for Starship’s second flight test
SpaceX has officially pushed back the second orbital flight test of Starship by one day to Saturday, CEO Elon Musk confirmed on X. Rumors about the push-back started to swirl after onsite news organizations, like NASASpaceflight, observed a massive crawler crane headed to the launch site. That machine is used to stack (and destack) Starship, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google Shopping Will Hallucinate AI Products and Then Find You Something Real to Buy
Gizmodo,
Here’s an AI tool you probably hadn’t considered. Google’s AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is getting a slew of updates this December, including a feature that lets you dream up a product out of thin air with artificial intelligence, and then search the web for something similar that exists in the real… Read more...
David DePape found guilty in Pelosi husband hammer attack
David DePape, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who broke into Sen. Nancy Pelosi's house and attacked her husband with a hammer, was today found guilty of attempting to kidnap her and assaulting him. The harrowing October 2022 attack sent shockwaves through Washington at a time of rising threats against public officials, raising fresh concern over violence driven by increasingly hostile political rhetoric and partisan animosity. — Read the rest
Matt Rife Works a Crowd of His Own Making
Vulture,
He’s 28, it’s his first Netflix special, and he’s already on the defensive.
Selling Sunset’s Emma Hernan Is in Her Single-Girl Era
And she’s not a private-jet owner — yet.