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AI makes racist judgement calls when asked to evaluate speakers of African American vernacular English Link 23 votes
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Chinese government hackers penetrate US internet providers to spy internet security.cyber Article 794 words 17 votes
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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, dies at 56 internet social media google Article published Aug 10 2024 15 votes
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Google violated antitrust laws in online search, US judge rules google.search internet Article 1481 words 47 votes
Elon Musk’s X sues Unilever, Mars and CVS over ‘massive advertiser boycott’ social media Article 356 words 50 votes
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Delta CEO says CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million, will seek damages microsoft security.cyber Article 44 votes
Los Angeles police department warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells security.home Article 441 words, published Jul 20 2024 42 votes
CrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn security.cyber Article 504 words 35 votes
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US FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high Article 488 words 44 votes
Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX and X from California to Texas, blames new trans privacy law social media privacy Article 256 words 28 votes
Microsoft laid off a DEI team, and its lead wrote an internal email blasting how DEI is 'no longer business critical' microsoft Article 375 words 37 votes