November 7, 2023 Ubisoft Montreal lays off 98 people as part of a corporate restructuring effort Ubisoft Montreal just laid off 98 people as part of a corporate restructuring and reorganization effort, as reported by Kotaku. The cuts primarily impact…
November 7, 2023 Texas’ Screwed-Up Power Grid Is on the Ballot Texas will vote on whether to give the oil and gas industry billions to make its barely-working power grid more reliable while ignoring the…
November 7, 2023 Amazon Black Friday date revealed – here are 25 early deals to shop right now While the official Black Friday deals event takes place on November 24, Amazon has just announced that its sale will start on Friday, November…
November 7, 2023 U.S. Regulators Want to Treat Apple, PayPal Like Banks The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed to hold big tech accountable to the same regulations that banks are, in a filing Tuesday. If…
November 7, 2023 Meta whistleblower tells Senate the company ‘cannot be trusted with our children’ Another Meta whistleblower has testified before Congress regarding safety issues on the company’s platforms. On the same day that Frances Haugen told Congress in…
November 7, 2023 Google’s future Pixel Watch could be button-less The next Google Pixel Watch could be button-free, relying on gesture recognition controls, with the aim of making the most out of the watch’s…
November 7, 2023 Millions of Chinese citizen IDs exposed by online store Millions of Chinese citizens have had their sensitive data exposed online thanks to yet another unprotected database. Cybersecurity researchers from CloudDefense.ai recently reported finding…
November 7, 2023 Google Promises Its Christmas Game Doesn’t Use Kids to Train AI Google “how many days until Christmas” on a computer, and you’ll find a little animated present that transports you to the company’s Santa Tracker…
November 7, 2023 Studios Keep Actors’ Strike Going by Pushing a Truly Horrifying AI Deal The AMPTP has doubled down on AI—a contentious issue within the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike—with its latest “final offer” for the actors’ union. Read more…
November 7, 2023 Waze Now Alerts Drivers if They’re Heading Down a Crash-Prone Road Waze users will start hearing directly from the app which are the most accident-prone roads on their route. Perhaps now the Google-owned app will…