Elon Musk Tells Remote Tesla Workers They Can 'Pretend to Work Somewhere Else'
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Elon Musk Tells Remote Tesla Workers They Can 'Pretend to Work Somewhere Else'
Elon Musk, Tells Remote Tesla Workers They Can, 'Pretend to Work Somewhere Else'.
According to NBC News, Elon Musk has reportedly told Tesla employees to return to their offices for
at least 40 hours a week or leave the company.
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According to NBC News, Elon Musk has reportedly told Tesla employees to return to their offices for
at least 40 hours a week or leave the company.
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If you don’t show up,
we will assume you have resigned, Elon Musk, leaked emails, via Electrek.
In two emails obtained by Electrek, Musk told employees
that he would personally review and approve any
exceptions for particularly exceptional contributors.
In two emails obtained by Electrek, Musk told employees
that he would personally review and approve any
exceptions for particularly exceptional contributors.
There are of course companies
that don’t require this, but
when was the last time they
shipped a great new product?
It’s been a while, Elon Musk, leaked emails, via Electrek.
There are of course companies
that don’t require this, but
when was the last time they
shipped a great new product?
It’s been a while, Elon Musk, leaked emails, via Electrek.
Tesla has and will create
and actually manufacture the most
exciting and meaningful products
of any company on Earth.
This will not happen by phoning it in, Elon Musk, leaked emails, via Electrek.
Tesla has and will create
and actually manufacture the most
exciting and meaningful products
of any company on Earth.
This will not happen by phoning it in, Elon Musk, leaked emails, via Electrek.
NBC reports that Musk
seemed to confirm the validity
of the emails in a post to Twitter.
In response to a question about
the leaked emails, Musk tweeted, , “They should pretend to work somewhere else.”.
In response to a question about
the leaked emails, Musk tweeted, , “They should pretend to work somewhere else.”.
According to NBC, other Big Tech
companies have yet to force
workers to return to the office.
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According to NBC, other Big Tech
companies have yet to force
workers to return to the office.
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Employers like Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta
have gone to great lengths to retain workers amid
what's been called the "Great Resignation.".
Employers like Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta
have gone to great lengths to retain workers amid
what's been called the "Great Resignation.".
These efforts include allowing
at least some remote work.
Don Lemon is backing Elon Musk's trip to Israel ... after the tech mogul touched down in the Middle East Monday to survey the destruction left behind by Hamas... TMZ.com
Elon Musk is in Israel right now and seeing the destruction left behind by Hamas with his own two eyes -- and it seems like he's doing this to combat accusations.. TMZ.com
Elon Musk touring the ruins of a kibbutz in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid the Israel-Hamas conflict signifies a visit to an area affected by the conflict. However, it's important to note that this doesn't imply the endorsement or condemnation of any party involved. Musk's visit could be focused on understanding the situation and its impact on local communities rather than expressing a stance on the conflict itself.
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US billionaire Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that his social media platform X will donate a share of its advertising and subscription revenue to hospitals both in Israel and war-torn Gaza.
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Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) has sued the watchdog group Media Matters alleging it manufactured a report to show advertisers' posts alongside neo-Nazi and.. Sky News
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, undergoes leadership upheaval in 2022. Sam Altman was ousted as CEO due to communication issues with the board. Mira Murati, a driving force behind ChatGPT, was appointed interim CEO. Her diverse background from Tesla to OpenAI positions her to navigate AI's challenges.
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India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal visited a Tesla manufacturing facility in California on Tuesday. He highlighted India's role in contributing to Tesla's journey. During his visit, he engaged with Indian engineers and financial professionals, but missed Elon Musk. The Twitter chief was unable to meet the minister in person as he was reportedly unwell. Responding to Goyal's post on his visit to the Tesla factory, the billionaire said he was honoured by the minister's visit and said that he looked forward to a future meeting.
#PiyushGoyal #ElonMusk #Tesla #TeslaIndia
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UAW Strike , Expands to Another Plant.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union
has taken its strike to a plant that produces
Ram 1500 trucks, NBC News reports.
6,800 more employees have stopped working.
Ram 1500 trucks are one of
Stellantis' most profitable vehicles. .
The strike's expansion comes after UAW President Shawn Fain accused Stellantis of "trying to lowball and undercut us" with weaker negotiations than what was put forth by Ford and GM.
In total, approximately 40,000 UAW employees are currently on strike.
They are striking for better pay, shorter work weeks, better pension and health care programs, cost-of-living-adjustments and more.
The walkout began on Sept. 15.
Last week, Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford
called the strike a threat to not only his company, but to the American auto industry.
This should not be Ford versus the
UAW. It should be Ford and the UAW
versus Toyota and Honda, Tesla and
all the Chinese companies that want
to enter our home market, Bill Ford, Ford Executive Chair, via statement.
Fain responded by saying, "It's not the UAW and Ford against foreign automakers. It’s autoworkers everywhere against corporate greed."
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IIT-Bombay is expecting a good placement season despite global economic concerns. Companies such as Da Vinci Derivatives, Hudson River Trading, Glean.. IndiaTimes
'Killers of the Flower Moon' star Robert De Niro was not happy at Apple when he took the stage at the Gotham Awards in New York City Monday night. The Oscar-winning actor was on hand to introduce the Historical Icon and Creator Tribute award for Martin Scorsese's Apple film. But when he began reading his prepared remarks for the introduction of the award, he noticed his comments were edited.
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Director Ridley Scott says the real director's cut of his new film Napoleon is not the three-and-a-half-hour version that comes to Apple TV+ later this year, but.. Sky News
'The Morning Show' creative team takes a Closer Look at the iconic Apple TV+ show and talks about their favorite moments, characters and that ending of the third season.
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India's government warns social media firms, including Facebook and YouTube, to remind users about local laws prohibiting deepfakes, obscene content, and.. IndiaTimes
Music Publishers Sue AI Startup , Over 'Widespread' Copyright Infringement.
On October 18, Universal Music filed a lawsuit against
AI startup Anthropic over "systemic and widespread
infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics.".
On October 18, Universal Music filed a lawsuit against
AI startup Anthropic over "systemic and widespread
infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics.".
NBC reports that two examples
cited in the lawsuit are searches for
Katy Perry and Gloria Gaynor's lyrics.
In the process of building
and operating AI models,
Anthropic unlawfully copies
and disseminates vast amounts
of copyrighted works, Universal Music lawsuit, via NBC.
Just like the developers of other
technologies that have come before,
from the printing press to the copy
machine to the web-crawler,
AI companies must follow the law, Universal Music lawsuit, via NBC.
NBC reports that other music publishers
were also listed as plaintiffs in the case,
including Concord and ABKCO.
In 2021, Anthropic was founded by former
research executives from OpenAI, with funding
from major companies like Google and Zoom.
In 2021, Anthropic was founded by former
research executives from OpenAI, with funding
from major companies like Google and Zoom.
Since March, the company has
managed to raise $750 million in funding,
with a total value now estimated at $4.1 billion.
In July, the company unveiled Claude 2,
the latest iteration of its AI chatbot. .
According to Anthropic, Claude 2
has the ability to summarize up
to approximately 75,000 words. .
By comparison, OpenAI's ChatGPT
can only handle summaries up
to about 3,000 words.
We have been focused on
businesses, on making Claude
as robustly safe as possible, Daniela Amodei, co-founder and
president of Anthropic, via CNBC
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Google Makes Passkeys , Default Sign-In Method.
Google has previously referred to
passkeys as the "beginning of the end"
of passwords, TechCrunch reports. .
Google has previously referred to
passkeys as the "beginning of the end"
of passwords, TechCrunch reports. .
Passkeys let users sign in to their accounts by
using biometrics, PINs or physical security keys.
The password alternative is
resistant to phishing as well.
On Oct. 10, Google announced that passkeys will become "the default authentication method"
across all accounts, TechCrunch reports. .
This means, next time you sign in to your Google Account, you’ll start seeing prompts to create and use passkeys, simplifying your future sign-ins, Google product managers Christiaan Brand
and Sriram Karra, via TechCrunch.
Our goal is the same as it has always been, giving you technology that is secure by default, so that you have the strongest security
but without the burden, Google product managers Christiaan Brand
and Sriram Karra, via TechCrunch.
According to Google, 64% of its users like passkeys
better than passwords or two-step verification. .
The sign-in method is also reportedly "40% faster
than using a password," TechCrunch reports.
Google is encouraging all of its users to begin
using passkeys as their main sign-in option as soon as
possible to add an extra layer of security to their accounts
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Microsoft and Amazon , Face Antitrust Probe in UK.
Microsoft and Amazon , Face Antitrust Probe in UK.
On Oct. 5, Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it is investigating Microsoft and Amazon's cloud infrastructure services, CNN reports.
On Oct. 5, Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it is investigating Microsoft and Amazon's cloud infrastructure services, CNN reports.
The probe comes after the country's media and communications regulator, Ofcom, issued a report
stating that the U.K.'s supply of cloud infrastructure
is concentrated while competition is limited.
When examining Britain's cloud
infrastructure services market, .
Ofcom says that Microsoft and Amazon
Web Services (AWS) "had a combined market share of 70%-80%" last year, CNN reports.
Ofcom says that Microsoft and Amazon
Web Services (AWS) "had a combined market share of 70%-80%" last year, CNN reports.
Google, the closest competitor,
had a market share of 5%-10%.
We welcome Ofcom’s referral of
public cloud infrastructure services
to us for in-depth scrutiny. , Sarah Cardell, CMA CEO, via statement.
This is a ÂŁ7.5 billion market
that underpins a whole host
of online services — from social
media to [artificial intelligence]
foundation models, Sarah Cardell, CMA CEO, via statement.
Many businesses now completely rely
on cloud services, making effective
competition in this market essential, Sarah Cardell, CMA CEO, via statement.
The investigation is expected
to conclude by April 2025.
The investigation is expected
to conclude by April 2025.
Amazon and Microsoft have agreed to "constructively" work with the CMA, CNN reports.
Amazon and Microsoft have agreed to "constructively" work with the CMA, CNN reports.
We are committed to ensuring the
U.K. cloud industry remains innovative, highly competitive and an accelerator for growth across the economy. , Microsoft spokesperson, via CNN
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Lawsuit Accuses Meta , of Designing Platforms , to Exploit Teen Psychology.
Lawsuit Accuses Meta , of Designing Platforms , to Exploit Teen Psychology.
'The Guardian' reports that a legal complaint
accuses Meta of purposefully engineering its
platforms to make them more addictive to children.
'The Guardian' reports that a legal complaint
accuses Meta of purposefully engineering its
platforms to make them more addictive to children.
The newly unsealed documents also accuse the Instagram
and Facebook parent company of knowingly allowing
underage users to open and hold accounts.
The complaint is at the center of a lawsuit filed by
the attorney generals of 33 states against Meta.
The lawsuit alleges that the company knew that it had
received millions of complaints about underage
Instagram users, only a fraction of which it ever disabled.
The legal filing also cites internal Meta documents
that suggests the number of underage
users was an "open secret" at the company. .
According to the filing, Meta received over 402,000 reports
of underage users in 2021, while only 164,000 were
“disabled for potentially being under the age of 13.”.
The complaint includes accusations that
Meta knowingly created its platform to be
addictive and even harmful to children. .
'The Guardian' reports that company documents cited in
the lawsuit describes Meta officials acknowledging that
products exploit shortcomings in youthful psychology.
This includes a May 2020 internal presentation titled
"teen fundamentals" which focused on the vulnerabilities of
the young brain that product development could exploit.
Meta released a statement calling the complaint
a misrepresentation of the company's efforts over
the past decade to create a safe online space for teens. .
Meta released a statement calling the complaint
a misrepresentation of the company's efforts over
the past decade to create a safe online space for teens.
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Russia placed Meta Platforms spokesperson Andy Stone on its wanted list with criminal charges. On Sunday, Russian news agency TASS reported that Stone was listed on Russia's interior ministry's list of wanted individuals, with scant details provided regarding the charges he faces. The Russian Interior Ministry has initiated a criminal investigation against Stone, but the specifics of the charges have not been disclosed.
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Tech Companies Take Steps , To Protect Voters From , AI-Generated Misinformation .
On November 8, Meta announced that it will
require political ads that have been digitally
atered, using AI or other technology, to be labeled. .
On November 8, Meta announced that it will
require political ads that have been digitally
atered, using AI or other technology, to be labeled. .
'Time' reports that Meta's announcement
comes one day after Microsoft revealed
steps it will take to protect elections.
Microsoft announced tools to add watermarks to AI-generated content and a "Campaign Success Team" which will offer campaigns advice on AI and security.
The advent of generative AI, which allows
users to create text, audio and video content,
comes ahead of a busy global election year. .
The advent of generative AI, which allows
users to create text, audio and video content,
comes ahead of a busy global election year. .
2024 will see major elections decided in
the United States, India, the United Kingdom,
Mexico, Taiwan and Indonesia. .
According to a November poll, 58% of adults in
the U.S. are concerned that AI could be used to
spread false information in the upcoming election.
Elizabeth Seger, a researcher at the Center for
the Governance of AI, warns that AI could be
used to conduct mass persuasion campaigns. .
Seger also warns that just knowing
deepfakes exist could erode people's
trust in information sources.
A risk that is often overlooked,
that is much more likely to take
place this election cycle, isn't
that generative AI will be used to
produce deepfakes that trick people
into thinking candidate so and
so did some terrible thing. , Elizabeth Seger, Researcher at the Center
for the Governance of AI, via 'Time'.
But that the very existence of these
technologies are used to undermine
the value of evidence and undermine
trust in key information streams, Elizabeth Seger, Researcher at the Center
for the Governance of AI, via 'Time'
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Facebook Launching Paid EU Version , to Comply With Privacy Laws.
On October 30, Facebook announced
a new, advertisement-free, paid version
of Facebook and Instagram in Europe. .
On October 30, Facebook announced
a new, advertisement-free, paid version
of Facebook and Instagram in Europe. .
Starting in November, users in Europe
can subscribe for 9.99 euros a month on
desktop or 12.99 euros on mobile devices.
NBC reports that the new subscription service
comes after the EU's top court told the company it
must obtain consent before showing users ads. .
We believe in an ad-supported internet,
which gives people access to personalized
products and services regardless of their
economic status. But we respect the spirit
and purpose of these evolving European
regulations, and are committed
to complying with them, Meta statement, via NBC.
We believe in an ad-supported internet,
which gives people access to personalized
products and services regardless of their
economic status. But we respect the spirit
and purpose of these evolving European
regulations, and are committed
to complying with them, Meta statement, via NBC.
The strict data privacy laws reportedly restrict
Meta's ability to tailor advertisements
by tracking the online activity of its users.
According to a news release from Meta, users who
choose not to pay are giving their consent to being
shown ads under the new subscription model.
Meta added that users who
subscribe will also not have their personal
information used for tailoring ads.
The option for people to purchase
a subscription for no ads balances
the requirements of European regulators
while giving users choice and allowing
Meta to continue serving all people
in the EU, EEA and Switzerland, Meta statement, via NBC.
Initially, users' ad-free subscriptions will be applied to all
accounts linked to their Accounts Center, which means
the ad-free experience will be available across profiles.
However, after February, an additional 6 euro fee will
be charged on the web and an 8 euro charge
will be applied on mobile for each extra account.
However, after February, an additional 6 euro fee will
be charged on the web and an 8 euro charge
will be applied on mobile for each extra account
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Zuckerberg's Metaverse Is, Costing Meta Billions.
Zuckerberg's Metaverse Is, Costing Meta Billions.
Meta reported a $3.74 billion operating loss on its Reality Labs division, which oversees CEO Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, according to The Byte.
Meta reported a $3.74 billion operating loss on its Reality Labs division, which oversees CEO Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, according to The Byte.
In October, Reality Labs was hit
with job cuts, slashing the
division's 600-person team. .
Despite some technological steps forward, the costly
virtual reality project still appears to be a long way from
becoming profitable for Facebook's parent company.
Despite some technological steps forward, the costly
virtual reality project still appears to be a long way from
becoming profitable for Facebook's parent company.
In 2022, Meta's Quest Pro VR
headset went on sale
for a hefty $1,500.
In September of 2023, a Roblox conference
reportedly handed out the high-price
headsets to attendees for free. .
The Byte reports that a recent survey by
Piper Sandler found that teens in the U.S. lack
interest in current virtual reality technology.
Only 29% of the 5,600 teens who took part
in the survey owned a VR device, with
4% of them saying they used it daily.
Just 7% of teens polled said they had
plans to buy a VR headset in the future.
Meanwhile, 52% of teens polled
said that they were either unsure
or disinterested in the technology.
The Byte reports that VR has failed to find an audience
among young people, a demographic which has
traditionally driven the technology market.
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We now have our first look at the Prime Video series 'Fallout'. Amazon has released new photos of the series, which is based on the massively successful video game franchise of the same name.
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Amazon Says Employees Who Don’t , Come to Office 3 Times a Week Can Be Fired.
According to new Amazon manager guidelines,
employees who refuse to work from the office at least
three days a week can now be terminated, 'Fortune' reports. .
Workplace leaders were reportedly told to
have a preliminary meeting with any employee
who doesn't come into the office enough.
If they continue to refuse to come
into the office at least three days a week
after being warned, they can be let go.
If the employee does not demonstrate
immediate and sustained attendance after
the first conversation, managers should
then conduct a follow-up discussion within
a reasonable time frame (depending on
the employee situation, ~1-2 weeks), Via Amazon manager guidelines.
This conversation will 1) reinforce that return
to office 3+ days a week is a requirement
of their job, and 2) explain that continued
non-compliance without a legitimate reason
may lead to disciplinary action, up to and
including termination of your employment, Via Amazon manager guidelines.
Amazon has received continuous pushback over
its return-to-office mandate, 'Fortune' reports.
Over 28,000 Amazon workers belong to a Slack channel called "Remote Advocacy.".
Thousands more signed a petition against returning to the office and staged a walkout in protest. .
But Amazon isn't backing down.
If you can’t disagree and commit,
it’s probably not going to work
out for you at Amazon, Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO, via statement
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Best Buy to Stop Selling , DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs.
In-store and online sales of DVDs
and Blu-ray discs will be phased out
beginning next year, 'Variety' reports. .
Best Buy confirmed the change on Oct. 13. .
To state the obvious, the way we watch
movies and TV shows is much different
today than it was decades ago, Best Buy spokesperson, via statement.
Making this change gives us more
space and opportunity to bring
customers new and innovative tech
for them to explore, discover and enjoy, Best Buy spokesperson, via statement.
DVDs and Blu-ray discs of movies and TV
series will still be available to purchase during
this year's holiday season, 'Variety' reports. .
Best Buy will continue to sell physical
copies of video games at this time. .
The company's decision to stop selling DVDs and Blu-ray discs comes as Netflix stopped providing DVDs on Sept. 29 as well.
That leaves Walmart, Amazon and Target as America's top retailers for the media formats.
That leaves Walmart, Amazon and Target as America's top retailers for the media formats.
That leaves Walmart, Amazon and Target as America's top retailers for the media formats.
Redbox, which has about 29,000 DVD kiosks across the country, is also forging on.
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