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Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits
WikiPortraits, a group of volunteer photographers, has been covering festivals and shooting celebrities specifically to improve images in the public domain.
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Ziff Davis, Owner of Sites Including IGN and CNET, Quietly Removed DEI Language From Its Website
The company, which owns IGN, CNET, PCMag, and dozens more outlets and properties, took down specific information about its diversity commitment on multiple pages on its website over the past several weeks.
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Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Sued for Not Telling Patients Hackers Stole Their Nude Photos
A class-action lawsuit filed against the surgeon claims he also did nothing to protect his patients’ data, including their financial information and nude photos of them.
Wildfires
An Amazon Delivery Confirmation Photo Is the Last Time a Palisades Resident Saw Her Burnt Down House
Amazon drivers have continued delivering packages in some areas of Los Angeles affected by ongoing wildfires in a constantly changing situation.
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South Korea's ‘4B’ Movement Goes Viral in US After Trump Elected
No heterosexual marriage, childbirth, dating, or sex with men
Amazon
Amazon Says It Has a First Amendment Right to Union Bust
In response to an NLRB complaint, Amazon argues that preventing it from holding captive-audience meetings violates the U.S. Constitution.
Courtwatch
Men Stole Over $1 Million From DoorDash Delivery Drivers By Impersonating Them to Customer Service
The men called DoorDash customer service and pretended they had lost access to the accounts, then drained them, the indictment alleges.
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AI Companion Device Releases Diss Track Against ‘Friend’
The maker of Friend said he had “no relation” to the person who released the diss track.
Microsoft
How a Microsoft App is Powering Employee Surveillance
Microsoft Dynamics 365 uses AI-generated performance metrics to single out individual workers, a new report has found.
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Navy Ad: Gig Work Is a Dystopian, Unregulated Hellscape, Build Submarines Instead
The same government that has failed to regulate gig work has simply opted to agree that it is bad and to use those working conditions to recruit for the military.
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'AI Employees' Managed Through HR Software Is a Capitalist Fever Dream
Lattice’s now-canceled software would have allowed AI bots to be onboarded, trained, and evaluated “just as any person would be.”
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Google Cloud Listed, Then Removed as Sponsor of Israeli Military Tech Conference
Google’s logo was removed from the sponsor list of “IT for IDF 2024,” but is still listed as a client of the conference organizer.