YouTube lays off 43 unionized Google contractors as they appealed to city council
A YouTube contractor was addressing the Austin City Council on Thursday, calling on them to urge Google to negotiate with his union, when a colleague interrupted him with jaw-dropping news: His 43-person team of contractors had all been laid off. “I was speechless, shocked. I didn’t know what to do,” Jack Benedict, a YouTube data […]
Odysseus Lunar Lander Sent a Farewell Photo of Earth: Now What?
Goodbye, Odie. On Thursday, Houston-based space-exploration company Intuitive Machines bade farewell to Odysseus, the lunar lander that took the US to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The lander had been there for a week and will remain on the moon’s surface, inoperable but remembered as a historic achievement in the […]
DeSantis Vetoes Florida Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed a sweeping social media bill that would have effectively barred Florida residents under the age of 16 from opening accounts on services like TikTok and Instagram, even if their parents permitted them to do so. In a post on X, Mr. DeSantis said he had vetoed the teen social […]
Video Friday: $2.6 Billion – IEEE Spectrum
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. HRI 2024: 11–15 March 2024, BOULDER, COLORADO, USA Eurobot Open 2024: 8–11 May 2024, LA […]
7 Great Deals on iPads and Accessories
according to rumors, new iPads are on the way. Apple reportedly plans on launching a new iPad Air, iPad Pro, and iPad Mini this month. Most of the changes will be internal (such as updated processors for faster performance) while the external design will mainly remain the same (aside from the possibility of a new […]
What the CDC’s new COVID guidelines could mean for you
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its Covid-19 guidance in a big way: People infected with the virus, or with other respiratory viruses, no longer need to isolate for five days before going back to work or school, the agency said. Instead, the agency advises that people can leave home if […]
Apple reverses course on blocking web apps in the EU
Apple has reversed its plans to restrict access to certain web apps in the EU A few days after the EU announced it would investigate Apple’s plans to restrict access to certain web apps that circumvent its App Store, the tech company is now reversing that course of action. In an update to a developer […]