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Employers Come Under Fire Over Harassment of Teen Workers
Regulators have stepped up their pursuit of companies they say didn’t do enough to protect teenage employeesThe Wall Street Journal - Business -
Graduate workers in California to strike over treatment of Gaza protesters
Widespread disruption expected after workers vote to hold series of strikes, starting Monday with UC Santa Cruz. California’s huge university system is facing widespread disruption after workers voted to hold a series of strikes in protest of its ...The Guardian - World - California -
U.C. Santa Cruz Workers to Strike Over Protest Crackdowns
The union representing academic workers in the University of California system said other campuses might strike, too, if officials failed to address their complaints over the handling of pro-Palestinian protests.The New York Times - Top stories -
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Did colleges give away the store in deals with student protesters?
Colleges that used police force to end their recent on-campus student protests are facing criticism for their handling of the situation, but so are the small handful that cut deals to end the demonstrations. The few universities that successfully ...The Hill - Politics -
Don’t be fooled by college protests, Gen Z wants dialogue on Israel and Palestine
We can’t let a vocal minority control the narrative that universities and its students aren’t equipped for political discussion, or that they don’t want it.The Hill - Politics - Israel -
The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest
Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishmentABC News - World - Israel -
Campus protests have called for schools to divest from Israel. Here's how that would actually work
Protesters on campuses nationwide have called on universities to divest from Israel due to the war in Gaza. Here's how divestment would actually work.CNBC - Business - Israel -
What Some Colleges Promised Pro-Palestinian Protesters Over Israel-Hamas War
Several universities struck agreements with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end disruptive encampments on their campuses. But some of those agreements are already under fire.The New York Times - Top stories - Israel -
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Google Search Is Growing Up
This week, we unpack all the news from Google I/O, where we got a glimpse of how the world’s dominant search engine will evolve in the AI era.Wired - Tech - Google -
Ampere scales CPU to 256 cores and partners with Qualcomm on cloud AI
Ampere announced its AmpereOne chip family will grow to 256 cores. And the company will also work with Qualcomm on cloud AI accerlators.VentureBeat - Tech -
China’s ‘AI-in-a-box’ products threaten Big Tech’s cloud growth strategies
Huawei leads trend of providing companies with means to power their own artificial intelligence apps rather than through public cloudFinancial Times - World - China -
The Workers Defeat the UAW in Alabama
Shawn Fain’s brand of progressive politics fails at Mercedes-Benz.The Wall Street Journal - World -
What life is like in the world’s happiest country, from a 28-year-old who left the U.S. for Finland
Entrepreneur, content creator and U.S. expat Jade Ventoniemi shares why she loves living in Finland, the world's happiest country.CNBC - Business -
The ICC's prosecutor sought arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister, the country's defense minister and the leaders of Hamas in an unprecedented move against a close U.S. ally that could deal another blow to Israel's international standing as it fights a war in Gaza.
The ICC’s prosecutor sought arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister, the country’s defense minister and the leaders of Hamas in an unprecedented move against a close U.S. ally that could deal another blow to Israel’s international standing as ...The Wall Street Journal - World - Israel -
Nursery worker guilty of baby's manslaughter
Kate Roughley strapped nine-month-old baby Genevieve Meehan to a beanbag and left her for 90 minutes.BBC News - Top stories -
Workers feel the burden of financial insecurity
Initiatives beyond pay can help tackle debilitating effects of money worriesFinancial Times - World -
CoreWeave, an AI cloud-computing startup backed by Nvidia, has raised $7.5 billion from investors.
CoreWeave, an AI cloud-computing startup backed by Nvidia, has raised $7.5 billion from investors.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Google Asks for Bench Trial in Antitrust Case in Virginia
The tech giant wants a judge, not a jury, to decide whether it broke antitrust laws and monopolized the technology that powers its lucrative online ad business, mostly because it says the case is too complicated for jurors to follow.Inc. - Business - Google -
The Campus Protesters Explain Themselves
Thoughts, beliefs and convictions of student protesters from across the country.The New York Times - Top stories -
How to Manage the Overemployed Workers in Your Company
In the hidden world of dual employment, financial necessity clashes with ethical integrity, posing risks to employers and employees alike.Inc. - Business -
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote 'no' to joining union
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW, a blow to the union's expansion in the South.ABC News - Top stories -
Mercedes workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) Friday, dealing a blow to the union that hopes to make progress in the South following a successful election in Tennessee last month. Workers at the Vance, Ala., ...The Hill - Politics -
Auto workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW
Workers at two Mercedes Benz plants in Alabama this week voted against joining the United Auto Workers union. The movement to unionize saw opposition, not just from the company, but also Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. Michael George has more.CBS News - Top stories -
Disneyland Character Workers at California Park Vote to Unionize
The vote determined whether 1,700 workers who play characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse and who dance at parades could join the union representing other workers at the park in Anaheim, Calif.The New York Times - Business - California -
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States Need Poll Workers. Are Teens a Solution?
Election officials look to students and other unconventional sources to address growing staff shortages.The Wall Street Journal - World -
The Satanic Temple is ‘fighting fire with fire’ to stop Christian nationalism
The Satanic Temple is known for trolling conservatives. Now it's challenging the push to place chaplains in schools by vowing to send its own ministers.NBC News - Top stories -
Google's Newest AI Can Listen In on Calls to Detect Scammers
Android phones could soon alert users to language that indicates fraud. If it works correctly, it could save you money.Inc. - Business - Google -
Why Microsoft is still ahead of Google in the war for AI developers
Google, despite its technical prowess, will need to double down on its efforts to simplify and streamline its AI offerings for developers if it hopes to catch up.VentureBeat - Tech - Google -
Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant vulnerable to malicious commands, study reveals
Amazon researchers uncover alarming vulnerabilities in speech AI models, revealing 90% susceptibility to adversarial attacks and raising concerns over potential misuse.VentureBeat - Tech - Google -
Google's Latest Easter Egg Turns The Search Engine Into Minecraft
Mojang, the studio behind Minecraft, has teamed up with Google for the game's 15th anniversary on May 17. The collaboration adds an Easter egg to the Google search engine, allowing users to start mining like they would in the game.To get the ...GameSpot - Tech - Google -
Google tests AI to detect scam phone calls. Privacy advocates are terrified.
Some privacy advocates say that they’re terrified by an announcement this week from Google that the company is testing a way to scan people’s phone calls.NBC News - Top stories - Google -
OpenAI’s Flirty New Assistant, Google Guts the Web and We Play HatGPT
It’s been a week of A.I. vertigo — the feeling that we’ve been dragged five years into the future and aren’t sure what to do about it.The New York Times - Tech - Google -
Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
Google is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertisingABC News - Tech - Google -
How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google’s Search Results
Maybe you don’t want your phone number, email, home address, and other details out there for all the web to see. Here’s how to make them vanish.Wired - Tech - Google -
How to use Google Search without AI: the ‘udm=14’ work around
If enough people choose to go this route, will Google reconsider making Gen AI summarized search results the new default?VentureBeat - Tech - Google -
Dear Boomers, the Student Protesters Are Not Idiots
Older folks’ objections to protests and encampments may not be as reasoned as they claim.The New York Times - Top stories -
Notable & Quotable: Rushdie on Campus Protests
‘Right now, if there was a Palestinian state, it would be run by Hamas, and that would make it a Taliban-like state, and it would be a client state of Iran.’The Wall Street Journal - World