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Bin workers in Birmingham begin indefinite all-out strike

The action follows weeks of on and off striking from the city's refuse workers.

BBC News - 15h

'The rubbish is alive': Rats feast as Birmingham bin workers strike

An indefinite strike by bin collectors starts in Birmingham, affecting more than 1.2 million people.

BBC News - 17h

Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit German airports

An unexpected nationwide strike by airport workers over pay has caused disruption at major transport hubs.

BBC News - 1d

At least 20 killed in Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine

At least 20 people were killed when Russia's military launched a flurry of missile and drone attacks in eastern Ukraine Saturday, damaging multiple apartment buildings in the town of Dobropillya. ...

CBS News - 3d

Flight cancellations at Germany’s Hamburg Airport affect more than 40,000 passengers after strike

Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport after a surprise strike by workers affected more than 40,000 passengers on Sunday, a day before a planned wider protest across Germany amid new contract ...

NBC News - 2d

Amazon to begin streaming Trump's 'The Apprentice'

Amazon has announced it will begin streaming "The Apprentice" — the reality TV show famous for boosting Donald Trump's profile — on its Prime Video service on Monday.

NBC News - 1d

Amazon is now testing AI-aided dubbing for some movies and series on Prime

Amazon is testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service

ABC News - 5d

Amazon testing AI-aided dubbing for some movies and series on Prime

Amazon is testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service

ABC News - 5d

Amazon to begin streaming Trump reality show ‘The Apprentice’

Amazon announced on Monday that it will begin streaming President Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice.” In a release, Prime Video said seasons one through seven of Trump’s Emmy Award-nominated ...

The Hill - 1d

Capitalism Is Even Scarier Than Usual In This New Horror Game

A quick search online can provide countless horror stories about working in an Amazon warehouse : Conditions are frequently cited as being unsafe; many workers report feeling burned out, and ...

GameSpot - 1d

Top Trump advisers get involved as the fight to win his presidential library site heats up

The search for President Donald Trump’s post-administration presidential library site is intensifying in South Florida, with Trump's son Eric and a top Trump administration adviser, Steve Witkoff, ...

NBC News - 3d

Elon Musk’s X suffers multiple outages

Elon Musk's social media platform X experienced several outages on Monday

CNBC - 1d

Amazon GameLift Streams lets game devs deliver high-fidelity, low-latency games to players

AWS announced Amazon GameLift Streams, which enables developers to deliver high-fidelity, low-latency game experiences to players.

VentureBeat - 5d

Russian strikes Ukraine as U.S. pauses sharing intelligence with Kyiv

Without U.S. satellite imagery, Ukraine's ability to strike inside Russia and defend itself from bombardment is significantly diminished.

CBS News - 3d

Israel strikes Gaza ahead of new talks on ceasefire with Hamas

The air strike comes just before talks on the future of the truce are set to begin again this week.

CBS News - 2d

New Edition Of Popular Game Design Book Gets Big Discount At Amazon

Aspiring game designers can save on the recently released new edition of one of the most popular game development reference books. Level Up: The Guide to Great Video Game Design by Scott Rogers ...

GameSpot - 4d

Medical helicopter crash in Mississippi kills pilot, 2 hospital workers

A medical transport helicopter crashed Monday in Mississippi, while carrying two hospital workers and a pilot, officials said.

CBS News - 10h

Hamburg Airport Halts All Flights as Ground Staff Strike

The airport in Germany’s second largest city said the one-day strike, called over pay and conditions, began earlier than expected “without any notice.”

The New York Times - 2d

Mastercard and Visa linked to illegal gambling sites accused of scamming UK customers

Card giants processing payments for unlicensed operators as customers report losing thousands. Mastercard and Visa are processing payments for illegal gambling websites accused of scamming UK ...

The Guardian - 2d

Multiple outages at X caused by ‘massive cyberattack,’ Musk says

Scale of attack suggests role of a country or "coordinated group," Musk said.

ABC News - 1d

US-backed miner TechMet seeks to develop Ukraine lithium site

Dobra project could be one of first built under minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv

Financial Times - 20h

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 20 as U.S. cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv

Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least 20 people, officials said Saturday, as heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop sharing satellite ...

NBC News - 3d

Fired Federal Workers See Family Members Pile on After the DOGE Axe Falls

The abrupt loss of their livelihoods was tough enough. Now many laid-off government workers report their relatives and friends are celebrating their turmoil.

Inc. - 4d

Russian forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk

Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers say Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region

ABC News - 2d

New York fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike

New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system.

NBC News - 17h

Nebraska Legislature approves measure classifying gig economy workers as independent contractors

The Nebraska Legislature has approved a measure classifying some gig economy workers as independent contractors, according to its website. L.B. 229, introduced by state Sen. Bob Hallstrom, was ...

The Hill - 6h

'You lose all hope': Federal workers gripped by mental health distress amid Trump cuts

In interviews with NBC News, many federal workers shared stories of overwhelming stress, personal crises, rapid weight loss, panic attacks and more.

NBC News - 2d

A social worker who tried to mediate during the 2019 protests in Hong Kong is convicted of rioting

A social worker who tried to mediate during the peak of Hong Kong's mass anti-government protests in 2019 has been convicted of rioting at a retrial

ABC News - 16h

Russian strike on Ukrainian town kills 11 as US cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv

A Russian strike on a town in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region has killed at least 11 people as a wave of heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop ...

ABC News - 3d

OpenAI strikes $12bn deal with CoreWeave

Contract is a boost to the cloud computing provider ahead of its $35bn initial public offering

Financial Times - 1d

‘The Apprentice,’ Starring Donald Trump, Begins Streaming on Amazon

The company said it would release several seasons of the reality show showcasing Donald J. Trump before he turned to politics.

The New York Times - 1d

If Lake Placid becomes the Olympic sliding site, New York's Rockefeller Center will be a big part

Picture this: A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days later with thousands of ...

ABC News - 4d

North Korea tests 'multiple' ballistic missiles as US-South Korea war games begin

"South Korean military has increased surveillance and maintaining readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs said on Monday.

ABC News - 1d

GenLayer offers novel approach for AI agent transactions: getting multiple LLMs to vote on a suitable contract

GenLayer is betting that AI-driven contracts, enforced on the blockchain, will be the foundation for a trillion-dollar marketplace.

VentureBeat - 1d

Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story

New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Wired - 5d