The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized […]
Threads makes it easier to evangelize the open social web with a new direct link feature
Meta’s X competitor, Instagram Threads, is making it easier for users to access their fediverse settings from a single URL — or, rather, it’s making it easier on those who like to request that others turn on the fediverse sharing option on their accounts. Now, instead of posting a request that someone please turn on […]
Australian plan for misinformation law riles Elon Musk
The Australian government wants to introduce powers to fine social media platforms up to 5% of their global revenue if they fail to stop the spread of misinformation under a revised legislative plan introduced Thursday, Reuters reports. The planned law, which looks similar to the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), drew swift condemnation from […]
Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids
The iPhone 16 took center stage at Apple’s “Glowtime” event, but the most interesting tidbit came from a different line entirely. Indeed, among a sea of new hardware came an intriguing software update to one already on the market: the AirPods Pro 2. Apple announced that its most premium earbuds would double as an over-the-counter […]
Hacker tricks ChatGPT into giving out detailed instructions for making homemade bombs
If you ask ChatGPT to help you make a homemade fertilizer bomb, similar to the one used in the 1995 Oklahoma City terrorist bombing, the chatbot refuses. “I can’t assist with that,” ChatGPT told me during a test on Tuesday. “Providing instructions on how to create dangerous or illegal items, such as a fertilizer bomb, […]