Meta orders workers back to office 3 days per week after layoffs
Facebook parent Meta is ordering most of its employees to work on site at least three days per week beginning this fall — the latest move in Mark Zuckerberg’s ongoing...
Amazon pays $5.8M over Ring worker placing cameras in bathrooms to spy on women
A former employee of Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms, the Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on...
Getty sues Stability AI system to stop UK sales
Stock photo provider Getty Images has asked London’s High Court for an injunction to prevent artificial intelligence company Stability AI from selling its AI image-generation system in Britain, court filings show. The...
Some 30,000 Amazon employees could spy on Alexa users: FTC
Amazon has paid $25 million to settle federal allegations that tens of thousands of its employees had access to Alexa users’ voice recordings picked up by the smart device’s speakers....
Male guards at Elizabeth Holmes’ prison leered at women inmates in shower: ex-prisoner
The women’s-only Texas prison that disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will call home for the next decade used male guards to conduct “shower checks” and has faced a half-dozen sexual...
Elon Musk accused of insider trading by dogecoin investors
Elon Musk is being accused of insider trading in a proposed class action by investors accusing the Tesla CEO of manipulating the cryptocurrency dogecoin, costing them billions of dollars. In a Wednesday...
Mark Zuckerberg reveals $499 Meta Quest 3 VR headset in latest metaverse bet
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s next mixed-reality headset, the Quest 3, in a Thursday morning Instagram post – setting up a looming clash with Apple as it prepares...
Meta threatens to block news in Calif. over push to pay publishers
Facebook parent Meta threatened to remove all news content in California ahead of a key vote by state lawmakers Thursday on whether to advance a bill requiring Big Tech firms...
Real child murder victims recreated by AI in sick deepfake trend
TikTokers have started a disturbing new trend of using generative artificial intelligence to depict grisly murders and other heinous true crimes committed against children. The resulting video clips — modified...
