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Labor Board Official Says Amazon Effort to Overturn Staten Island Warehouse Election Should Be Rejected
The labor official concluded that Amazon’s objections to the election should be set aside and that the Amazon Labor Union should be certified to represent workers at the warehouse.
U.S. Restricts Sales of Sophisticated Chips to China and Russia
Limits were placed on high-end GPUs that power supercomputers and artificial intelligence, said Nvidia and AMD, two Silicon Valley chip makers.
Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The official software repository for the Python language, Python Package Index (PyPI), has been targeted in a complex supply chain attack that appears to have successfully poisoned at least two legitimate projects with credential-stealing malware, researchers said on Thursday. PyPI officials said last week that project contributors were under a phishing...
No GPUs for you: US blocks sales of AI chips to China and Russia
Enlarge / The Nvidia logo superimposed over China’s flag. (credit: Benj Edwards / Nvidia) In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last Friday, Nvidia reported that US government officials have ordered restrictions on sales of its top AI chips to China and Russia. The new restrictions (in the form of licensing requirements, subject to approval by...
Many Developed Countries View Online Misinformation as ‘Major Threat’
New research from the Pew Research Center shows nearly three-quarters of respondents are very concerned about the spread of false information online.
Snap Lays Off 20% of Employees and Restructures
The maker of Snapchat discontinued some of its products and appointed a chief operating officer, amid financial struggles.
Microsoft finds TikTok vulnerability that allowed one-click account compromises
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft said on Wednesday that it recently identified a vulnerability in TikTok’s Android app that could allow attackers to hijack accounts when users did nothing more than click on a single errant link. The software maker said it notified TikTok of the vulnerability in February and that the China-based social media...
FCC has approved $6 billion in broadband grants despite rejecting Starlink
Enlarge Several US government agencies are having a busy week for doling out broadband deployment funding to ISPs and state governments. Today, the FCC announced $791.6 million for six broadband providers, covering network expansions to over 350,000 homes and businesses in 19 states. The ISPs will receive the money over 10 years. “This round of...
AI wins state fair art contest, annoys humans
Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D’opéra Spatial. (credit: Jason Allen) A synthetic media artist named Jason Allen entered AI-generated artwork into the Colorado State Fair fine arts competition and announced last week that he won first place in the Digital Arts/Digitally Manipulated Photography category, Vice reported Wednesday based on a viral tweet. Allen used...
