Amazon delayed its return-to-office mandate for employees in several cities due to insufficient office space. The company had previously announced a five-day-a-week in-office requirement starting in January, but faced employee backlash.
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BusinessAmazon | Duplicated with: | Rating: 48 | 2024-12-19 09:20:29 AM |
Arm and Qualcomm are in court over Qualcomm's acquisition of Nuvia, a chip design firm. Arm alleges that Qualcomm violated their licensing agreement by using Nuvia's technology to create Snapdragon X Elite chips for consumer PCs.
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AIArm | Rating: 64 | 2024-12-19 07:50:37 AM |
OpenAI launched a free phone hotline (1-800-CHATGPT) for US residents to call ChatGPT for up to 15 minutes, and a text message service for international users via WhatsApp.
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AIOpenAI | Duplicated with: | Rating: 92 | 2024-12-18 06:50:33 PM |
Teen drug use continued to decline in 2024, reaching a new high for abstinence from alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine. This unexpected trend contradicts expert predictions of a resurgence in drug use as pandemic restrictions eased.
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PoliticsTeen | Rating: 60 | 2024-12-18 03:00:43 PM |
SpaceX founder Elon Musk is under investigation for failing to report travel and other information required by his top-secret security clearance. Three government agencies are reviewing Musk's practices, but no classified material has been disclosed.
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PoliticsSpaceX | Rating: 56 | 2024-12-18 10:10:49 AM |
Seagate has been experimenting with heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) since 2002, and new qualification from customers may make HAMR drives available for purchase.
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TechSeagate | Rating: 50 | 2024-12-18 04:30:46 AM |
The Supreme Court declined to hear the broadband industry's challenge to a New York law requiring ISPs to offer discounted internet service to low-income individuals.
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PoliticsNone | Rating: 48 | 2024-12-18 02:00:40 AM |
President-elect Trump's FCC pick, Brendan Carr, plans to revoke broadcast licenses of news broadcasters deemed biased against Trump or Republicans.
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PoliticsNone | Rating: 47 | 2024-12-17 08:30:55 PM |
A study that suggested toxic flame retardants in black plastic kitchen utensils posed a significant health risk was retracted due to a mathematical error. The error overestimated the risk by a factor of ten.
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AINone | Rating: 33 | 2024-12-17 12:30:27 AM |
T-Mobile is launching a beta service called T-Mobile Starlink that will allow text messaging via satellite in areas without cell tower coverage. The service, using SpaceX's Starlink satellites, is expected to begin in early 2025 and will initially be free for all T-Mobile postpaid customers.
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TechT-Mobile | Rating: 50 | 2024-12-16 10:50:37 PM |