Lauren Leffer
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Twitter Is Reportedly Getting Kicked Out of One of Its Colorado Offices
Under Elon Musk’s rule, Twitter employees have been required to work from a company office for at least 40 hours per week since November 2022. But following that mandate might get a lot more difficult for a subset of the platform’s Colorado-based workers. To get to their desks, some of the site’s Boulder employees will…
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90% of Species in an Area Slated for Deep-Sea Mining Might Be Unknown to Science
Deep beneath the sparkling surface of the Pacific Ocean, in the vast expanse between Mexico and Hawaii, lies an area known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). At the floor of this marine region, between 12,000 and 5,486.40 m below sea level, is a wide and mucky abyssal plain dotted by seamounts, that covers about 1.7…
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Eating Disorder Helpline to Replace Human Staff With AI Chatbot
The National Eating Disorder Association has disbanded its long-running, telephone helpline. NEDA has fired the small group of human staff that coordinated and ran the helpline, effective June 1. In lieu, the nonprofit plans to offer people seeking help access to an AI-powered chatbot named “Tessa” next month, as reported by NPR on Wednesday and…
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Meta Begins Its Next Round of Mass Layoffs
Meta is continuing with cuts this week, lopping off approximately 6,000 more of its workers in yet another round of mass layoffs. Most of these newest job losses are expected to impact people on the business side of Meta’s operations — including staff in ad sales, marketing, and partnerships — according to multiple reports and…