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Google Contract Workers Claim They Were Fired for Union Discussions and Fight Over Benefits
Google contract workers at multiple data centres filed unfair labour practice complaints Thursday against Alphabet for alleged firings in retaliation for union activity. The allegations come within days of a separate National Labour Relations Board complaint accusing Apple of illegally intimidating and discriminating against unionizing employees. Together, the cases highlight the simmering tensions between tech’s…
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Waymo Claims Its Driver AI Is Safer Than a Human and Backs It Up With Test Results
Not all autonomous vehicle developers are created equal. There are some firms, which we’ll not name, who have taken a more relaxed approach to safety in the name of getting their product to market, and then there’s Waymo.
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Want More Women in Tech? Read Better Sci-Fi
The stories we tell ourselves become the histories we live. What stories are we telling ourselves about women?
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Elon Musk Is Still Determined to Build Catgirl Robots
Remember that time Elon Musk dressed an intern up in lycra and swore that Tesla would build a robot? That project, now called Optimus, is nearing a deadline at the end of the month — Tesla’s second AI Day, just over a year after the bot’s initial announcement. To meet its goal, and have a…