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Amazon's Return-to-Office Mandate Sparks Complaints from Disabled Employees
An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg:
Amazon's hard-line stance on getting disabled employees to return to the office has sparked a backlash, with workers alleging the company is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as their rights to collectively bargain. At leas...
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Mitsubishi Launches EV Battery Swap Network in Tokyo - for Both Cars and Trucks
In Tokyo Mitsubishi is deploying "an innovative new battery swap network for electric cars" in a multi-year test program reports the EV news site Electrek.
But it's not just for electric cars. Along with the 14 modular battery swapping stations, Mitsubishi is also deploying "more than 150 battery-...
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Facial Recognition Error Sees Woman Wrongly Accused of Theft
A chain of stores called Home Bargains installed facial recognition software to spot returning shoplifters. Unfortunately, "Facewatch" made a mistake.
"We acknowledge and understand how distressing this experience must have been," an anonymous Facewatch spokesperson tells the BBC, adding that the s...
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Do People Actually Want Smart Glasses Now?
It's the technology "Google tried (and failed at) more than a decade ago," writes CNN. (And Meta and Amazon have also previously tried releasing glasses with cameras, speakers and voice assistants.)
Yet this week Snap announced that "it's building AI-equipped eyewear to be released in 2026."
Why ...
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Space is the Perfect Place to Study Cancer and Someday Even Treat It
Space may be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it," writes Space.com:
On Earth, gravity slows the development of cancer because cells normally need to be attached to a surface in order to function and grow. But in space, cancer cell clusters can expand in all direc...
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