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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes' Fraud Convictions Upheld(2025-02-24 20:00:20)

"Elizabeth Holmes' fraud conviction has been upheld by a federal appellate panel," writes Slashdot reader ClickOnThis. MSNBC reports: A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed the convictions, sentences and nine-figure restitution ordered against both Holmes and...
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AI Reshapes Corporate Workforce as Companies Halt Traditional Hiring(2025-02-24 15:00:07)

Major corporations are reshaping their workforces around AI with Salesforce announcing it will not hire software engineers in 2025 and other companies laying off thousands while shifting focus to AI-specific roles. Duolingo has laid off thousands after implementing ChatGPT-4, UPS cut 4,000 jobs in i...
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Google To Eliminate SMS Authentication in Gmail, Implement QR Codes(2025-02-24 10:00:14)

Google is preparing to abandon SMS verification codes for Gmail authentication in favor of QR codes, Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer told Forbes. The move aims to address significant security vulnerabilities inherent in SMS-based verification while combating fraudulent exploitation of Google's m...
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Meet the Journalists Training AI Models for Meta and OpenAI(2025-02-24 05:00:03)

After completing a journalism graduate degree, Carla McCanna took a job "training AI models to optimize accuracy and efficiency," according an article by Nieman Journalism Lab: Staff jobs are scarce... and the competition for them is daunting. (In 2024, the already beleaguered U.S. news industry c...
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Useless High-Voltage Power Lines Risk Sparking California Fires(2025-02-24 00:00:04)

"A line idle for decades has been accused of starting the LA area's deadly Eaton Fire," writes Bloomberg, describing California's abandoned power lines as "a fire risk hiding in plain sight." [Abandoned power lines] fall out of use, either because they've been replaced or because the power plants ...
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