The NLRB says Apple questioned and coerced employees in Atlanta – BDStory

Apple illegally questioned and made coercive statements to employees during a union action at one of its stores in Atlanta, Georgia, according to a National Labor Relations Board ruling reported by Bloomberg. The company was under investigation as a result of charges filed by the Communications Workers of America, who previously alleged that the company’s … Read more

Top tech news for Monday, December 5, 2022 – BDStory

“Metaverse” lost word of the year to “goblin mode”. In what can only be bad news for Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual reality dreams, the publisher behind Oxford English Dictionary released the results of its word of the year survey. In a three-way match between “metaverse,” “goblin mode,” and “#istandwith,” metaverse received just 4 percent of the … Read more

Climate disinformation is exploding on Twitter – BDStory

Lies about climate change on Twitter escalated to unprecedented levels this year, according to new analysis. The nerve-racking rise of content that rejects widely accepted climate science – also referred to as climate skepticism or climate denial – is piling up on top of the growing concern about misinformation and hateful content that has spread … Read more

AI-generated answers temporarily banned on coding Q&A site Stack Overflow – BDStory

Stack Overflow, the go-to question-and-answer site for programmers and programmers, has temporarily banned users from sharing responses generated by AI chatbot ChatGPT. The site’s mods said the ban was temporary and a final ruling would be made some time in the future after consultation with the community. But, as the mods have explained, ChatGPT simply … Read more

Taylor Swift fans are suing Ticketmaster over pre-sale disaster – BDStory

A group of 26 Taylor Swift fans are suing Ticketmaster over last month’s ticketing fiasco that prevented users from purchasing tickets for Swift’s The Eras Tour (via deadline). In a lawsuit filed in a California court, the fans accuse LiveNation, Ticketmaster’s parent company, of “anti-competitive conduct” that allowed scalpers to get their hands on a … Read more

Sirius XM flaw could have allowed hackers to unlock and start cars remotely – BDStory

A vulnerability affecting Sirius XM’s connected vehicle services allows hackers to remotely start, unlock, locate, flash and honk cars. Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs, worked with a group of security researchers to discover the flaw and outlined their findings in a thread on Twitter (through Gizmodo). In addition to offering a satellite … Read more

The latest The Witcher: Blood Origin trailer puts Jaskier in the prequel – BDStory

Netflix’s first full trailer for The Witcher: Blood Origin shines one spotlight on the prequel’s main characters, played by Michelle Yeoh, Sophia Brown and Laurence O’Fuarain. But it also comes with a bit of a surprise at the very end, revealing the return of Joey Batey’s Jaskier. The return of the bard doesn’t make much … Read more