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Meta employees are protesting the company's mouse tracking program

Engadget

Meta employees are protesting the company's mouse tracking program Meta employees are protesting the company's mouse tracking program Don't want to work at the Employee Data Extraction Factory? the flyers ask. They've reportedly been found in meeting rooms, on vending machines, and even in the most sacred of spaces: atop toilet paper dispensers. The pamphlets encourage employees to sign an online petition protesting Meta's employee surveillance program. The flyers and petition cite the US National Labor Relations Act. Workers are legally protected when they choose to organize for the improvement of working conditions, the petition reads.


OpenAI Brings Its Ass to Court

WIRED

In, the company sought to show the jury a remarkable trophy as physical proof of Elon Musk's concerning behavior. Wednesday's episode of the trial kicked off on Wednesday with a unique proposition: OpenAI wanted to bring its ass into the courtroom, and lay it bare before the jury. It's a good thing lady justice wears that blindfold. A lawyer for Sam Altman's AI behemoth, Bradley Wilson, approached US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers and handed her a small gold statue with a white stone base. It depicted the rear end of a donkey--with two legs, a butt, and a tail--and was inscribed with the message, "Never stop being a jackass for safety."


'One of the longest' Russian attacks kills at least six people in Ukraine

Al Jazeera

What are Russia's gains from the Iran war? 'We are not losers; we are winners' 'One of the longest' Russian attacks kills at least six people in Ukraine At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in "one of the longest, massive Russian attacks against Ukraine", according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, despite renewed claims from the Russian and United States presidents that the war may be nearing an end. Zelenskyy said the barrage began on Wednesday morning and lasted for hours, striking Kyiv, the western city of Lviv near the Polish border and the Black Sea port of Odesa, among other areas. In the southern region of Kherson, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said a woman was killed when a Russian drone struck a bus in the town of Bilozerka. Another drone attack in the western region of Rivne killed three people and injured four, according to Governor Oleksandr Koval. In the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, authorities said a 60-year-old man was killed when Russian forces attacked a community near the city of Zolochiv with first-person view drones.


Windows Update is getting automatic rollbacks for faulty drivers

PCWorld

PCWorld reports Microsoft's new Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery will automatically roll back faulty drivers installed through Windows Update to previously stable versions. This feature eliminates the need for users to manually uninstall problematic drivers that cause system instability or crashes. Testing continues until August with a September rollout planned, promising enhanced Windows PC stability through reduced user intervention. You won't have to worry about searching for and uninstalling faulty drivers on your Windows PC in the future. In a recent Hardware Dev Center blog post, Microsoft unveiled a new feature called Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, which allows the company to roll back faulty drivers that were installed via Windows Update.


Facial recognition jails innocent grandmother, attorney says

FOX News

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset . Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions . Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG . Apple's $250M Siri settlement: Are you owed cash? Is ID.me safe to use? Why last year's breach is this year's identity fraud Humanoid robot named'Gabi' ordained as Buddhist monk, pledges devotion to'holy Buddha' Disney wants to scan your face at the gate: Here's why SIM swap scam drained Florida woman's bank account in minutes Trump says US'in very good shape' on hantavirus Outcomes of Operation Epic Fury have'already made the US safer,' State Department spokesperson says Tech Experts Say it's Time to Ditch Your Passwords WATCH: Couple's first dance goes UP IN FLAMES Angela Lipps' attorney explains how a facial recognition error wrongfully linked the Tennessee grandmother to a North Dakota bank fraud case, causing her to spend over five months in custody.


Microsoft's May updates patch 120 security flaws in Windows and Office

PCWorld

Microsoft released its May Patch Tuesday update addressing 120 security vulnerabilities across Windows and Office, with 30 classified as critical including dangerous remote code execution flaws. PCWorld reports that Office received fixes for 27 vulnerabilities, nearly double April's count, with four critical Word flaws exploitable through preview panes without opening files. Critical Windows vulnerabilities in DNS client and Netlogon services require immediate patching, though Microsoft states none are currently exploited in the wild. Yesterday was May's Patch Tuesday, meaning Microsoft released new updates that addressed 120 security vulnerabilities. In addition to Windows and Office, Microsoft's cloud services were also affected.


Mars rover snaps a selfie near skyscraper-sized boulders

Popular Science

NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled nearly 26 miles since landing on the Red Planet in 2021. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. It took the rover about an hour to take all the images necessary to compile into a single selfie. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. After five years of rolling across Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is still going strong.


Your next sunscreen could be made from E. coli

Popular Science

Science Biology Your next sunscreen could be made from E. coli A chemical compound inside the bacterium may offer an eco-friendly way to block harmful UV rays. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Scientists are turning to nature for eco-friendly sunscreens. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Let's face it, sunscreen is important to our health, but can really be a drag.


A Samsung strike could make your RAM even more expensive

PCWorld

Samsung's unionized workers may strike for 18 days starting May 21st over bonus pay disputes, potentially costing the company $700 million daily in lost memory production. PCWorld reports this strike could worsen the existing chip shortage and drive RAM prices even higher than current levels, which are already 3-4 times more expensive than last year. The disruption threatens global electronics supply chains despite Samsung's $13.4 billion profit in 2025. As if the AI data center boom wasn't causing enough problems for PC hardware, a looming strike in Samsung's home territory of South Korea could grind the memory giant's already-strained production to a halt. According to the latest reporting from Reuters, a long-simmering dispute between Samsung and its unionized labor force has boiled over, with no compromise in sight even after days of government-mediated talks.


WhatsApp users can soon have private conversations with Meta AI

Engadget

Meta is introducing an option for WhatsApp users to have private chats with its AI assistant that not even the company can read. It's pitching Incognito Chat with Meta AI as a way to have clandestine conversations with the chatbot under the protection of end-to-end encryption, which WhatsApp has long offered for chats between humans. Meta revealed it was working on such a feature at its LlamaCon generative AI conference in April 2025. The company built Incognito Chat with Meta AI using its Private Processing tech . It said that messages exchanged with the chatbot in this mode are handled in a secure environment that no one else has access to. The messages are not saved and they disappear by default.