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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy claims controversial RTO mandate is not a “backdoor layoff” strategy – but it’s a tactic that some execs admit to
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has pushed back on claims that the company’s controversial return to office (RTO) mandate was a thinly veiled attempt to encourage layoffs. Speaking at an all-hands meeting on 5 November, Jassy denied accusations that his recently announced RTO strategy was a “backdoor layoff”, insisting the move was motivated by improving the organization’s culture. “A number of…
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Microsoft’s Controversial Recall Windows Feature Is Delayed Again
Microsoft has once again delayed the rollout of its controversial Recall feature for Copilot Plus PCs. The feature was originally supposed to roll out in June, then was delayed again to October. This newest delay pushes the release of Windows Recall all the way to December. Microsoft’s senior product manager of Windows, Brandon LeBlanc, told The Verge, “We are committed…
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Amazon workers aren’t happy with the company’s controversial RTO scheme – and they’re making their voices heard
Amazon staff are up in arms over a controversial return to office (RTO) mandate imposed by the company earlier this month. The new working arrangements, unveiled by CEO Andy Jassy in mid-September, will require all staff to return to the office five days per week from January 2025, and will see hotdesking scrapped. Amazon has employed a hybrid work policy…
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Razer’s Controversial Snap Tap Feature Arrives on Old Keyboards
Razer is expanding its Snap Tap feature to a broader range of devices. Originally launched with the Huntsman V3 Pro keyboards, Snap Tap is now available for all Razer keyboards and Razer Blade laptops that support the Razer Synapse 4 configuration tool. Snap Tap enables near-instant directional changes in games. It prioritizes the most recent key press between two selected…
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LinkedIn backtracks on controversial AI training rules after user backlash
LinkedIn has suspended the use of UK user data for AI training following a fierce backlash from digital rights campaigners, users, and regulators. The social network recently changed its privacy policy to use an ‘opt-out’ setting for the use of customer data to train its internal AI models. In an update to its policies, the Microsoft-owned firm said the use…
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Don’t Sleep on Grok 2.0; It’s Powerful But Controversial
Elon Musk-led xAI released its state-of-the-art Grok 2.0 AI model in beta recently. In the blog post, xAI mentioned that Grok 2.0 scored 87.5% on the MMLU benchmark using 0-shot CoT which really surprised me. This squarely puts the model in GPT-4o’s territory, which has achieved a score of 87.7% in the same MMLU benchmark. I was curious to test…
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Windows Recall set for a return — when you can expect this controversial feature to appear
After a rough launch in May, Microsoft went back to the drawing board with the maligned Windows Recall feature, announcing the feature was delayed indefinitely. But now it sounds like Recall’s recall is coming to an end. Specifically, the AI-powered feature appears to be slowly getting ready for a return. In an announcement on the Windows blog, Microsoft announced that…
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Controversial California AI Law Moves Forward
The California Appropriations Committee passed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (also known as SB-1047) on Thursday, the latest move in the saga of regulating Silicon Valley. The state Assembly and Senate must still approve the bill before it becomes law. What is SB-1047? Known colloquially as California’s AI Act, and monitored closely across the…
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