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Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers
Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X. Earlier this…
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Firms warned to beware of fake IT workers
North Korean IT workers are secretly infiltrating US companies using fake identities and forged credentials, according to SentinelLabs. The cyber security organization has uncovered a network of companies, which it believes are backed by China, supplying remote workers under false identities. The workers conduct convincing video interviews under false identities. They use VPNs to mask their true locations, making it…
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Nearly half of workers think using AI makes them look lazy and incompetent
AI adoption is slowing among workers globally as employees report hiding their use of the technology from leaders amid concerns over how it reflects on them. Slack’s Autumn 2024 Workforce Index surveyed 10,000 desk workers around the world and found the growth in AI usage has cooled, with the study noting that usage rates plateaued after steady growth earlier this…
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Execs are happy to let AI make decisions for them, and it’s got IT workers worried
The C-suite has enormous faith in AI, according to research from TeamViewer, with more than six-in-ten executives saying they’d even trust it to make decisions without human oversight. The study also found that 70% trust AI to forecast future business scenarios. However, IT decision makers were rather more cautious than the C-suite, with just half saying they’d trust AI to…
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In-office requirement isn’t designed to make workers quit – Computerworld
In an internal meeting, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy responded to recent criticism from many employees about the company’s new plan for a full return to the office in January. The mandate means that as the beginning of the new year, almost all employees will have to be in the office five days a week. Jassy said the aim is not…
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NYT tech workers are making their own games while on strike
Striking New York Times tech workers have created a “Guild Builds” page dedicated to strike-themed games you can play, including a spin on Wordle, a word search, and the custom Connections I reported on earlier today. As part of its strike announcement on Monday, the New York Times Tech Guild requested that people don’t cross the digital picket line to…
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New four-day week trial kicks off for workers across UK
Momentum towards a four-day week is building, with a new pilot scheme by the 4 Day Week Campaign set to involve a thousand UK workers. The trial will include 17 businesses, and will see staff working a four-day week with no loss of pay. One organization taking part is the British Society for Immunology (BSI), which from this week will…
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Iceland’s four-day working week trials have been a roaring success – economic growth spiked, workers were happier, and burnout plummeted
Iceland’s shift to a shorter working week has coincided with its economy outperforming most of Europe, according to research from organizations backing four-day working weeks. Between 2015 and 2019, Iceland ran two large trials of the so-called four-day working week across government, later leading to a labor rights agreement led by local trade unions that enshrined the right to shorter…
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Fake IT workers from North Korea have started blackmailing their victims – Computerworld
A new report from Secureworks shows that the North Korean group Nickel Tapestry has expanded its operations from getting North Korean IT workers illegally employed by companies in other countries to allowing the workers to steal data that can be used for extortion if they’re fired, according to The Register. To avoid falling victim to such scams, companies are being…
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Undercover North Korean IT workers now steal data, extort employers
North Korean IT professionals who trick Western companies into hiring them are stealing data from the organization’s network and asking for a ransom to not leak it. Dispatching IT workers to seek employment at companies in wealthier nations is a tactic that North Korea has been using for years as a means to obtain privileged access for cyberattacks or to…
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