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A UK class action lawsuit filed last week accuses Vodafone, EE, Three UK, and O2 of overcharging up to 4.8M customers over 16 years and seeks £3.3B in damages (Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu/Financial Times) 08-12-2023

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: A UK class action lawsuit filed last week accuses Vodafone, EE, Three UK, and O2 of overcharging up to 4.8M customers over 16 years and seeks £3.3B in damages  —  Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are accused of levying ‘loyalty penalties’ on customers  —  The biggest UK mobile phone operators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft agrees to convert 77 TCWGlobal contract staff at ZeniMax into unionized employees, as part of negotiations with CWA-affiliated ZeniMax Workers United (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg) 08-12-2023

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Microsoft agrees to convert 77 TCWGlobal contract staff at ZeniMax into unionized employees, as part of negotiations with CWA-affiliated ZeniMax Workers United  —  – Move expands organized labor’s foothold at software giant  — As direct employees, staffers will also receive raises, perks Lees verder op Tech Meme

Micron strikes a labor deal to hire ~3,700 union workers for its $15B chip plant in Boise, Idaho, potentially giving the company an advantage for federal funds (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg) 08-12-2023

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Micron strikes a labor deal to hire ~3,700 union workers for its $15B chip plant in Boise, Idaho, potentially giving the company an advantage for federal funds  —  – Union workers to fill majority of 3,700 construction jobs  — Commerce Department prefers unionized sites for Chips funds Lees verder op Tech Meme

A UK class action lawsuit filed last week accuses Vodafone, EE, Three UK, and O2 of overcharging up to 4.8M customers over 16 years and seeks £3.3B in damages (Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu/Financial Times) 08-12-2023

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: A UK class action lawsuit filed last week accuses Vodafone, EE, Three UK, and O2 of overcharging up to 4.8M customers over 16 years and seeks £3.3B in damages  —  Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are accused of levying ‘loyalty penalties’ on customers  —  The biggest UK mobile phone operators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Grok's example responses that Elon Musk has highlighted on X shows an AI chatbot whose unfunny, “edgy”, pointlessly offensive humor can feel forced and try-hard (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge) 08-12-2023

Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: Grok’s example responses that Elon Musk has highlighted on X shows an AI chatbot whose unfunny, “edgy”, pointlessly offensive humor can feel forced and try-hard  —  Fine.  Let’s talk about xAI, which is getting funded to the tune of $1 billion or whatever. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: the US FTC is examining the nature of Microsoft's investment in OpenAI and potentially antitrust law violations but hasn't opened a formal investigation (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg) 08-12-2023

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Source: the US FTC is examining the nature of Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI and potentially antitrust law violations but hasn’t opened a formal investigation  —  – The agency hasn’t opened a formal probe into Microsoft-OpenAI  — Microsoft didn’t report deal to FTC due to non-profit status Lees verder op Tech Meme