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Wednesday March 27, 2024. 01:36 PM
The Wisconsin Supreme Court let a ruling stand which declared Amazon drivers are employed by the company, not independent contractors. This entitles them to statutory employment protections and requires Amazon to follow related rules and regulations—and pay taxes. The...
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David Safran wasn't allowed to read the actual obituaries, because that would be a waste of his employer's time. All he did was moderate the comments queued for publication, most of it evidently spam and other forms of garbage. An apt typo would break up the dark, sloppy...
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Last year saw a 34.5 percent year-on-year increase in reported data breach incidents, with over 17 billion records compromised according to a new report from Flashpoint. This trend looks set to continue as the first two months of 2024 alone saw a massive 429 percent spike in ...
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Tom the Dancing Bug: D.E.I. Must D-I-E JOIN THE INNER HIVE and get each week's comic at least a day before publication! Plus other exclusive content like process pics, more comics, contests, puzzles, puns, palindromes, dog photos, and juicy gossip! Please do join the team...
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I know cartoonist Alex Schumacher mostly through his comic strip Mr. Butterchips, a foul-mouthed hard-drinking, chain-smoking organ grinder's monkey angry at the world. But he has a brand-new, very sweet graphic novel for kids, The Effects of Pickled Herring. — Read the rest...
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It's a tale as old as time. An outlet or public figure courts a far-right audience, which then cannibalizes them the moment they do anything not right enough. The Babylon Bee, a right-wing emulator of 'The Onion,' is read by Elon Musk, Donald Trump and many other reactionary ...
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About a year ago I came across the Previous emulator – it appeared to be a faithful simulation of the NeXT hardware and thus capable of running NeXTStep. While including it in Infinite Mac would be scope-creep, NeXT’s legacy is in many ways more relevant to today’s...
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Do you like blue cheese? How about steak tartare? Sushi? If you've ever wanted a way to quantitatively describe how exacting you are as an eater, the Food Disgust Test, based on psychological research at the University of Zurich, will do just that. — Read the rest The post F...
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Seven years ago, on 27 March 2017, Apple introduced one of the most fundamental changes in its operating systems since Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah was released 16 years earlier. On that day, those who updated iOS to version 10.3 had their iPhone’s storage silently converted to...
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A kind stranger recently picked up a baby hedgehog from the side of the road, believing it was injured. She carefully placed the hedgehog into a box to keep it safe and warm, but became alarmed and worried when, after several hours, she saw that the poor creature hadn't...
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These videos of dogs getting pampered (previously at Boing Boing) during bathtime are so awesome, I can't stop watching them. They aren't technically ASMR videos, but they might as well be labeled as such because they include lots of relaxing sounds along with the adorable...
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The latest Cybersecurity Readiness Index from Cisco shows that 53 percent of the respondents report falling victim to a cyber incident this past year, and many leaders (73 percent) believe that they will be a victim of a cybersecurity incident in the next 12-24 months. The...
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Windows 10 may be in the later stages of its life, but Microsoft has still not given up on it. With just 18 months of support left, the company has released the KB5035941 update which adds Windows Spotlight to your desktop background as well as new lockscreen widgets. The...
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Imagine thinking that putting a menacing clown with a grin wide with pointy crayon teeth on the cover of a child's coloring book was a good idea. Imagine having the nerve to call it 'FUNTIME'! I spotted this vintage beauty at the Pasadena Flea Market recently and am still...
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A lot of time, attention, and investment is spent on creating strong perimeters and endpoint defenses to prevent malicious actors from gaining access to corporate networks. While this is important, organizations also need a network security strategy -- because if attackers...
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It is the time of the month when Microsoft releases preview versions of the next month's updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11. And for Windows 11 users, the newly launched KB5035942 update is an exciting one. As this is an update preview, there are no security fixes...
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Anti-vaxx actor Forrie J. Smith said something stupid and got kicked off a plane, so naturally, he took to social media to gripe. I had never heard of Forrie J. Smith before this, so good work on the PR front! It seems the drunken anti-vaxxer found themself kicked off an...
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NBC hired Trump crony and election denier Ronna McDaniel because she delivered him to them for a presidential debate. After backlash from its own staff, star performers and all other remaining humans, it's firing her. [NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar] Conde said he...
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Canva, the online design platform, has announced a significant expansion of its business. You see, the company has acquired Affinity, a popular creative software platform used by over three million creative professionals worldwide. With over 175 million users, Canva has...
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The vaquita ('little sea cow'), the world's smallest cetacean found only in Mexico's Gulf of California, has seen its numbers plummet from around 600 in the late 1990s to 10-13 vaquitas today. The porpoises, which measure between 4 to 5 feet as adults, frequently get...
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