Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
… Management now has 10 working days to voluntarily recognize the unionization efforts before legal processes are formally launched to force recognition. …
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Labor and worker’s rights in tech
… The organization efforts at Raven heralded a string of unionization drives within Activision Blizzard , Microsoft , and beyond . …
iOS 27 will support Google Cast and other AirPlay alternatives.
… Link: Apple’s Watch and Health Efforts Need Reboot to Rival New Wearables | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-24/apple-watch-needs-shake-up-amid-whoop-oura-google-fitbit-air-airpods-ios-27-mpjuh7ln?srnd=undefined | Bloomberg
America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes crackdown is here
… Snap said in a blog post last year that it “aligns with and complements our ongoing efforts.” Spokesperson Monique Bellamy told The Verge that it’s continuing to “evolve” safety systems, “including investing in tools and technologies to proactively detect and take action on unwanted nudes and simil… …
Netflix’s new studio will produce animated shorts with generative AI
… Efforts to popularize the use of AI for animation beyond Hollywood have also faced setbacks. …
Trump’s Anthropic shutdown just made the case for non-American AI
… France’s Mistral and Canada’s Cohere show that solid efforts can come from outside these countries, even if the models can’t stand toe to toe. …
Apple wants Europe to blink
… Despite this, Joswiak said withholding Siri AI “is not some sort of effort for us to be punitive over our feelings for the DMA. …
Your article about AI doesn’t need AI art
… A dream becomes worth something outside of an awkward Zoom call with your therapist when a human being makes the effort of translating it into a work of art — it’s not just the idea but the process that makes it compelling. …
This is the James Bond game we’ve been waiting for
… Nothing of relevance there!!” — Andy “I bought a Kobo Clara BW in January in an effort to read more and scroll less. …
The app you need to clean up your computer
… Joanna spent the last year of her life trying to use AI for absolutely everything, in an effort to figure out where AI might actually be useful. …