Yann LeCun admits that Llama 4's “results were fudged a little bit”, and that the team used different models for different benchmarks to give better results
The interview took place in a great restaurant in Paris: Yannick Alléno's Pavyllon. … Bluesky: Rob Delaney / @robdelaney : 💩💩💩 [embedded post] SE Gyges / @segyges : this puts a bunch of us in the awkw...
Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser and an Apple staffer's friend over iOS 26 leaks, for allegedly accessing the staffer's iPhone; Prosser denies the claim
here's what to expect from Apple's next big iPhone update The Economic Times : Apple sues YouTuber Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaks Jose Enrico / Tech Times : Apple Sues YouTuber Jon Prosser Over Alleged...
Microsoft unveils Recall for Windows 11, an AI-powered search tool for Copilot+ PCs that keeps track of users' actions and gives them an explorable timeline
and its most private Jak Connor / TweakTown : Microsoft will give PCs a ‘photographic memory’ by screenshotting everything you do Harsh Shivam New Delhi / Business Standard : Microsoft introduces ‘Rec...
Slack confirms it is training some of its AI-powered features, but not its generative AI tool, on user content and uploads, with all users opted-in by default
https://slack.com/... What a time to be alive in IT. 🤦♂️ JP Mens / @jpmens@mastodon.social : “Our guiding principle as we build this product is that the privacy and security of Customer Data is sac...
Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko in June 2022 over lost pay; Zatko signed an NDA but he can speak to Congress or file a complaint
one of the few venues in which he is allowed to discuss the confidential settlement. https://www.wsj.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The pettiness to sue Parag/Twitter for wrongful termination...
Docs: SpaceX paid $250K to settle a flight attendant's allegation that Elon Musk exposed himself and offered a horse in exchange for an erotic massage in 2016
Complications for the Twitter deal? Bill Chappell / NPR : Elon Musk denies a report accusing him of sexual misconduct on a SpaceX jet Abram Brown / Forbes : How The Sexual Misconduct Allegations Again...
Google reaches a settlement, under NDA, with six engineers who revealed the company's 2018-2020 anti-union campaign; four fired engineers will not be reinstated
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Washington state passes the Silenced No More Act, becoming the second state to ban NDAs preventing workers from discussing harassment, wage violations, and more
Washington state became the second in the nation to pass the Silenced No More Act on Thursday. Tweets: @cherthedev , @ifeomaozoma , @lizberrywa , @karenkeiser1 , @wasendemocrats , @levisu , @mmitchell...
Apple shareholders vote to approve proposals on civil rights audits and the use of NDAs in employment agreements, and Tim Cook's ~$99M compensation package
Apple investors pass two proposals after worker controversy Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Meet Apple's least popular board members Veronica Irwin / Protocol : Apple shareholders approved...
Dog walking startup Wag will go public via a SPAC at a $350M valuation; SoftBank, which invested $300M in 2018, sold its 50% stake back to Wag in 2019 at a loss
1. The interview begins in uneasy silence, as we stare across at each other from our comfy armchairs. Tweets: Paresh Dave / @peard33 : They offer to pay for the cremation costs of your dog in exchange...