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2021

Facebook Settles Claims Over Discrimination Against U.S. Workers

Facebook settled claims that it refused to recruit or hire U.S. workers for positions it set aside for temporary visa holders, CNBC reported. According to CNBC, Facebook settled with not only the Department of Labor, but also the Department of Justice. These were two separate lawsuits.The Department of Justice (DOJ) posted a release on its website that shared information about

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MacBook Pro M1 Pro & M1 Max

If you have been waiting to upgrade to a MacBook Pro with Apple silicon the wait is over as Apple has announced a quite amazing lineup of new computers so impressive that folks placing advanced orders could barely get them ordered as their website was simple slammed. Note you may start hearing pre-roll ads in front of each program I

Facebook Still Has A Problem With Hate Speech

Facebook’s AI can’t consistently identify first-person shooting videos, racist rants, and the difference between cockfighting and car crashes. This comes from internal Facebook documents that were reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. On hate speech, the documents show, Facebook employees have estimated the company removes only a sliver of the posts that violate its rules - a low-single-digit percent, they

Valve Bans Blockchain Games and NFTs on Steam

Valve has made an update to its “What You Shouldn’t Publish on Steam” list. That list includes things that one would hope game creators would know better than to publish in a game. It makes sense for Valve to spell things out very clearly, in order to avoid problems. A new addition to the list disallows “Applications built on blockchain

Big Discount on OnePlus 9 Pro in UK

If you've been dithering over the OnePlus 9 Pro, this might help make up your mind. On Saturday, there's UK£150 off via Amazon's Treasure Truck online, and in person at Westfield Stratford in London over this weekend (16th & 17th October). The Truck will also be at the Arndale Centre in Manchester the following weekend (23rd & 24th October). The

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17 Year Anniversary in Podcasting

October 9th, 2004 was when this show was launched, and while the 17th anniversary is a big thing. The bigger news is that I do not have Melanoma Cancer. I go into great detail about what I was told, what happens next, and of course some warnings to all of you. In addition some changes to the sponsorship offer by