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SpaceX Fires Employees Behind Musk Open Letter
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell sent an email (that didn't address the content of the letter), saying the writers made others "uncomfortable" with the release and violated the company handbook by asking employees to sign the statement.
Overwatch 2 Won’t Have Loot Boxes
The Overwatch 2 reveal event included numerous tidbits, perhaps none more exciting than confirmation that Overwatch 2 will not have loot boxes. However, it's still going to be a free-to-play game.
New Study Shows Working in The Metaverse Sucks
The first study of its kind has been conducted to rate the experience of working in VR versus on a regular computer. As expected, the VR experience was notably worse in almost every measurement.
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Ban on Health-Related Data Sales
The bill would prohibit companies from “selling or transferring location data and health data”—a sweeping ban that would rock the entire multibillion-dollar data broker industry.
Activision Reports ‘No Widespread Harassment’ According to Its Own Review
While there have been "some substantiated instances of gender harassment,” Activision has not found itself guilty of systemic harassment or discrimination.
SpaceX Employees Pen Open Letter Denouncing Elon Musk’s Online Behavior
A group of employees fed up with the behavior of CEO Elon Musk have released an open letter calling on SpaceX to address its Musk problem. Currently, Musk has not taken a break from fretting over low birth rates to Tweet about the letter. It's probably only a matter of time, though.
Microsoft to Store World’s Music Collection on Quartz Wafers
Microsoft's Project Silica will be used as a proof of concept to see if it can store a backup copy of the entire world's music collection.
European Union Reverses Qualcomm’s $1 Billion Antitrust Fine
The €997 million ($1.04 billion) fine was issued following an investigation into payments made to Apple between 2011 and 2016 that ensured the iPhone and iPad would only use Qualcomm chips. However, Europe's second-highest court now says that procedural irregularities and incorrect analysis makes the fine unenforceable.
US Army Deploys First Floating Solar Array
The 1.1 megawatt system is the largest floating array in the Southeast US.
Intel Finally Launches an Arc Desktop GPU, in China
Note the time and day (for posterity); Intel has officially launched its first desktop graphics card.
Samsung Caught Cheating Customers Again, But On TVs This Time
Samsung has been caught cheating again, but this time it's on TVs, not SSDs or smartphones.
EU: Meta, Google, and Twitter Can Either Combat Deepfakes or Pay Massive Fines
Tech giants that fail to meet the EU's new disinformation prevention guidelines will have to pay fees equal to six percent of their global turnover.