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eBay to pay $3m fine over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple’s home | US News
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Online retailer eBay has agreed to pay a $3m (£2.4m) fine to resolve criminal charges over employees who harassed a couple by sending live spiders, cockroaches to their home. David and Ina Steiner also had a funeral wreath, a bloody pig mask, and a book about surviving the loss of a spouse, show up at…
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Majority of OpenAI employees threaten to quit and join Microsoft unless board resigns | Business News
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More than 500 employees of revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI have said they will leave if the ousted CEO Sam Altman is not reinstated and the board does not resign. A letter from 505 of the approximately 700 OpenAI employees threatened to quit and jump ship to Microsoft, having received assurances that there are…
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WH Smith targeted by cyber attack with hackers accessing data on current and former employees | Business News
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WH Smith has said it has been the target of a cyber attack that has seen hackers access company data. The high street retailer added hackers have also been able to access current and former employee information. It said the hack has not impacted its trading activities and stressed its website, customer accounts and customer…
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Former employees sue Twitter, claiming more women have been laid off than men | US News
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Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter after Elon Musk took over are suing the company, claiming recent lay-offs disproportionately affected female employees. About half the social media network’s workforce were let go early last month after Mr Musk bought the company for $44bn. He subsequently told those remaining that they would need to…
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Elon Musk attacks San Francisco mayor in row over Twitter bedrooms for ‘tired employees’ | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has questioned the mayor of San Francisco’s “priorities” as he alleged the city is more concerned about Twitter staff sleeping in the office than about children suffering accidental overdoses. The Twitter owner’s outburst followed controversy about bedrooms appearing at the social media site’s office in the northwest California city. “Sad little conference-room sleeping…
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Twitter reportedly closes offices over ‘sabotage fears’ as ‘more employees resign’ | Science & Tech News
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Twitter employees have been told that all office buildings have been temporarily closed as more of them are estimated to be leaving the social media firm, according to reports. The managing editor of the tech site Platformer, Zoe Schiffer, tweeted that employees were not given details as to why the offices had been temporarily closed…
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Twitter employee’s ‘laptop wiped and accounts locked’ as company considers laying off staff | Science & Tech News
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A Twitter employee has told Sky News his laptop has been remotely wiped and he’s been locked out of his accounts as the company considers mass layoffs. Reports have suggested that the social network’s new owner, Elon Musk, could get rid of as many as half of the company’s 8,000 employees after buying it for…
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Apple employees fight back against Tim Cook’s return-to-office order | Business News
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Apple staff are fighting back against the company’s return-to-office order, saying it risks stifling diversity and wellbeing. The group – called Apple Together – has launched a petition demanding “location flexible work”, saying that work arrangements should be between a worker and their “immediate manager”. Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook told employees in and around…