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Design startup Figma is temporarily disabling its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs of Apple’s own Weather app. TechCrunch: The problem was first spotted by Andy Allen, the founder of NotBoring Software, which makes a… Continue reading Figma Disables AI Design Tool That Copied Apple Weather App
“The outdoor-apparel brand Patagonia has given 90 U.S. employees a choice,” reports Business Insider: “tell the company by Friday that you’re willing to relocate or leave your job.” [Alternate URL here.]
The employees all work in customer services, k… Continue reading 90 Workers Given a Choice: Relocate Across the US, or Leave the Company
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Asda is transferring more than 100 internal IT workers to Indian outsourcing company TCS as it labors to meet deadlines to move away from IT systems supported by previous owner Walmart by the end o… Continue reading Asda IT Staff Shuffled Off To TCS Amid Messy Tech Divorce From Walmart
An anonymous reader shares a report: IT asset management platform Lansweeper has dispensed a warning for enterprise administrators everywhere. Exactly how old is that Microsoft SQL Server on which your business depends? According to chief strategy offi… Continue reading Nearly 20% of Running Microsoft SQL Servers Have Passed End of Support
Qualcomm faces potential disruption to its Windows on Arm laptops due to a legal battle with Arm, while MediaTek prepares to enter the market. Qualcomm’s exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Copilot+ PCs, based on its Snapdragon SoCs, is set to expire t… Continue reading Rivals and Legal Action Cast Shadows Over Windows on Arm Market
An anonymous reader shares a report: Buy a pair of wired headphones, and you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re just plug and play. Stick them into your phone, and out goes the audio up copper cables into your earholes. Simple as that. Trouble is, that… Continue reading Some Cheap Wired Headphones Are Actually Using Bluetooth
A new article in the Washington Post argues that a phenomenon called “Quiet vacationing” has “joined ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘quiet firing’ as the latest (and least poetic) scourge of the modern workplace.
“Also known as the hush trip, workcation, hush-… Continue reading Not ‘Quiet Quitting’ – Remote Workers Try ‘Quiet Vacationing’
An anonymous reader shares a report: The sound of the 1990s still resonates in the German capital. Like techno music, the fax machine remains on trend. According to the latest figures from Germany’s digital industry association, four out of five compan… Continue reading Fax Machines Permeate Germany’s Business Culture. But Parliament is Ditching Them
Framework, a company known for its modular laptops, has announced a fourth round of iterative updates and upgrade options for its Framework Laptop 13. The upgrades include motherboards and pre-built laptops featuring new Intel Meteor Lake Core Ultra pr… Continue reading Framework Boosts Its 13-inch Laptop With New CPUs, Lower Prices, and Better Screens
Speaking of Samsung, samleecole shares a report about the contract the South Korean firm requires repair shops to sign: In exchange for selling them repair parts, Samsung requires independent repair shops to give Samsung the name, contact information, … Continue reading Leaked Contract Shows Samsung Forces Repair Shop To Snitch On Customers