Washington Times - Tech

• Tesla hikes wages 10% at Nevada factory as United Auto Workers push to unionize

  20-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 20

  Electric vehicle maker Tesla announced pay raises for workers at Gigafactory Nevada this week amid a push by the United Auto Workers to unionize...

• Meta's initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war reversed by Oversight Board

  19-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 24

  A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts...

• Google to pay $700 million to U.S. states, consumers in app store settlement

  19-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 29

  Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its...

• Trade group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Utah over strict new limits on app use for minors

  19-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 20

  A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah on Monday over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children and...

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• Pentagon readies tech summit for buildup of autonomous systems to counter China

  19-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 14

  The Pentagon is ramping up plans to hold a major summit in early 2024 highlighting its new "Replicator" initiative aimed at integrating artificial...

• A suspected cyberattack paralyzes the majority of gas stations across Iran

  18-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 20

  Nearly 70% of Iran's gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible sabotage - a reference to cyberattacks, Iranian state TV reported.

• European Union investigating Musk's X over possible breaches of social media law

  18-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 17

  European Union are looking into whether Elon Musk's online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in the first such investigation...

• Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it's going through a reckoning

  18-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 15

  The promise of self-checkout was alluring: Customers could avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers could be freed of...

• Dem staffer out from Senate job after revelation of sex video shot in Capitol Hill hearing room

  17-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 22

  A Capitol Hill staffer accused of filming himself having gay sex in a congressional hearing room has been separated from his job in Senator Ben...

• L.A. County officials search for gauge that can cause radiation sickness

  17-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 19

  Officials with Los Angeles County's Public Works Department are offering $1,000 to return a gauge that, if damaged, can cause radiation illness.

• Britain says a Royal Navy ship has shot down an attack drone over the Red Sea

  16-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 24

  A Royal Navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea, Britain's defense secretary said Saturday.

• 4K Ultra HD movie reviews: 'Saw X' and 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'

  16-12-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 24

  Here's a look at two films new to the ultra-high definition disc format -- "Saw X" and "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" starring a pair of...