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Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak

Meta is pausing a divisive employee tracking program after an internal security issue exposed potentially sensitive data collected through the initiative to other workers.

“We have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards and while we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we're pausing it while we investigate,” says company spokesperson Tracy Clayton.

Meta rolled out the Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI) tool in April to US employees. The tool “collects computer inputs such as mouse movements, click locations and keystrokes, as well as screen content,” according to workers who have been petitioning against it over privacy, security, and personal liberty concerns. When MCI first launched, employees couldn’t opt out, but that changed to a limited degree after workers protested.

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Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.

Describing the man as a “hesitant historian,” the doctors said he eventually confessed to using the massage gun directly on and around both eyes on a weekly basis for three months to help with his eye fatigue. They noted that he did not have a history of psychiatric conditions or

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Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets

Stressing the system SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy. NASA's Space Launch System Rocket at LC-39B, preparing to lift off in 2022. Credit: Trevor Mahlmann NASA’s infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center, the crown jewel of US spaceports, is aging

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GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers

Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit—even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary layoff. The latest automation push has spurred union pushback over a potentially existential issue for automakers

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A Source of Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Space Has Been Identified

There is a mysterious phenomenon in which strong radio signals arrive periodically from space, yet their source remains completely unknown. Known as “long-period radio transients" (LPTs), these phenomena are observed as radio bursts that repeat at intervals ranging from several minutes to several hours. Only a dozen or so

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Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.

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GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers

A Source of Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Space Has Been Identified