Lam raised safety concerns, noting mainlanders drove on the opposite side of the road and used a different set of traffic rules. “I am concerned about whether they can adapt to a different environment and drive safely in Hong Kong, which has a different set of rules from that of the mainland,” he said. “Mainland … Read more
Nearly 300 current and former Apple employees have published an open letter alleging that several retail and corporate employees of the company have been disciplined or “wrongfully terminated” for expressing support for Palestinian people through pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh. The group, which calls itself Apples4Ceasefire, is planning a protest outside Apple’s retail store in Lincoln … Read more
“These funds serve as a down payment toward initial costs, and additional Emergency Relief programme funding will be made available as work continues,” the transport department said in a statement. Initial estimates of the reconstruction costs, which is likely to be paid by the federal government, are at US$600 million, economic software analysis company IMPLAN … Read more
As global warming raises temperatures, Cal/OSHA has approved standards that would require companies to protect employees from excessive indoor heat, particularly in warehouses. The rules still need to overcome opposition by another state agency. They were approved Thursday by the board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, despite a late objection from … Read more
Glassdoor has a history of working to keep its users’ identities private, but there are concerns about these identity changes. “Glassdoor has been second to none in defending their user’s First Amendment rights,” says Aaron Mackey, a senior staff attorney with the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation. He represented a Glassdoor user in a … Read more
Pakistan has sought a comprehensive investigation into the killing of nine of its nationals in a brutal attack in Iran that occurred days after the tensions between the two nations following a tit-for-tat cross-border fire. Nine Pakistani workers were gunned down and three others were injured by unidentified attackers who opened indiscriminate fire on them … Read more
In a minivan with the rear seats ripped out, John is chasing one of his 250 electric scooters down a California highway. He finds it 10 miles away, hiding in a bush—a run-and-dump tactic that he says thieves use to test whether anyone will come after them before they take a scooter home. John, not … Read more
One of the most stunning twists in the recent five-day crisis at ChatGPT creator OpenAI came when some 95 percent of the company’s hundreds of employees threatened to quit. The staff planned to follow CEO Sam Altman to develop successors to ChatGPT at Microsoft instead. The threat appeared to mark a turning point in Altman’s … Read more
