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A group of employees has sued Meta, alleging the tech giant relied on AI-driven tools that unfairly selected workers with disabilities, medical conditions and approved leave for redundancy during its latest round of layoffs.

Meta sued over claims AI selected staff with medical conditions for layoffs
A group of 26 employees has sued Meta, alleging the technology company relied on AI-driven tools that unfairly selected workers with disabilities, medical conditions and ...

POL-SZ: Pressemitteilung des Polizeikommissariats Salzgitter-Bad vom 17.05.2026 für den Bereich Salzgitter-Bad und Baddeckenstedt Salzgitter-Bad (ots) - Fahren ohne Pflichtversicherung Salzgitter-Bad, Braunschweiger Straße, Tankstelle, 16.05.2026, gegen 06:35 Uhr Beamte des Polizeikommissariats Salzgitter-Bad kontrollierten auf dem Gelände einer Tankstelle einen Transporter. ...

“ICE hunts us like animals,”
testified Maria Cervantes,
who immigrated from Mexico and grew up in the East End neighborhood where Salgado Araujo was shot.
“I can’t help but think, who’s next?
Am I going to get a bullet to the head for being brown?”
Salgado Araujo, a business owner and father of three, was shot dead in his vehicle while heading to a job site with his construction crew last Tuesday.
The mayor has yet to explain whether the city will launch…

Houston demands action after killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: ‘ICE hunts us like animals’
Community groups are demanding action from the city’s mayor and Texas’s Republican congressional delegation

Google says users in the US can now link to and interact with some apps in AI Mode, including Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/googles-ai-mode-now-lets-you-link-and-interact-with-…

Google's AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps | TechCrunch
With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.

Congress Introduces Bill To Permanently Block Chinese Vehicles From US - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/05/15/0249216/congress-introduces-bill-to-permanently-block-chinese-vehicles-from-us

"They were hunting for Latinos.”
Outcry is continuing over the ICE shooting death of 52-year-old Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
in a majority-Latino neighborhood in Houston, Texas, last week.
Events pieced together by eyewitness videos and texts sent by the agents involved in Araujo’s killing suggest that
agents largely ignored Araujo’s cries for help after he was shot.
“They really just strung him along for hours until finally sending him to the…

“They Were Hunting for Latinos”: LULAC CEO on ICE Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston
“They were hunting for Latinos.” Outcry is continuing over the ICE shooting death of 52-year-old Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in a majority-Latino neighborhood in Houston, Texas, last week. Events pieced together by eyewitness videos and texts sent by the agents involved in Araujo’s killing suggest that agents largely ignored Araujo’s cries for help after he was shot. “They really just strung him along for hours until finally sending him to the hospital,” says Juan Proa�…

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop - Slashdot
https://slashdot.org/story/26/05/15/1647250/arxiv-to-ban-researchers-for-a-year-if-they-submit-ai-slop

Wood Burning Is Reintroducing Lead Pollution Into the Air, Scientists Find - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/05/15/2256225/wood-burning-is-reintroducing-lead-pollution-into-the-air-scientists-find

Google Chrome's Next Update Will Mark the End of Popular Ad Blockers - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/06/15/205219/google-chromes-next-update-will-mark-the-end-of-popular-ad-blockers

Amazon Stops Supporting Pre-2013 Kindles Today. Some Owners Turn to Jailbreaking - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/05/17/0014220/amazon-stops-supporting-pre-2013-kindles-today-some-owners-turn-to-jailbreaking