United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name

submitted by resipsaloquitur to nottheonion
360 points | 136 comments
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/940486/united-flight-236-bluetooth-speaker-name-bomb

cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/47299437

United flight 236 from Newark to Palma de Mallorca on Saturday night was forced to turn around just an hour after takeoff due to security concerns around a Bluetooth signal. Multiple…

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To End ‘New Gilded Age,’ House Progressives Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour

submitted by grimpy to politics
571 points | 136 comments
https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-introduce-25-minimum-wage

A pair of progressive Democrats unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour, considered the bare minimum a single adult needs to meet the cost of living in much of the US.

The Living Wage For All Act is the first bill to…

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From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary

submitted by tonytins to technology
722 points | 136 comments
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/ai-backlash-revolutionary-sam-altman-molotov-cocktails-data-centers/

The middle distribution of Gen Z’s feelings about AI range from apprehension to downright hatred. Despite the fact that more than half of Gen Z living in the U.S. uses AI regularly, according to a recently released Gallup poll, less…

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Reddit and FaceID Verification

submitted by kamayatu24 to privacy
451 points | 136 comments

Reddit CEO says facial verification may be introduced. Ostensibly to prevent bots.

But we all know how dangerous this can be. But most likely Reddit users will just accept it.

Although they have a great free analogue right under their noses - Lemmy. Which is many times better than its competitor.

I wish more people would discover…

Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

submitted by throws_lemy to technology
597 points | 136 comments
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-code-deletes-developers-production-setup-including-its-database-and-snapshots-2-5-years-of-records-were-nuked-in-an-instant

Forced age verification is comming sooner than we thought.

submitted by qwerty to technology
406 points | 136 comments
https://youtu.be/WlH2yS5IKg0

TLDW:

Brazil is requiring OS level age verification by march 17th, 2026.

New York about to vote on a law that would “require all manufacturers of internet-enabled devices, operating systems, or application stores to conduct commercially reason-able and technically feasible age assurance for users at the…

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