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A judge has denied Meta’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by early employee Kelly Stonelake.  U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein, who is overseeing the case, ruled this month that parts of Stonelake’s suit had merit, and the case will move forward.  “I hope this ruling encourages others who have experienced discrimination and toxic workplace cultures to consider the courts as one way to push for justice and accountability,” Stonelake said in a statement given to TechCrunch. Stonelake, who worked at Meta from 2009 until being laid off in early 2024, filed a lawsuit against Meta in Washington…

Organizers of a Target boycott that began in January are pointing to their tactics as a hopeful sign that actions against corporate retailers can still make a deep impact. When Target announced its current chief executive officer will be stepping down in February 2026 and an insider was taking the helm, those organizers saw it as a move in the right direction and stress more than ever that boycotts will continue as long as previous promises made to the public go unfulfilled.“It’s been now nearly 200 days and what all the statistics and economics are showing that since that boycott…

Author Hank Phillippi Ryan has written a crime novel titled “All This Could Be Yours” about an author on tour to promote a crime novel titled “All This Could Be Yours.” As Ryan says in an endnote, it’s very meta.The fictional author is Tess Calloway, a woman and mother who quit a well-paying corporate job where she felt “invisible” in order to pursue her dream of becoming a novelist. The hero of Tess’s book is Annabelle, a woman who defies the limitations society places of women in order to do what she wishes with her “one life.”As Tess’s book tour…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:55 AM ET, Wed August 27, 2025 The Trump Administration has expressed interest in bringing Washington DC’s Union Station under the control of the U.S. Department of Transportation in an announcement made ahead of Amtrak’s launch of its new high-speed NextGen Acela trainsets. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy attended the launch event of the new Acela trainsets on August 27, celebrating the new American-built locomotives and announcing the new plan for Union Station. The USDOT is calling for the Union Station to be revitalized through “strong direction,” which would come from being managed by the…

OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s leading AI labs, briefly opened up their closely guarded AI models to allow for joint safety testing — a rare cross-lab collaboration at a time of fierce competition. The effort aimed to surface blind spots in each company’s internal evaluations and demonstrate how leading AI companies can work together on safety and alignment work in the future. In an interview with TechCrunch, OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Zaremba said this kind of collaboration is increasingly important now that AI is entering a “consequential” stage of development, where AI models are used by millions of people…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of people in the U.S. have died in shootings over the past 25 years in offices, stores, theaters and other places, but the carnage perhaps hits hardest when it happens in schools and colleges where children and young adults are often the victims.In some cases, the victims are children who still have some of their baby teeth. Others are newly adult students with career and family dreams, and teachers or religious leaders who frequently become role models and mentors to their young students.Wednesday’s mass shooting at a church where Catholic school students were attending Mass in…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Fort Lauderdale city leaders will host an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the state’s order to remove rainbow-colored crosswalks and other street art throughout Florida or risk losing millions of dollars in funding. The Department of Transportation under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered communities to remove the crosswalks and other street art by early next month. Most of the painted crossings celebrate marginalized groups, such as the LGBTQ+ and Black communities. A motorist passes over a street mural outside the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025,…

Travelers looking to style their hair on the go should pay attention to the TSA’s latest reminder on how to pack cordless hair tools. The security agency and the FAA are reminding travelers that cordless curling irons containing lithium-ion batteries or gas cartridges cannot be packed in checked luggage.  Any device that contains lithium-ion batteries—from cordless curling irons to laptops, cellphones, vape pens, portable chargers, and more—cannot be placed in checked luggage, according to TSA and FAA regulations. The quick-charging batteries can easily malfunction, causing extreme heat, smoke, and fire and should be placed in carry-on bags and remain within an…

ChatGPT rivals like Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and, to a lesser extent, Meta AI, are closing the gap to ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot, according to a new report focused on the consumer AI landscape from venture firm Andressen Horowitz. The report, in its fifth iteration, showcases two and a half years of data about consumers’ evolving use of AI products. And for the fifth time, 14 companies appeared on the list of top AI products: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Poe, Character AI, Midjourney, Leonardo, Veed, Cutout, Eleven Labs, Photoroom, Gamma, Quillbot, Civitai, and HuggingFace. Image Credits:a16z The companies represent a cross…

“The Roses” begins in a marriage therapist’s office, where Theo Rose has something interesting to say about his longtime wife, Ivy: “I would rather live with her than a wolf.” That’s especially interesting because the question the therapist posed was: What are 10 things you love about each other?After a few minutes of blistering barbs back and forth — Ivy suggests that one good thing about her husband is “he has arms” — the therapist is appalled and resigned. “I see so much resentment, I don’t think you have the capacity to fix your problems,” she tells them.There are dark…