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Tech, Trump, and TikTok: Is the World Coming Undone?

Pinterest Fires Engineers for Privacy Breach Amid Tech Turmoil

Pinterest fired two engineers for violating company policy and privacy after they wrote a script to identify and share the names of employees affected by recent layoffs, multiple news sources reported. The firings occurred amid a broader context of tech industry layoffs and anxieties surrounding AI-driven skill obsolescence.

The engineers' script accessed confidential company information to detect employee removals from internal communication tools, according to BBC Technology. The script was created in response to layoffs that impacted roughly 700 roles at Pinterest as part of a shift towards an AI-focused approach. The engineers' actions reflected broader anxieties amid widespread tech industry layoffs.

In other news, a new study contradicted claims of political censorship on TikTok following its U.S. operations takeover, NPR News reported. Researchers analyzed viewership metrics of over 100,000 videos and found that posts about all topics dropped to almost zero during a server outage, suggesting a data center outage, rather than intentional suppression, caused a drop in viewership across all content categories, including those related to ICE, Jeffrey Epstein, and other sensitive topics.

Vox also reported on a diverse range of events, including Halle Berry's criticism of Governor Newsom, investigations surrounding Savannah Guthrie's mother and Peter Mandelson's alleged Epstein email leaks, and YouTube star Ms. Rachel facing backlash over social media activity related to the Gaza conflict. OpenAI's CEO also expressed concerns about AI-driven skill obsolescence, according to Vox. The FBI's iPhone access challenges highlighting Lockdown Mode effectiveness were also noted.

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