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Amar Bhakta, a manager at , has filed a in California alleging that the tech giant violates employees' privacy by monitoring their personal devices. Apple requires, according to the , employees to use Apple devices for work but limits their use for personal purposes. This policy reportedly compels many employees to use their personal devices for work tasks, inadvertently granting Apple broad access to personal data through shared iCloud accounts. The lawsuit claims Apple can search, monitor, and use data from employees' personal devices, including those of family members synced to the same account, reports. It also alleges that Apple conducts surveillance of employees at home offices and reserves the right to search both Apple and non-Apple devices on company premises. "For Apple's employees, the Apple ecosystem is not a walled garden. It is a prison yard," the lawsuit states. "A panopticon where employees, both on and off duty, are ever subject to Apple's all-seeing eye." Bhakta has claimed Apple's illegally restrict employees' rights to discuss compensation, and has hindered his career progress by barring his pursuit of public speaking engagements and even insisting he remove certain details from his LinkedIn profile. The lawsuit also alleges Apple retains the right to reclaim vested stock if employees breach confidentiality agreements. "It's disappointing that Apple, whose ethos is privacy and confidentiality, would try to monitor and censor me," Bhakta stated in a press release. "I hope this complaint causes Apple to change their approach to monitoring employees outside of work and reminds employees that they have the power to stand up too." Apple has it disagrees with the claims. "Every employee has the right to discuss their wages, hours and working conditions," a spokesperson reiterated.
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-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Following the announcement on Monday afternoon that the judge overseeing Donald Trump 's election interference case has ruled in favor of dismissal, shortly after special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion to drop the case, along with his classified documents case, Trump took to Truth Social to celebrate. Referring to both cases as "a political hijacking," Trump wrote, "These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. Over $100 million dollars of taxpayer dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party’s fight against their political opponent, ME. Nothing like this has ever happened in our country before. They have also used state prosecutors and district attorneys, such as Fani Willis and her lover, Nathan Wade (who had absolutely zero experience in cases such as this, but was paid MILLIONS, enough for them to take numerous trips and cruises around the globe!), Letitia James, who inappropriately, unethically, and probably illegally, campaigned on “GETTING TRUMP” in order to win political office, and Alvin Bragg, who himself never wanted to bring this case against me, but was forced to do so by the Justice Department and the Democrat Party." Related Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Trump According to ABC News , Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung, in a statement, called Smith's motions a "major victory for the rule of law" and said, "The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country." "I persevered, against all odds, and WON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump wrote in an additional post to Truth Social. Read more about this topic Tech CEOs sell out Democrats in rush to curry favor with Trump Before Donald Trump destroys it, Democrats must "re-envision what democracy needs to be" Donald Trump and the intellectuals: How do we navigate the darkness ahead? MORE FROM Kelly McClure Advertisement:NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetkounmpo had 34 points, 11 rebounds and four assists and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a two-game skid with a 118-113 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Damien Lillard had 15 points and 11 assists and Bobby Portis added 23 points and five rebounds off the bench. The Bucks won for the 10th time in 13 games. Dennis Schroder had 34 points and 10 assists, Cam Johnson scored 26 points and Nic Claxton added 21 points and nine rebounds as the Nets lost for the fourth time in five games, falling to 4-13 against Eastern Conference foes. Milwaukee: Lillard’s streak of six straight 25-point games ended. Antetokounmpo had his NBA-best 14th game with at least 30 points. Brooklyn: Schroder led Brooklyn in scoring for the fourth time this season, surpassing 30 points for the third time. He is averaging 31.5 points in two games against Milwaukee this season and has 493 points in 31 career games against the Bucks. Brooklyn led 108-104 after Schroder's jumper with 3:08 left, but Milwaukee countered by scoring 15 of the game’s final 20 points. Bucks forward Khris Middleton, playing in just his third game this season while recovering from bilateral ankle surgery, scored seven points in the fourth quarter. Portis put Milwaukee ahead for good, 109-108, with a 3-pointer with 2:08 left. Brooklyn snapped Milwaukee’s 15-game streak of holding opponents to below 50% shooting. The Nets were just the fourth team to make more than 50% of its field goals against the Bucks. Milwaukee improved to 1-3 in games in which it allows a team to shoot better than 50%. After making just 8 of 22 field goals (36.4%) in the first quarter, the Nets shot 56% over the final 36 minutes. Milwaukee hosts Orlando in an NBA Cup quarterfinal Tuesday. Brooklyn is at Memphis on Friday. AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBAShip strikes kill thousands of whales. A study of hot spots could map out solutions
A study of hot spots for collisions between ships and whales around the world, including Canadian waters, offers a map for measures to prevent the deadly strikes that could drive some species to extinction, one of the British Columbia-based authors says. Chloe Robinson said reported strikes represent a fraction of their true extent, and a lack of protection measures leaves whales vulnerable as global shipping expands. The study found shipping takes place across 92 per cent of the ranges for humpback, blue, fin and sperm whales worldwide, but measures to reduce vessel strikes have been implemented in less than seven per cent of high-risk areas. "That could really spell, you know, potential extinction for some of these species," said Robinson, director of whales for Ocean Wise, a B.C.-based organization that provided data for the paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. "A recent study estimated anything up to 20,000 whales are killed a year through ship strikes, globally, and that's just an estimate, a best-case estimate." Robinson said she was surprised to see Swiftsure Bank, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, emerge as a risk hot spot for strikes of fin, blue and humpback whales. The area is a "migration highway" for humpbacks, she noted. The study also identified a hot spot for the same three species in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland. "This is something that Ocean Wise has been looking into because a lot of the management measures occur offshore and not sort of within the Gulf of St. Lawrence itself and even the St. Lawrence Seaway, (which) leads down to the Great Lakes," she said. "That was a huge hot spot, which was really interesting for me." Robinson said there have been smaller studies on the risk of ship strikes in different regions, but the study published Thursday is the first to map the distribution of the four whale species, using a variety of data sources, then compare it with the Automatic Identification System, a tool used for tracking vessels worldwide. "This was really the first of its kind to map these two on top of each other," she said. The researchers found the highest levels of risk in the Indian, western North Pacific and Mediterranean, while it also identified high-risk areas in the eastern North Pacific, North and South Atlantic Ocean along with the South China Sea. The Southern Ocean was the only region that did not contain any ship-strike hot spots due to low levels of shipping, despite high use by whales, the study found. Robinson said the findings support a strong case for maritime authorities to adopt measures such as whale alert systems, speed limits and no-go zones. "We know where there are areas where there are lots of whales and lots of ships, so this is where we need to target for management," she said in an interview. Robinson said Canada is home to many "eyes on the water" and researchers exploring innovative techniques for monitoring whales. But the country lacks mandatory mitigation measures, and it's not alone. "Next to none of the measures globally are mandatory. So, having voluntary measures (is) great, provided people comply," Robinson said. Ocean Wise launched an alert system in 2018 that notifies large vessels of the presence of whales in Pacific Northwest waters, and Robinson said about 80 per cent of mariners from Washington state up to Alaska have signed up. The WhaleReport alert system mainly functions in what she describes as "inshore" waters around busy ports in Seattle, Vancouver and Prince Rupert. The Port of Vancouver has also seen a high rate of compliance for its ECHO program, Robinson noted. The program encourages vessels to take voluntary steps, such as slowing down or staying farther away from whales, in order to reduce underwater noise and the potential for strikes in busy shipping areas. Robinson favours a multi-pronged approach to reducing ship strikes, but she said one single measure she believes could have a big impact would be equipping vessels with an infrared camera to detect whales within several kilometres. "Maybe some mariners ... respond better to knowing there 100 per cent is a whale 200 metres in front of your vessel, versus, 'slow down, there might be a whale here.'" Robinson said such cameras can cost between US$50,000 and $75,000. But the cost was a "drop in the bucket" of major companies' profits, she said. The cameras also present a public-relations opportunity for businesses to advertise themselves as operating in a more whale-friendly manner, Robinson said. "I know people who have had to go and have therapy after killing a humpback whilst at the helm," she added. "I think there's a lot to be said (for) the long-term benefits of this kind of technology." The study also found areas with lower traffic that could provide refuge for whales, especially with added protections. It shows the Arctic Ocean, for example, has very few high-risk areas for vessel strikes, and Robinson said some researchers view it as potential sanctuary. But without protections, Robinson said Arctic waters could become the next high-risk hot spot as sea ice melts with climate change, opening up shipping routes. "Knowing the plans to expand shipping routes into these areas to cut shipping time, make things faster, right through prime whale habitat, I think this is a really good opportunity to get ahead of the issue before it becomes an issue," she said. Whales play crucial roles in their ecosystems, including cycling nutrients that support other species, and they're a boon for tourism, Robinson said. They're also "magical" creatures that people feel connected to, she said, and they remain vulnerable after many species were hunted to the brink of extinction. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 22, 2024. Brenna Owen, The Canadian PressNEW YORK (AP) — Romad Dean had 16 points in Fordham's 87-72 victory against Maine on Sunday. Dean also had five rebounds and four steals for the Rams (6-5). Jackie Johnson III had 16 points and six assists. Abdou Tsimbila finished with 10 points and eight rebounds. The Black Bears (6-5) were led by AJ Lopez with 24 points. Keelan Steele added 10 points and two steals. Christopher Mantis scored eight. Fordham took the lead with 18:36 left in the first half and never looked back. Dean led their team in scoring with nine points in the first half to help put them up 37-23 at the break. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .U.S. District Court Awards 10x Genomics Permanent Injunction in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Bruker Corporation's GeoMx ProductsChris Hani’s hitman, Janusz Waluś, who served 28 years in prison before being released on parole in 2022, arrived at Poland’s Warsaw’s Chopin Airport on Saturday morning. The 71-year-old Polish nationalist’s controversial deportation to his home country was justified by the Department of Home Affairs on the basis that – after serving his parole – Waluś was illegally in South Africa. Gazeta Wyborcza reported that Waluś, who assassinated the SACP leader in 1993, was given a hero’s welcome by a group of neo-Nazis from an extremist group known as Bad Company. Grzegorz Braun, one of the leaders of the far-right Confederation (Konfederacja) political party, was also spotted accompanying him in the arrivals hall. 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According to NFP. he gained cult status among many radical nationalists in Poland, who used to chant his name and brandished banners of his image during football matches and marches. “The cult of Janusz Waluś started in the 1990s, but it has really spread in the last couple of years because of his recent parole applications, and of course it coincides with the rise of the far right in Poland,” a professor at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw and director of the Never Again association, an antiracism campaign group, Rafał Pankowski, was quoted as saying. “It represents not only the growing acceptance of racism, but also a growing acceptance of politically motivated violence.” Waluś parole: Numerous appeals funded by Polish supporters The Guardian previously reported that his daughter Ewa – whom Waluś abandoned in Poland with his ex-wife when she was only three years old – admitted that she received funds to support her father’s parole appeals. She confirmed that her father would not have been able to pursue his repeated appeals for parole if it was not for the financial assistance provided by his Polish supporters. Ewa however insisted that she does not accept donations from fascist or neo-Nazi organisations. A daughter’s fear for her father In a 2024 interview with eNCA’s Annika Larson when she was in South Africa in support of negotiations over her father’s potential deportation, Ewa confessed that she dreaded the possibility of his “adoption by right-wing extremists” in Poland. According to her, Polish politics have however changed over the years, with only 7% holding right-wing sentiments. Janusz Waluś: ‘The Ice Man’ who killed Hani Waluś, who is also known as “The Ice Man” in Poland because of his icy blue eyes, emigrated to join his father and brother in South Africa in 1981, just two months before General Jaruzelski’s imposition of martial law during the country’s communist era. In South Africa, the lanky Pole joined right-wing extremists and plotted with Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis to assassinate Hani in the driveway of his home in Boksburg on 10 April 1993. The assassination of the Hani, considered by many as a potential successor to Nelson Mandela as leader of the ANC, brought South Africa to the brink of a race war. NOW READ: Chris Hani: What is the truth around his assassination?
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