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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Microsoft agrees to convert 77 TCWGlobal contract staff at ZeniMax into unionized employees, as part of negotiations with CWA-affiliated ZeniMax Workers United  —  – Move expands organized labor’s foothold at software giant  — As direct employees, staffers will also receive raises, perks Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: A UK class action lawsuit filed last week accuses Vodafone, EE, Three UK, and O2 of overcharging up to 4.8M customers over 16 years and seeks £3.3B in damages  —  Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are accused of levying ‘loyalty penalties’ on customers  —  The biggest UK mobile phone operators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: X has held preliminary talks with Amazon to make ads available via Amazon’s ad-buying software, and PubMatic, seeking to attract more small advertisers  —  Social-media platform has had preliminary talks with Amazon to sell ads through e-commerce giant’s ad-buying software Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: An untitled countdown timer viewable only on the Threads.net homepage in EU countries suggests that the service will be expanded to EU users on December 14  —  Following its rollout in countries like the US and UK this past July, Threads will finally be expanded to users in the European Union on December 14th. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Source: the US FTC is examining the nature of Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI and potentially antitrust law violations but hasn’t opened a formal investigation  —  – The agency hasn’t opened a formal probe into Microsoft-OpenAI  — Microsoft didn’t report deal to FTC due to non-profit status Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: Grok’s example responses that Elon Musk has highlighted on X shows an AI chatbot whose unfunny, “edgy”, pointlessly offensive humor can feel forced and try-hard  —  Fine.  Let’s talk about xAI, which is getting funded to the tune of $1 billion or whatever. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: A UK class action lawsuit filed last week accuses Vodafone, EE, Three UK, and O2 of overcharging up to 4.8M customers over 16 years and seeks £3.3B in damages  —  Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are accused of levying ‘loyalty penalties’ on customers  —  The biggest UK mobile phone operators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Micron strikes a labor deal to hire ~3,700 union workers for its $15B chip plant in Boise, Idaho, potentially giving the company an advantage for federal funds  —  – Union workers to fill majority of 3,700 construction jobs  — Commerce Department prefers unionized sites for Chips funds Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: Microsoft has agreed to convert 77 contract staff at ZeniMax into unionized employees, as part of negotiations with the CWA-affiliated ZeniMax Workers United  —  – Move expands organized labor’s foothold at software giant  — As direct employees, staffers will also receive raises, perks Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: A UK class action lawsuit filed last week accuses Vodafone, EE, Three UK, and O2 of overcharging up to 4.8M customers over 16 years and seeks £3.3B in damages  —  Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are accused of levying ‘loyalty penalties’ on customers  —  The biggest UK mobile phone operators … Lees verder op Tech Meme