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New Jersey sues Amazon on antitrust grounds, alleging it unlawfully wielded its power over delivery contractors (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Annie Palmer | tags: amazon, delivery contractors, antitrust

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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: anthropic, department of defense, ai models

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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: anthropic, supply chain risk, department of defense

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Typo-Squatting Scammers Con South Carolina Town Out of $545K (slashdot.org)

2026-07-26 | by Posted | tags: typo-squatting, surfside beach, wildcat contractors

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Employers may no longer have to disclose race and gender data (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: equal employment opportunity commission, workforce demographics, federal contractors

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The Pentagon Is Finally Buying (Some) Weapons From Startups (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-20 | tags: pentagon, defense-tech, startups

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Meta Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Pretend to Be Teenagers While Barraging Its Competitors’ AI With Disturbing Content (futurism.com)

2026-07-04 | by Frank Landymore | tags: contractors, hundreds, meta

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Considering plug-in solar at home? Electrical experts say to watch for these 6 safety risks (zdnet.com)

2026-07-02 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: plug-in solar, microinverter, niceic

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Plug-in solar poses 6 safety risks, say electrical industry groups - here's when to call a pro (zdnet.com)

2026-07-02 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: plug-in solar, microinverter, electrical safety

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Your Contractors Represent Your Brand. Are You Treating Them That Way? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-29 | by Scott Baradell | get Contractor Management Software → | tags: contractors, construction, oil and gas

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The Department of Labor’s Faith Leader Is Now Also in Charge of Its Civil Rights Enforcement (wired.com)

2026-05-21 | by Vittoria Elliott | get Civil Rights Enforcement Guide → | tags: department of labor, kenneth wolfe, civil rights enforcement

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Former govt contractor convicted for wiping dozens of federal databases (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-08 | get Data Recovery Software Kit → | tags: federal contractors, u.s. state department, ashburn servers

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Army Asks Missile Makers to Hack Their Own Weapons (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-05 | tags: army, missile makers, defense contractors

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Meta Axes Contractors Who Had to Review Explicit Video From Smart Glasses (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-01 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, smart glasses, whistleblowers

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4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | tags: voice biometrics, mercor, lapsus$

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Pentagon ban of Anthropic faces judge; Claude AI maker seeks injunction (cnbc.com)

2026-03-24 | by Ashley Capoot | get AI Safety Compliance Kit → | tags: anthropic, claude ai, pentagon

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Doctor Reels as Son Becomes Plumber in Age of AI (futurism.com)

2026-03-23 | by Frank Landymore | get Plumbing Tools Kit → | tags: plumbing, financial times, associated builders and contractors

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Arc expands into electric commercial and defense boats with $50M raise (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-19 | by Sean O'Kane | get Electric Boat Propulsion Kit → | tags: arc boat company, electric propulsion, defense contractors

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Meta Explained Its Smart Glasses AI Privacy Policies to Me. I'm Still Worried (cnet.com)

2026-03-16 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, ray-bans, ai services

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LotusNotes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | get Lotus Notes Software Suite → | tags: military, digital computing, mit

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Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-05 | by Julie Bort | get Smartphone → | tags: nominal, series b, defense contractors

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‘Woke’ AI Feud Escalates Between Pentagon and Anthropic (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-18 | get Neural Network → | tags: amid, amid tensions, anthropic

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Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines (techspot.com)

2026-02-07 | get Autopilot → | tags: chief, chief safety, company robotaxis

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Meet the Non-Tech Firms Betting Big on the AI Boom (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-05 | tags: center, center demand, contractors

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Job Seekers Find a New Source of Income: Training AI to Do Their Old Roles (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-12 | get AI Assistant → | tags: ai startup, buzzy, buzzy ai

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OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-10 | by Anthony Ha | get GPT-4 → | tags: contractors, jobs, openai

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OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents (wired.com)

2026-01-10 | by Will Knight | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: confidential, contractors, openai

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AI demand pushes 4TB DDR5 RAM prices to Porsche and Range Rover levels (techspot.com)

2025-12-29 | get Memory → | tags: agencies, agencies contractors, american

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Defense Contractors Lobby To Kill Military Right-to-Repair, Push Pay-Per-Use Data Model (slashdot.org)

2025-11-27 | by Posted | get Smartphone → | tags: contractors, data service, defense

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The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down (wired.com)

2025-11-26 | by Boone Ashworth | get Smartwatch → | tags: contractors, defense, house