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The CIA recruited Iran's nuclear scientists by threatening to kill them, according to a former US spy who spoke to The New Yorker. The Pentagon had suggested running commando operations to kill key Iranian scientists, which the CIA allegedly carried out as part of its clandestine work. This effort, the former spy claimed, had prevented Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
AMD has not acquired Intel, contrary to a false report that was published as an April Fool's prank by TechSpot. The report was later revealed to be a satirical piece, but it sparked a wave of confusion and speculation in the tech community.
Amazon has been ordered by the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to negotiate with a labor union representing around 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island. The union, which formed in 2022, has been seeking to negotiate with Amazon over working conditions and other issues.
Amazon.com workers at a New York warehouse voted to join an upstart labor union, a historic victory that gives organized labor its first foothold in the company's U.S. operations. The election at Amazon's JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island was not close, with only a few hundred workers opposing the union. This marks a significant milestone in the labor movement, as Amazon has long been a target for unionization efforts.
The Document Foundation has removed dozens of developers from Collabora, a company that contributes to the LibreOffice project. This move comes after Collabora's general manager, Michael Meeks, complained about LibreOffice's decision to revive its LibreOffice Online project, which had been inactive since 2022. The exact reasons for the removal of the developers are not specified.