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Mass layoffs including workers who are pregnant or on parental leave may seem unfair, but it’s not illegal in the...

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Labor lawyers told Insider that people who are pregnant or on FMLA leave aren’t automatically protected from mass layoffs. Izusek/Getty Images Critics have slammed some companies for laying off US workers on parental leave in recent months. But staff on protected leave aren’t immune from mass layoffs, labor lawyers told Insider. It can be discriminatory, but only if companies target employees because of their leave…

Take a look inside Lufthansa’s new first-class suites for long-haul flights, which the airline says feel almost as private as...

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The seats can be pulled out as a bed. Lufthansa Lufthansa unveils its new first-class suites for long-haul flights, including some with double beds. Its CEO said the suite “conveys the feeling of privacy and individuality similar to a hotel room.” Passengers are able to heat and cool the seats and have meals served when they want. Lufthansa has unveiled a huge revamp of the…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Cortana were ‘dumb as a rock’

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said voice assistants like Siri, Cortana and Alexa ‘just don’t work.’ Brad Barket/Getty Images Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella said voice assistants like Siri and Alexa were “dumb as a rock.” His comments come as excitement around generative AI has reached a fever pitch. Microsoft has poured more than $10 billion into ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called the first…

I tried Subway’s new plant-based teriyaki-steak sandwich. The texture was great and it cost the same as the meat version.

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The Vegetarian Butcher is supplying the plant-based steak for the Subway sandwich. Grace Dean/Insider Subway UK rolled out a teriyaki-steak sandwich with a plant-based version as well as a meat one. I tried the fake steak which is made by The Vegetarian Butcher, a Unilever-owned brand. The meat and plant versions cost the same which suggests a desire to make meat alternatives mainstream. Subway rolled…

Twitter employees’ Google Chat service was disabled without explanation before the new round of layoffs, report says

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Elon Musk took over Twitter on October 27. Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu Agency The Google Chat service used by Twitter staff was disabled last week, The Verge reported. The company’s Slack also went down on Wednesday, per previous reports.  Some employees think the move was intended to limit internal communication, per The Verge. Twitter employees found themselves with fewer options to communicate after their…

OpenAI staff didn’t think ChatGPT would be ‘helpful’ and it almost wasn’t released in its current kind, cofounder says

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Greg Brockman, cofounder and president of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Screenshot/Vimeo OpenAI staff didn’t think ChatGPT would be helpful, cofounder Greg Brockman told Forbes. “None of us were that enamored by it,” he said of the artificially-intelligent chatbot. ChatGPT finally turned a viral worldwide hit after its release in November. OpenAI staff have been initially lukewarm about ChatGPT, the artificially-intelligent chatbot that went on…