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New FSF Procedures Let Its 5,000 "Associate Members" Nominate New Board Members

This week the Free Software Foundation's board announced that for the first time in the organization's 37-year-history, its 5,000-plus associate members will now be able to nominate and evaluate candidates for its board of directors. Under new proce.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotJan 22nd, 2022

Hyundai dealer agreement changes could be illegal in many states

A memo from NADA to its members alerts Hyundai dealers that certain amendments to the dealer sales and service agreement may break state franchise laws......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 14th, 2024

Column: Dump Akio Toyoda? 6 reasons Toyota shareholders should keep their chairman

Ahead of Toyota's general shareholder meeting June 18, two prominent proxy groups recommend voting against the board reappointment of Akio Toyoda, who drove his family's namesake carmaker to new heights and record profits over a 14-year run at the he.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 14th, 2024

Makah Tribe will again be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington coast

Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washington's coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for celebration and ceremony......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 14th, 2024

Shackleton died on board the Quest; ship’s wreckage has just been found

"His final voyage kind of ended that Heroic Age of Exploration." Enlarge / Ernest Shackleton died on board the Quest in 1922. Forty years later, the ship sank off Canada's Atlantic Coast. (credit: Tore Topp/Royal Canadian Geograp.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 14th, 2024

Developers can now nominate apps and updates for App Store promotions

Apple runs an entire editorial division for the App Store that writes in-depth stories and roundups, and now developers can nominate their apps and updates instead of waiting for seemingly random selection.Featuring Nominations can be submitted in Ap.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 14th, 2024

A compound produced by symbiotic bacteria promotes in vitro protein synthesis

A research team led by Associate Professor Atsushi Nakabachi of the Toyohashi University of Technology Research Center for Agrotechnology and Biotechnology has revealed that the compound diaphorin produced by an insect symbiotic bacterium promotes th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

UAW members authorize strike at BMW regional distribution center

The UAW voted 99 percent in favor of authorizing a strike at the Nazareth, Pa., regional distribution center. Negotiations are ongoing, and the contract is set to expire June 30......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: June 12, 2024

Cloud Security Engineer Metacore | Germany | Hybrid – View job details As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will develop, implement, and maintain cloud security architecture, policies, and procedures. You will collaborate with game and i.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

How members of the microbiome specifically fight Salmonella infections

The microbiome, the microorganisms that populate our intestines and aid in digestion, weighs around one and a half kilograms. It primarily consists of bacteria and provides protective effects against pathogens entering our digestive system through fo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

GM launches $6 billion share buyback plan

The board approval follows a $10 billion accelerated share repurchase announced by the automaker in November 2023......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

tvOS 18 & homePod OS thankfully processes dialog better & borrows Amazon"s Xray feature

Users of the Apple TV will be able to install tvOS 18 this fall, with the set-top box gaining features for improved viewing and listening across the board.tvOS 18's InSight featureThe Apple TV doesn't tend to get many updates, in part due to its fair.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Tesla chair says Elon Musk needs $46 billion pay plan to stay motivated

Musk could devote less time to Tesla if pay isn't re-approved, shareholders hear. Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks onstage at SXSW on March 11, 2018, in Austin, Texas. (credit: Getty Images | Diego Donamaria ) Tesla Board Cha.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Minorities in auto retail make $200,000, show career similarities to nonminority whites

The car dealership industry paid members of minority groups more than $200,000 in 2023, within $10,000 of what nonminority industry professionals at car dealers earned, and far more than the average American, according to the Automotive News Dealersh.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 6th, 2024

Have an Apple Card? Earn up to $200 free by adding family members to your account

Apple is running a new promotion for Apple Card users, and it pays pretty well! All you have to do is add family members to your Apple Card account, and Apple will reward you with immediate cash back up to $200 total. more….....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsJun 5th, 2024

Enjoy monthly free books through the Amazon First Reads program

Choose from this month's editor's picks and get a Kindle book for $1.99 or $0.00 for Prime members when you participate in the Amazon Firs Reads program. Save up to $5.99: When you participate in the Amazon First Reads program, Amazon Prime mem.....»»

Category: topSource:  mashableRelated NewsJun 5th, 2024

What kind of bug would make machine learning suddenly 40% worse at NetHack?

One day, a roguelike-playing system just kept biffing it, for celestial reasons. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Members of the Legendary Computer Bugs Tribunal, honored guests, if I may have your attention? I would, hum.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Microinclusions improve women"s workplace belonging and commitment

New research from the University of Washington published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, shows how "microinclusions"—brief instances of positive treatment, especially from members of the dominant group—help women feel valued.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 4th, 2024

Arctic melting heavily influenced by "atmospheric blocking," find scientists

A team of scientists led by François Lapointe, a research associate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has combined paleoclimatic data from the last 2,000 years with powerful computer modeling and in-the-field research on lake sediments and.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 3rd, 2024

Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship

"I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer." Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks as Yusaku Maezawa, founder and president of Start Today Co., looks on at an event at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2018. (cr.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 1st, 2024

New video highlights ongoing struggles between Apple and union members

The conflict between Apple and its Reston retail store union members is on full display in a new video, highlighting negotiation struggles, discipline disparities, and more.Apple Towson Town CenterThe video was shared to X, formerly Twitter, on Frida.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 1st, 2024