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Wednesday, September 09, 2026

The auto industry has a new solution to Americans' fear that electric vehicles will run out of juice: a gasoline engine. read more


In an affront to creeps everywhere, Meta has started remotely bricking the smart glasses of wearers who try to secretly record other people. Earlier this month, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company said it would crack down on customers who modified the spectacles to disable or cover up their lights that indicate when they're recording, amid incredible public backlash against how the glasses are being used to film people without their consent " girls and women especially " and harass them. read more


Yemen's Houthis targeted Aramco facilities in the Saudi Arabian cities of Abha, Najran and Jizan, as well as an airbase in Khamis Mushait, with ballistic missiles and drones. The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia came after they accused Riyadh of an attack on a prison that killed 17 people, according to the Houthi Ministry of Health. The revived war between the Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in southwest Yemen has forced nearly 20,000 people to flee their homes, the International Organization for Migration says. read more


Tuesday, September 08, 2026

In January, the New York Police Department's counterterrorism unit sent out a memo warning police officers about a new potential "security and counterintelligence" threat: Ray-Ban Meta glasses. read more


Two sources with inside knowledge of the program confirmed to Electrek that the company is discontinuing its solar roof tiles ... read more


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Get bricked perv. Or government wannabe spy. Whatever's floating in your head at the moment.

Voting - Time Off

Bottom-line considerations:

Let employees have at least two hours off to vote on an election day (unless they have already voted under early voting procedures).

Such time off needs to be paid to the extent that it cuts into the employee's normal working hours (PD-1532).

Such time off does not need to be paid if the two hours are available outside of normal working hours (PD-1532).

If the time is taken off from mandatory overtime, the time off should be paid at the rate that would have applied to the time so missed (CM-0053).

If the time is taken off from optional overtime voluntarily requested by the employee, the time off does not need to be paid, since the time off would be outside of normal working hours and is time that the employee voluntarily chose to spend working rather than voting (CM-0053).

In general, an employer can satisfy the law by allowing schedule flexibility on the day of voting and allowing the employee to make up any lost time on other days of the week. Reasonable accommodation is always encouraged.

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