Hacker News with Generative AI: Policy Changes

The University of California Will Stop Requiring Diversity Statements in Hiring (nytimes.com)
The University of California said on Wednesday that it would stop requiring the use of diversity statements in hiring, a practice praised by some who said it made campuses more inclusive but criticized by others who said it did the opposite.

Higher Education, Diversity, Hiring Practices, Policy Changes

9 points by TMWNN 13 days ago | 0 comments

A Comment on Mozilla's Policy Changes (waterfox.net)
As you may have read in Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox, there has been significant confusion and commentary surrounding Mozilla’s recent policy updates.

Mozilla, Privacy, Policy Changes, Open Source, Web Browsers

140 points by MrAlex94 34 days ago | 181 comments

Twitch limiting uploads to 100 hours, deleting the rest starting April 19th (twitter.com)

Twitch, Video Streaming, Content Management, Social Media, Policy Changes

173 points by aestetix 42 days ago | 168 comments

Buy something or leave, Starbucks says (bbc.com)
Starbucks says it is reversing rules for its cafes in North America that allowed people to use their facilities even if they had not bought anything.

Starbucks, Business, Policy Changes

12 points by gpi 79 days ago | 6 comments

Xiaomi global bootloader unlock policy has changed (xiaomitime.com)
Recently, Xiaomi has made a big policy change regarding bootloader unlocking; this will definitely affect every user worldwide.

Xiaomi, Policy Changes, Bootloader Unlock, Software Updates

64 points by patrakov 91 days ago | 64 comments

OpenAI changes policy to allow military applications (techcrunch.com)
In an unannounced update to its usage policy, OpenAI has opened the door to military applications of its technologies.