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President Donald Trump is trying to smooth things over with South Korea after his administration arrested hundreds of workers at a Hyundai plant in Georgia earlier this month. Just hours after reports indicated that South Korea would open a human rights investigation into the detention of Korean employees, Trump said he doesn’t “want to frighten off” foreign investment into the …

So the long, strange trip of aerospace stock Boeing (BA) and its door plug incident with Alaska Airlines (ALK) may be finally coming to an end, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a set of fines for the safety violations from the January 2024 incident. Investors seemed just glad it was over, as shares were up fractionally in …

More than 200 contractors who worked on evaluating and improving Google’s AI products have been laid off without warning in at least two rounds of layoffs last month. The move comes amid an ongoing fight over pay and working conditions, according to workers who spoke to WIRED. In the past few years, Google has outsourced its AI rating work—which includes …

President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are “welcome” and he doesn’t want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: “I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment. “I want them to …

When Harper Moyski’s preschool teacher first asked her name, she hardly looked up from her coloring before replying: “Badass.” It was the kind of spark her family said defined her — a flash of humor and confidence that they, and hundreds of mourners at the Lake Harriet Band Shell on Sunday, remembered as her special light. Green and blue ribbons, …

Elon Musk‘s xAI laid off at least 500 workers on its data annotation team on Friday night. The company sent out emails notifying employees that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, according to multiple messages viewed by Business Insider. “After a thorough review of our Human Data efforts, we’ve decided to accelerate the expansion and prioritization of …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained last week in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, as the incident caused confusion, shock and a sense of betrayal among many in the U.S.-allied nation. The Sept. 4 raid on a …

US immigration agents arrest hundreds at Hyundai plant, South Korea expresses ‘concern’  France 24 Inside the raid: How a monthslong federal immigration operation lead to 475 arrests at a Hyundai plant in Georgia  CNN How the Immigration Raid at Hyundai’s Factory Complex Unfolded  The Wall Street Journal South Koreans Are Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Plant in Georgia  The New York Times …

Federal and immigration agents arrested 475 people while executing a judicial search warrant at a Hyundai facility in Georgia as part of a criminal investigation into allegations of unlawful employment practices. Everyone arrested, most of them South Korean nationals, were “illegally present in the United States or in violation of their presence in the United States, working unlawfully,” Steven Schrank, …

An agent said a monthslong investigation into the Hyundai plant resulted in “the largest single site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations.” Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according …