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Back in November, Apple engineer Cher Scarlett left the tech giant. Scarlett was one of the lead organizers of the #AppleToo movement and aired fellow employees’ and workers’ grievances against the company on their behalf. She also filed a complaint against Apple with the National Labor Relations Board for allegedly suppressing workers’ organizing efforts and interfering with surveys involving gender pay equity. The former Apple engineer was supposed to withdraw her complaint as part of the settlement when she left. Now, though, she told Forbes that she’s no longer withdrawing her complaint because of the way Apple chose to execute the terms it agreed to. 

Under the terms of their settlement, Scarlett would receive a one-year severance package if she withdraws her complaint with the NLRB. Apple also agreed to publicly acknowledge workers’ rights to talk about their salaries and workplace conditions. “One of the requests I made was for there to be a very public, visible affirmation that employees are allowed to discuss their workplace conditions and compensation, both internally and externally,” she told Forbes.

While Apple did acknowledge workers’ rights to discuss pay, the company only posted its stance on its internal human resources page. Also, it allegedly made the post on November 19th, the weekend before employees’ Thanksgiving vacation, when people may not be paying attention to anything work-related. The company also took the post down by Monday after the holidays when employees have only just started coming back to work.

In addition, Scarlett said Apple refused to make the 22 changes in the settlement document that the NLRB had requested. One of those changes involve a part in the settlement that asks Scarlett not to “solicit, encourage or incite anyone to file any charge or complaint with any administrative agency or Court against Apple” for a year after the settlement is executed. Apparently, the NLRB requested for the words “encourage or incite” to be removed from the paragraph. Scarlett says that kind of language would prevent her from helping Apple employees organize or file complaints against the company. 

So far, Scarlett has reportedly only received less than half of the settlement she was promised, and she’d likely no longer get the rest now that she isn’t withdrawing her labor board complaint anymore. Apple is also facing another NLRB complaint filed by former senior engineering program manager Ashley Gjøvik who was fired in September. Gjøvik previously said that she was put on indefinite paid administrative leave after raising concerns about sexism in the workplace, as well as dealing with an unsafe and hostile work environment. 

Photography requires light, this is why having lenses with wide apertures can be useful in low-light situations since a wider aperture essentially allows more light to hit the camera’s sensor. It is also why when shooting in a studio, lighting is extremely important. But what if there is almost no light available?

Sure, there are cameras that can shoot infrared photos, but those tend to be a bit more specialized and niche, but Canon thinks that they can solve that problem. According to a report from Nikkei Asia (paywall), it appears that Canon has developed a new imaging sensor that is capable of snapping photos in color even in near-total darkness.

This sensor is known as a SPAD (single photon avalanche diode), it can use a single photon and multiply the effects of it, giving it over 10 times the sensitivity to light than traditional sensors that would typically require multiple photons over a period of time. This means that this camera can effectively “see” in the dark.

SPAD technology isn’t exactly new, but Canon’s achievement is that they’ve developed a 3.2MP sensor for it, making it three times as dense as its predecessor. That being said, it seems unlikely that this tech will be making its way into our phones or cameras anytime soon. If anything, it sounds like it might be perfect for robots or self-driving cars that might encounter driving scenarios where there is little ambient light, but it’s still pretty cool.

Canon Has A New Sensor That Takes Color Photos In Near-Complete Darkness

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