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Twitter is clearly under heavy financial pressure. In the week since Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion, the social media giant has been trying to find ways to cut costs and boost revenue. Musk reportedly told investors he plans to eliminate 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., which is about half of the company’s workforce. He’s also announced […]
Trevor Noah is the latest to express frustration over Elon Musk’s plans to attach a fee to Twitter verification. As previously reported by the Verge, Musk wanted to launch a new version of Twitter Blue under which currently verified users would be given 90 days to sign up for a paid subscription or risk losing […]
A former Apple employee has admitted to defrauding the company of millions of dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced this week. Dhirendra Prasad, 52, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in connection with what prosecutors described as “multiple schemes” involving Apple. While Prasad began working for Apple in 2008, he’s believed […]
New York nightlife is a premium experience. And though the city may be unrivaled when it comes to star-studded events and late-night parties filled with fashionable people, that doesn’t mean that nightlife pros aren’t putting in work with their werk. That’s especially true when you’re a longtime nightlife Queenpin, like Harlem-born, Bronx-raised Venus X. Working […]
Meta is out almost $35.5 million dollars following the loss of a campaign finance lawsuit filed by Washington state. NBC News reports that a judge in King County, Washington has ruled that the Facebook parent company has to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to the state and almost $25 million due to “repeated and […]
Twitter has entered a new chapter. And LeBron James has big concerns. Just hours after Elon Musk officially acquired the platform, media watchdog groups found that the use of the n-word had increased nearly 500 percent on the platform. The Washington Post cited data shared by the Network Contagion Research Institute, an independent organization that predicts threats emerging from social media content. After catching wind of […]
Elon Musk is apparently cleaning house. According to the Washington Post, the billionaire tech mogul completed his Twitter acquisition on Thursday night, following months of legal threats and skirmishes. Sources told the outlet that Musk wasted little time making his first big moves as the platform’s sole owner, and immediately terminated some top executives: chief financial officer Ned Segal; Vijaya Gadde, head […]
Elon Musk has crowned himself “Chief Twit.” The billionaire tech mogul made the declaration Wednesday in his updated Twitter bio, suggesting he’ll take over the platform’s top position once his acquisition deal is finalized. In early 2021, he made news for adding “Technoking of Tesla” to his CEO title. Musk has had a rocky relationship with the platform’s […]
Elon Musk reportedly plans on making drastic changes to Twitter’s workforce once he finalizes his acquisition of the platform. According to the Washington Post, Musk informed potential investors that he’s considering a layoff of nearly 75 percent of Twitter’s entire staff, decreasing the number of employees from 7,500 to just over 2,000. The Post reports Twitter had already been looking to slash its workforce by about […]
The potential use of robots outfitted with the firing power of a shotgun was discussed at a recent meeting involving Oakland police and local community members. As first reported by the Intercept this week, one such discussion in question came roughly two hours into a meeting last month with a “civilian oversight” group, with Lt. Omar Daza-Quiroz […]
