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Elon Musk has been firing employees that have criticized him on social media
After Twitter Inc. let go of thousands of employees lately, today owner Elon Musk added a few staff to the list of the canned, but this time because they had criticized the way he does things. Employees have taken to Twitter and to the company’s internal Slack board and aired their views, which seems to ...
Elon Musk takes to Spaces to explain his vision for Twitter
In what has been a harried time for Elon Musk since he took the reins of Twitter Inc., it seems he finally had time today to sit down and detail what he wants to do with the social media platform. Now that the company – like many in the tech industry – has come to ...
Report: Mark Zuckerberg says he takes full responsibility for coming Meta layoffs
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told company executives today that the buck stops with him regarding the layoffs that are set to arrive Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s been known for some time that Meta will cull a significant number of its 87,000 employees. Zuckerberg acknowledging that changes will have ...
Twitter users will get banned for impersonating others if they don’t label their accounts as parody
A lot has gone on since Elon Musk took over Twitter Inc., and today he introduced a new platform policy that seemed to surprise various parts of the media and public. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk tweeted. “Previously, we issued a warning before ...
Cloud-native application security firm Apiiro raises $100M round
Israeli application security startup Apiiro LLC today announced an impressive Series B round of $100 million, led by General Catalyst with participation by Greylock and Kleiner Perkins. The company, which was founded by former employees of Microsoft Corp. and has offices in New York and Tel Aviv, raised $35 million in funding in 2020 from ...
YouTube announces plans to bring streaming services to its main app
Google LLC-owned YouTube today announced that it’s going to become a hub for streaming services for its U.S. users, bringing 34 such services to its main app. The video content giant is said to have about 2.1 billion monthly active users around the globe, with the U.S. share of those users currently at about 247 ...
Microsoft elects not to file remedies for EU Microsoft-Activision acquisition probe
Microsoft Corp. has opted not to file remedies to European Commission regulators prior to the antitrust investigation into the $69 billion acquisition of the gaming giant Activision-Blizzard Inc., according to a report published today by Politico. Microsoft had been told it had up to the stroke of midnight today to submit any documents to the ...
Elon Musk becomes Twitter chief and immediately starts firing executives
After an acquisition process worthy of a Greek epic, Elon Musk finally completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. today, and he took little time to make his mark. The New York Times said today that no sooner than Musk (pictured) had his legs firmly planted under the boss’s table, he fired four executives, ...
Tesla is facing DOJ criminal probe over its self-driving technology claims
Tesla Inc. is now facing a criminal investigation launched by the U.S. Department of Justice over its advanced driver assistance system, Autopilot, according to a report today by Reuters. An inquiry was launched last year, although up until now, it has remained unknown to the public. According to people familiar with the matter, the DOJ ...
In letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta investor takes issue with the metaverse vision
In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg published today, one of Meta Platforms Inc.’s biggest investors had a lot to say about the future of the company. The letter, which was published on Medium and signed by Altimeter Capital Chair and Chief Executive Brad Gerstner, didn’t mince words. Gerstner said Meta has too many staff ...