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Judge tells Elon Musk he can’t have a trial delay but he can add whistleblower claims
A Delaware court told Elon Musk earlier today that he will be facing off with Twitter Inc. on Oct. 17, despite Musk’s lawyers trying to get a delay in the proceedings in the upcoming trial. In April, Twitter accepted Musk’s offer to acquire the company for $44 billion, but ever since then, there has been ...
YouTube explains how it’s going to tackle misinformation during the 2022 US midterms
Google LLC-owned YouTube expects misinformation to arrive on the platform during the 2022 U.S. midterms, but it says it has a plan to limit the damage. The obvious move will be to try to promote news coming from sources that have a good track record in terms of reliability. The company says its algorithm in ...
Twitter prepares to introduce its new editing feature – carefully
Twitter Inc. said today that the editing feature that people have been screaming out for forever is coming to the platform, but not for everyone right now. The company said it will be available only to Twitter Blue subscribers in one not-yet-decided country, coming sometime at the end of this month. Why it has taken ...
Investigation finds disturbing self-harm content trend on Twitter
A report released today reveals that there has been a huge increase in the number of posts that appear on Twitter Inc. relating to young people harming themselves. The investigation, undertaken by the independent research organization the Network Contagion Research Institute, NCRI, said that since October last year there has been a 500% increase in ...
Whistleblower delivers liver shot to Twitter with new accusations about lax security
Twitter Inc.’s former head of security Peiter Zatko has accused the company of having “extreme, egregious deficiencies” when it comes to spam and dealing with hackers. Zatko, a well-known figure in the hacking community, was let go from the company earlier this year sometime after the new chief executive, Parag Agrawal, took the reins from ...
Tesla introduces a price increase for its Full Self-Driving software
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday that the cost of his company’s Full Self-Driving software, FSD, will go up from $12,000 to $15,000. Musk said the increase will be for cars bought after Sept. 5. He didn’t mention anything about the $199 subscription fee, but it’s expected to remain at the same ...
Nintendo America is investigating if female contractors were sexually harassed and discriminated against
An investigation is currently underway at Nintendo America following allegations that female game testers faced discrimination and were sexually harassed, it was reported today after gaming site Kotaku viewed internal documents. Earlier this week, the same website published a report that described a “frat boy” culture at Nintendo, in which female game testers faced years ...
Meta has a plan for the US midterm elections, but it sounds a bit familiar
Meta Platforms Inc. today revealed its plans for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, telling everyone not to worry because it has a team of hundreds of folks working hard to ensure nothing happens that might taint the event. Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said his large team will work around the clock to ...
Lyft launches an electric self-driving taxi service in Las Vegas
Ride-hailing giant Lyft Inc. and the autonomous vehicle firm Motional today launched an all-electric robotaxi service that will hit the streets of Las Vegas. Motional, a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai Motor Co. and auto parts maker Aptiv PLC, will provide Lyft with Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 electric sport utility vehicles. The cars feature more ...
Elon Musk gets cozy with China by penning an article for Communist Party regulator
Free speech advocate Elon Musk is currently turning heads after writing an article in a magazine of the Cyberspace Administration of China – the mighty agency dedicated to censoring the internet in China. Musk is currently being sued by Twitter Inc. after he pulled out of a $44 billion acquisition. Sometime later, the acquisition started ...