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Twitter’s Last Pre-Musk Executives Resign

Katie Marcotte, a 10-year Twitter veteran and it's acting head of human resources, plus product engineering head Behnam Rezaei, have…

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Amazon To Axe More Than 18,000 Jobs

E-commerce giant Amazon is to axe thousands more staff than previous reported, as major layoffs continue in early 2023

2 years ago

Salesforce To Axe more Than 10,000 Staff

More bad news for Salesforce staffers, as Marc Benioff confirms firm will again axe employees, this time 10 percent of…

2 years ago

Twitter Eases Political Ad Restrictions Amid Falling Revenue

Free speech or needing the money? Elon Musk overturns Jack Dorsey's 2019 ban on all political advertising on the platform

2 years ago

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges

Faced a possible 115 years in prison, FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud charges, as trial is slated…

2 years ago

Google ‘Developing Free Moderation Tool’ For Smaller Sites

Google subsidiary Jigsaw developing free tool to help smaller websites identify and remove extremist materials, as new content laws take…

2 years ago

Meta Plans Decision On Facebook Trump Ban

Meta planning decision this month on whether to continue banning Donald Trump from Facebook after reinstatement on Twitter

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Alibaba Prospects ‘Brighter’ After Long Regulatory Crackdown

Alibaba's prospects look 'better' this year, say analysts, after two years of pressure from regulators and slower consumer spending

2 years ago

Twitter Sued As It Stops Paying Rent On Office Space

San Francisco landlord sues Twitter after it stops paying rent on headquarters and other offices, amidst wide-ranging cuts

2 years ago

Amazon Begins ‘Prime Air’ Drone Deliveries In California, Texas

Drones for Amazon Prime Air began making Christmas deliveries for two communities in California and in Texas

2 years ago

Amazon Mulls Stand-Alone Sports Content App – Report

Sports on Amazon's Prime Video streaming service could potentially be hived off into a separate stand-alone app

2 years ago

Twitter Back Online After Global Outage

Early hours outage at Twitter - the first major disruption at the platform after Elon Musk sacked most of the…

2 years ago

US House Of Representatives Bans TikTok, As Government Ban Looms

China's TikTok is banned from all US House of Representatives-managed devices, as the US government ban looms

2 years ago

FTX Customer Lawsuit Seeks Recovery Of Digital Assets

Class action lawsuit filed by FTX customers against failed crypto exchange and its arrested former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

2 years ago

Taiwan Temple Sells NFTs For Popular Pilgrimage

Temple in Taiwan sells thousands of NFTs to increase followers' engagement in popular pilgrimage around sea goddess Mazu

2 years ago

NFT Sales, Search Interest Drop Sharply In 2022

Online searches and sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) decline sharply this year after a peak of $4.9 billion in sales…

2 years ago

Twitter Restores User Safety Feature After Outcry

Twitter restores feature promoting user safety materials following 'temporary' removal, after complaints by user and consumer safety groups

2 years ago

Amazon ‘Could Be Held Responsible’ For Trademark Breach

European Union's top court says Amazon may be held responsible for trademark-infringing red-soled shoes advertised on its platform

2 years ago

Meta Pays $725m To Settle Cambridge Analytica Suit

Facebook parent Meta pays $725m (£600m) to settle US class action lawsuit over sharing of personal data with Cambridge Analytica

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Twitter’s Public Policy Boss Departs, Amid Ongoing Layoffs

More concern for US and European regulators as Twitter's head of public policy departs amid additional layoffs at the platform

2 years ago

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Released On $250m Bail, To His Parents

Sam Bankman-Fried has been freed on $250m, but must remain under strict supervision at parents’ California home

2 years ago

Two Bankman-Fried Associates Plead Guilty To Fraud

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives in America and is expected in court, as two former associates plead guilty to fraud…

2 years ago

Hundreds Of Former Twitter Staff File Complaints

Twitter this week is being accused by 100 former staff members of a variety of legal violations including targeting women…

2 years ago

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Files For Chapter 11

One of the largest publicly traded crypto mining companies in the US, Core Scientific, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…

2 years ago

Elon Musk To Quit As Twitter CEO, Seeks ‘Foolish Enough’ Replacement

Search for new CEO of Twitter begins, but Elon Musk confirms he will remain in charge of software and server…

2 years ago

FTX Looks For Return Of Millions In Donations

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX says it will use legal means if necessary to recover tens of millions in political donations

2 years ago

Amazon Seals Antitrust Deal With EU Regulator

European Commission accepts Amazon commitments to avoid fine in two antitrust cases, as new laws due to come into force

2 years ago

John Carmack Quits As Meta Defends Massive VR Investments

Gaming industry legend John Carmack quits Meta as company's chief technology officer defends billions spent on VR and 'metaverse'

2 years ago

Musk Restricts Policy Poll Voting To Paid Twitter Blue Users

Elon Musk says only paid Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to vote in future polls on policy, after users…

2 years ago

Zuckerberg ‘Removed Speech Reference To Cambridge Analytica’

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg removed reference to Cambridge Analytica from speech six months before scandal came to light, report finds

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