Tag: Tech
No, Elon Musk, Your $8 Twitter Plan Won’t Stop Hate Speech
Yesterday Elon Musk spoke in a Twitter Space aimed at mollifying nervous advertisers about his plans for verification on the platform he recently acquired. The hourlong chat between Musk and Robin Wheeler from Twitter’s ad team was wide-ranging — he floated plans for some sort of payment system and explained…
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“God Of War Ragnarök” Is The Best Possible Version Of A “God Of War” Game
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Meta Has Cut More Than 11,000 Workers In Its First Mass Layoffs In 18 Years
Meta is laying off more than 11,000 employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a statement this morning. The cuts, which amount to about 13% of Meta’s staff, mark the first time that the world’s largest social media company, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, has laid off people at…
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Followers Believe That Banned Influencer Andrew Tate Has Snuck Back Onto Twitter Again
On Oct. 30, the account addressed a question “many have been asking”: whether new Twitter owner Elon Musk would reverse the ban on Tate. “Until CobraTate is unbanned OFFICIALLY, ‘Andrew Tate’ is still banned,” @morpheusresist tweeted. “I must still say I am NOT Top G as a precautionary measure so…
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If You Were Laid Off From A Tech Company And Are On A US Work Visa, We Want To Hear Your Story
The looming economic recession has spooked the tech industry. According to Crunchbase, technology companies in the US have cut more than 52,000 jobs so far this year. Tech companies rely heavily on US work visas to staff up, but when layoffs happen, employees on visas are hit particularly hard. They…
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Twitter CEO Elon Musk Had A Very Bad Weekend
He added that these suspensions would occur without warning. Among the impersonators were comedians Kathy Griffin and Sarah Silverman. The latter tweeted, “I am a freedom of speech absolutist and I eat doody for breakfast every day” from her Musk-spoofing account. Both women’s accounts were suspended. Silverman’s was later reinstated,…
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