BOSTON (AP) — Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday. The Justice Department charged eBay with stalking, witness tampering … Read more
Elon Musk has never been particularly good at public speaking. He’s constantly stumbling over his own words, repeating himself, and forgetting key talking points. Every time I’ve seen a new Tesla unveil, I’ve thought to myself that he looks like he was randomly selected from the crowd and told to give a speech on a … Read more
Two of the country’s leading civil rights organizations went after Elon Musk on Wednesday after the tech billionaire linked a safety scandal that has grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 jets to diversity hiring efforts. Dozens of 737 Max 9 aircraft have been grounded since Friday after a window panel blew out of an aircraft midair … Read more
Nine SpaceX employees were fired in June of 2022 shortly after disseminating an open letter that urged company executives to publicly condemn CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior. The letter referenced Elon’s sexual misconduct and hush money payments, his ‘harmful’ Twitter persona, and called him a ‘source of distraction and embarrassment.’ Those behind the letter were … Read more
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is bringing back news headlines in user posts, reversing a change made by owner Elon Musk. In October, Musk announced that the social media platform would change how links to news posts would appear in users’ feeds. It removed headlines and text that were previously displayed … Read more
Fidelity has marked down the value of its shares in X Holdings Corp., the parent company of the platform formerly known as Twitter, by 71.5 percent since Elon Musk purchased the company in October 2022. The investment firm cut its valuation of X by about 10.7 percent in November alone, from an estimated $6.3 million … Read more
Social media giant X, formerly Twitter, lost its bid to block a California content moderation law on Friday, with a federal judge dismissing the company’s challenge. The company claimed the California law violated its free speech rights by requiring it to publicly post its policies and report data on hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism … Read more
Judge Vince Chhabria, allowed the lawsuit against the company to move ahead Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is facing a court battle after staff accused the company of failing to pay bonuses promised to them, CNN reported. According to the lawsuit filed in the San Francisco federal court, the staff alleged that ”Twitter refused to … Read more
NEW DELHI: Twitter’s Public Policy Director for India and South Asia has resigned to pursue other interests, the micro-blogging site confirmed in a statement. The company has also advertised a position for public policy director – India last week. This comes as the San-Francisco based firm is at the receiving end of the Indian government … Read more
Love is patient, but in this case, not so kind. Earlier this month, Samuel Foree, a Louisville-based wedding videographer, posted an edited version of one of his client’s recent wedding vows to his bride on Instagram. The groom’s raunchy — and seemingly sole — vow to his bride has since gone so viral that it … Read more
