Monthly Archives: November 2022

Elon Musk starts layoffs at Twitter shortly after an email went out telling employees cuts would start the next day

Patrick Pleul/Getty Images; Twitter; Vicky Leta/Insider Elon Musk began to terminate employees late Thursday, several people told Insider. Access to work platforms was suddenly cut off for many at Twitter, making it clear they’d been let go. The move came just hours after an email went out telling workers to expect layoffs to begin Friday….

Read part of the memo Lyft’s cofounders sent to employees as the company begins laying off nearly 700 staffers

Reuters Lyft plans to lay off 13% of its team, or around 700 employees. Cofounders Logan Green and John Zimmer announced the layoffs in a memo to staff on Thursday. “We’re facing a probable recession sometime in the next year and rideshare insurance costs are going up,” they wrote. Amid a gloomy outlook for the…

How Gen Z is fighting online misinformation in Asia-Pacific

Last week marked the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week— perfect timing for our recently concluded Google News Initiative (GNI) Youth Verification Challenge. The Challenge is for those aged 15 to 24 across the Asia Pacific region, and presents teams with a series of tutorials and quizzes on identifying online misinformation. This year, over…

The White House deleted a tweet that credited Biden for an increase in Social Security payments after a Twitter feature gave it a fact-check label

President Joe Biden speaks about threats to democracy ahead of next week’s midterm elections, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, at the Columbus Club in Union Station, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Alex Brandon/Associated Press In a tweet Wednesday, the White House credited President Biden with raising Social Security payments. The tweet was deleted after users…