Elon Musk ends remote working at Twitter and orders staff back to the office for at least 40 hours a week

Elon Musk sent Twitter staff an email on Wednesday, per Bloomberg. Carina Johansen/Getty Images Elon Musk has put an end to remote working at Twitter, per Bloomberg. Musk emailed staff to tell them to return to the office for at least 40 hours a week. He also warned staff of “difficult times ahead” in the email….

An auction of 60 works from the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s art collection smashes records by raising $1.5 billion

Georges Seurat’s “Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version)” fetched almost $150 million. Christie’s An auction of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s art collection raised just over $1.5 billion.  The Christie’s auction has set a new record as the biggest art sale in history. The most expensive work was Georges Seurat’s “Les Poseuses,” which sold for almost…

The US is quietly extracting concessions from Saudi Arabia after Mohammed bin Salman humiliated Biden

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Joe Biden at Al Salman Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 15, 2022. Reuters Saudi Arabia has made moves to placate the US after a recent feud over oil.  The kingdom has increased its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia.  But tensions between the…

The FTX fiasco could spark an industry meltdown – and slash bitcoin’s price by 25% to $13,000, JPMorgan strategists say

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX. FTX FTX’s financial woes are likely to transform the crypto industry, JPMorgan strategists said. They predicted a wave of margin calls, and a shortage of industry saviors. Bitcoin could plunge 25% to $13,000, and crypto firms might act more carefully in future, they said. The FTX fiasco threatens to wreak…

I’ve made $740,000 on Airbnb this year. Here’s my best advice for beginner hosts to maximize success and avoid common mistakes.

Michael Elefante, a property investor, and the luxury cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, he and his wife bought in 2021. Michael Elefante Michael Elefante and his wife built a portfolio of six vacation rentals in Tennessee and Florida. They bought their first short-term-rental property in 2019 and scaled while working full time. Here are Elefante’s best…

Doja Cat posted a 5-second audio clip of her sighing on Twitter over people’s decisions to pay $8 a month for Twitter verification

Doja Cat the 2019 BET Awards. Leon Bennett/FilmMagic Doja Cat posted an audio clip of her sighing over Twitter users paying $8 a month for verification. She also mocked those who paid $8 for the verification badge. She changed her Twitter handle to “Christmas,” and then realized she couldn’t undo the change. Doja Cat — …

Russia is adding military training to its school curriculum, marking a reversion to a Soviet-era practice that teaches students how to handle rifles and perform first aid

A student wearing a face mask as a precaution. High school students from various schools in Tambov (Russia) at an additional lesson and practical seminar on ecology. Lev Vlasov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Russian schools are adding a basic military training course to their curricula, per TASS. The course is a Soviet-era practice that teaches…

Biden hopes Putin will be more open to negotiating Brittney Griner’s release now midterms are over

Brittney Griner in a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, on August 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP Biden said he hopes Putin will be willing to talk about freeing Brittney Griner with midterms over. He said he hopes Putin will “be willing to talk more seriously about a prisoner exchange.” Griner’s appeal…