Twitter CEO Elon Musk. AP Tech CEOs are turning up the heat, even if it’s not as blatantly “hardcore” as Elon Musk’s verbiage. Major tech CEOs have been asking employees to step up throughout this year’s stingier economy. Employees at Google, Amazon and others have all been asked to work harder or risk their jobs….
Twitter laid off about 3,700 employees on November 4. Getty Images A Twitter employee said it was a “bummer” to get laid off while eight months pregnant. The software engineer, who’s worked at Twitter since 2019, said she was proud she’d been a “Tweep.” Malabika Das tweeted the same day Elon Musk laid off about…
FBI Director Chris Wray, left, and TikTok, right, in a composite image. Getty Images FBI Director Chris Wray said on Friday that he has national security concerns about TikTok, per AP News. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Beijing. Wray warned that China could use TikTok to collect user…
The exterior of Great Tangley Manor. Savills EMEA A historic manor house in Surrey, England, is on sale for £11m ($13.44m). The foundations of Great Tangley Manor date back to 1016, according to real estate company Strutt & Parker. The moated property has window etchings left by Queen Mary, King George V, and King George…
Orthodox Jewish passengers wait in line after being barred from boarding a connecting Lufthansa flight to Budapest. Dan’s Deals Lufthansa has reached a settlement with more than 100 Orthodox Jewish men who were barred from a flight. Each passenger will receive “$21,000 and change” from the German airline, Hamodia reported. The May 4 incident saw…
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A group of anonymous plaintiffs who filed their taxes online in 2020 using H&R Block has sued Meta, accusing the company of violating users’ trust and privacy. If you’ll recall, a recent Markup investigation revealed that H&R Block, along with other popular tax-filing websites like TaxAct and TaxSlayer, have been sending users’ sensitive financial information…
Jenna Ortega (Jenna Marie Ortega) is an American actress who started acting at the age of 6. She had a guest appearance for Rob, CSI: NY, and Iron Man 3 (as the vice president’s daughter). Afterward, she starred in Insidious: Chapter 2, which was a successful box-office hit. From 2014 to 2019, she starred in…
The phrase “Apologize to Lisa” is trending on Twitter after a mistake by Spotify. K-pop fans demanded an apology from Spotify after a mistake was made with the “Top K-Pop Artists of 2022″ playlist. The playlist originally showed that Lisa is the most streamed K-Pop Soloist of the year. However, they stated that BTS’s Jungkook…
Having seemingly taken reference from Jony Ive’s design look book, Pro-Ject has unveiled an all-white limited-edition version of its mid-range Debut PRO turntable. The Austrian company’s original version of the Debut Pro was released last year as a successor to their audiophile-friendly Pro-ject Debut Carbon Evo. As with the original, the limited-edition Debut PRO boasts a precision…