Companies have been cutting costs. Over the past few months, the economy has started to turn, and tech workers are being hit hard. Meta, Twitter, and more have fired thousands, and others are slowing or freezing hiring. Continue reading… Read More
Just hours after Bird said it had overstated revenue for more than two years by recognizing unpaid customer rides, Bird dropped a growing concern warning. In a regulatory filing, the company said it might “need to scale back or discontinue certain or all of its operations in order to reduce costs or seek bankruptcy protection.”…
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A vulnerability impacting “seemingly all” Google Pixel phones could reportedly have allowed unwanted entrants access to a locked Pixel device. According to a blog post by cybersecurity researcher David Schütz, whose bug report convinced Google to take action, the bug was only patched for the Android phones in question following a November 5 2022 security…
Michael Boulos and Tiffany Trump wait for the arrival of US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in Orlando, Florida, on June 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images Tiffany Trump, 29, married billionaire Michael Boulos, 25, in Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. Boulos is the billionaire heir to a motorcycle distribution company called Boulos Enterprises….
David Odisho/Getty Images; Gotham/Getty Images Several Twitter employees slammed Elon Musk on social media after he criticized the app. Musk said he fired one of the engineers who pushed back on his criticism. One employee said he worries the app will experience outages as a result of Musk’s plans. Twitter employees are taking to social…
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. The Samsung S95B is on sale ahead of Black Friday. Amazon The Samsung S95B is one of the best high-end 4K TVs you can buy. It uses quantum dots to produce a wider and brighter range of colors than a regular…
Kim Alsup said she reported her experiences to the production and to HR, but it ultimately didn’t help. Courtesy of Kim Alsup Kim Alsup was the covid coordinator on Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” She tweeted about microaggressions she experienced on set, a couple days before the series premiered. After receiving death threats, Alsup…
Warren Buffett. Getty Images / Michael Buckner Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a new, $4 billion stake in Taiwan Semiconductor. Berkshire boosted its Chevron and Oxy bets, and slashed its wagers on US Bancorp and BNY Mellon. Buffett’s company invested in Jefferies and Louisiana-Pacific stock, and exited Store Capital. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway quietly built a…
BlockFi founder and CEO Zac Prince. BlockFi Crypto lender BlockFi said Monday that it had “significant exposure” to the bankrupt exchange FTX. FTX had given BlockFi an emergency $250 million loan in June after the summer’s crypto crash. BlockFi announced on Friday that it was putting a hold on customer withdrawals. The crypto lender BlockFi said…