Bobby Allyn

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Microsoft slashes 10,000 jobs, the latest in a wave of layoffs

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Amazon, Salesforce and Goldman Sachs have also announced cuts during a brutal January for corporate workers.

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Amazon CEO says company will lay off more than 18,000 workers

Wednesday, January 04, 2023

The layoffs represent the single largest number of jobs cut at a technology company since the industry began aggressively downsizing last year.

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Artificial Intelligence is having a moment

Thursday, December 29, 2022

The power of AI has been on full display on social media, with ChatGPT and Lensa going viral. As AI becomes more mainstream, concerns about misinformation, privacy and bias are becoming louder.

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Congress is about to ban TikTok from U.S. government phones

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

A ban on Chinese-owned TikTok for government devices is in a new spending bill. It will not affect most of the 100 million U.S. users of the app, but it is a major anti-TikTok escalation by the U.S.

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Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter CEO once he finds a replacement

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

"I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!" Musk tweeted after most respondents to his Twitter poll said he should step down.

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Twitter owner Elon Musk suspends the accounts of several high-profile journalists

Friday, December 16, 2022

Press freedom advocates are criticizing Elon Musk after he suspended the accounts of several high-profile journalists who cover him, and his chaotic leadership of the social media site.

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Twitter suspends several journalists who shared information about Musk's jet

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Press advocates said the move sets a dangerous precedent and worried about future moves against journalists who cover the billionaire.

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Encore: Why Margrethe Vestager is Silicon Valley's most prominent antagonist

Thursday, December 15, 2022

The European Union's top tech regulator has overseen the passage of sweeping privacy and competition regulations, and has spearheaded more than half a dozen legal cases against Big Tech.

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Elon Musk relaunches Twitter Blue with higher price for iPhone users

Monday, December 12, 2022

Twitter's checkmark re-do follows the company pausing its first attempt after just two days, in the wake of a flood of accounts impersonating companies, politicians and celebrities.

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Elon Musk is taking issue with the App Store, but Apple may have the last word

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is taking issue with the App Store's fees. But if Musk follows through with his plan to welcome back banned Twitter users, Apple could simply remove Twitter from the App Store.

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Why Margrethe Vestager is Silicon Valley's foremost antagonist

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

As the European Union's top tech regulator, Vestager has overseen the passage of sweeping privacy and competition regulations. She has spearheaded more than half a dozen legal cases against Big Tech.

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Read what a judge told Elizabeth Holmes before sending her to prison for 11 years

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Read exactly what the judge told former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes before he sentenced her to 11 years in federal prison.

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Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud

Friday, November 18, 2022

Holmes was convicted on charges related to defrauding investors who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into her blood-testing company, believing it would revolutionize health care.

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Prosecutors ask a judge to sentence Elizabeth Holmes to 15 years in prison

Friday, November 18, 2022

Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence Elizabeth Holmes to 15 years in prison for the crimes she committed as the head of Theranos, which promised to revolutionize medicine but was a fraud.

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It's judgment day for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

Friday, November 18, 2022

The fallen Silicon Valley star faces up to 15 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company. A U.S. senator is among those who have written letters asking for mercy.

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Google pays nearly $392 million to settle sweeping location-tracking case

Monday, November 14, 2022

"Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of Oregon, one of 40 states to bring the case. "They have been crafty and deceptive."

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Elon Musk says Twitter bankruptcy is possible, but is that likely?

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Twitter regularly loses money. But Elon Musk took on billions in debt to buy the company at a time when online advertising is slumping. Could bankruptcy be next?

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Twitter recalls subscription-based service Twitter Blue just days after its launch

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Social media company Twitter has withdrawn its Twitter Blue program just days after its launch. Users complained it made it difficult to determine which accounts were authentic.

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Twitter's blue checkmarks now indicate something other than a verified account

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Twitter has overhauled its system of marking verified accounts with blue checkmarks. Some still indicate verified accounts, but others indicate that a user has a monthly subscription.

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Meta lays off 11,000 employees

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Facebook's parent company Meta laid off 11 thousand workers. This is the first large-scale workforce reduction in the company's 18-year history.

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