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Twitter’s former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance

Twitter’s former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance The group says Musk “made up a fake cause” for their firing to avoid paying them. Karissa Bell   Tue, Mar 5, 2024 Anadolu via Getty Images A group of former Twitter executives, including former CEO Parag … Continue reading Twitter’s former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance

Former tech CEO being sued for defrauding JPMorgan has hit back with dramatic allegations

  By Clint Rainey October 16, 2023 Charlie Javice, the 31-year-old charged with defrauding JPMorgan of $175 million with her student-aid startup Frank, is now arguing that the bank and Department of Justice have been working in tandem to kneecap her legal team’s criminal defense. Back in April, the U.S. Attorney for New York’s Southern … Continue reading Former tech CEO being sued for defrauding JPMorgan has hit back with dramatic allegations

Twitter 2.0? Former CEO Launches App That’s Almost Identical to Twitter

Twitter 2.0? Former CEO Launches App That’s Almost Identical to Twitter John Boitnott / Jun 28, 2023   Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, has launched a new social media app called Bluesky. Although it bears a striking resemblance to Twitter in terms of its profiles, timelines, and colors, Bluesky sets itself … Continue reading Twitter 2.0? Former CEO Launches App That’s Almost Identical to Twitter

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Start-Up Adopts OpenAI’s GPT-4

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Start-Up Adopts OpenAI’s GPT-4 by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, May 15, 2023 Marissa Mayer, former Yahoo CEO and Google’s first female engineer working on search, has her own startup, Sunshine, that focuses on contact lists. It prioritizes humans, but says the company has recently adopted OpenAI’s GPT-4 for internal model development … Continue reading Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Start-Up Adopts OpenAI’s GPT-4

Former ByteDance exec claims company used bots to inflate TikTok engagement

The US government is trying to force ByteDance to sell TikTok TikTok could be banned in the United States if ByteDance refuses.     Karissa Bell   @karissabe The Biden Administration is significantly increasing pressure on ByteDance just days before TikTok’s CEO is set to testify in front of Congress. The United States government is … Continue reading Former ByteDance exec claims company used bots to inflate TikTok engagement

Apple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused company of spying

Apple’s lead iPhone chip designer leaves the company Mariella Moon   @mariella_moon Apple’s senior director in platform architecture, Gerard Williams III, left the company last month after nine years, according to CNET. He might not be the most recognizable name from the tech giant, but he held a very important position for a company that’s … Continue reading Apple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused company of spying

After jail, these former fraudsters found lucrative careers—but it’s not the norm

  By Will McCurdy April 02, 2023 Back in 2017, the Fyre Festival managed to grab headlines, but not because it was a huge success. The music festival promised a glamorous, celebrity- and influencer-laden event on a far-off Bahamian island, with luxury accommodations, and charged thousands for the privilege. But things did not go quite … Continue reading After jail, these former fraudsters found lucrative careers—but it’s not the norm

Samsung taps a former Mercedes-Benz designer to lead its mobile design team

Motorola DROID review   Joshua Topolsky   While the camera certainly seems capable of taking great looking photos, getting everything to play nice isn’t as easy as it should be. First off, the camera is painfully slow to focus and snap pictures — and when it does, the results can be unpredictable. Strangely, the lens … Continue reading Samsung taps a former Mercedes-Benz designer to lead its mobile design team

Former Twitter employees file class action gender discrimination lawsuit

Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or lose their jobs   NurPhoto via Getty Images Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Twitter might lose even more employees following the mass layoffs that halved its workforce and shortly after the company fired engineers who publicly called out its new owner. According to The Washington … Continue reading Former Twitter employees file class action gender discrimination lawsuit

Former Twitter employee: We tried the changes Elon Musk is proposing—they didn’t work

  By Chris Stokel-Walker December 01, 2022 Elon Musk’s Twitter 2.0 is fast being foisted upon us, and if there’s one staple so far, it’s the speed at which features are being introduced and rewritten—often right in front of users’ faces. In a November 30 blog post, “Twitter” announced that it had changed its approach … Continue reading Former Twitter employee: We tried the changes Elon Musk is proposing—they didn’t work