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Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on July 24, 2023, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with a white X as the tycoon accelerates his efforts to transform the floundering social media giant.  Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Australia’s eSafety commissioner on Sunday fined X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter,

Thierry Breton, a former CEO of French IT consulting firm Atos, is seen as a key architect of the European Union’s digital reforms. Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Days after the Israel-Hamas war erupted last weekend, social media platforms like Meta, TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) received a stark warning from a top European regulator

NEW YORK, US – SEPTEMBER 17: Elon Musk arrives at the Turkish House to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, United States on September 17, 2023. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency

In this article ATVI MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp., during the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul, Nov. 15, 2022. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft has closed its acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard, according to a regulatory filing by the company on

Bymuratdeniz | E+ | Getty Images Asian fintech firm MoneyHero on Friday fell on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, following the completion of its merger with special purpose acquisition company Bridgetown Holdings. Bridgetown Holdings Limited is backed by Thiel Capital – PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm – and Pacific Century Group, a

Israeli soldiers on a tank are seen near the Israel-Gaza border.  Ilia Yefimovich | Picture Alliance | Getty Images On Saturday, Dvir Ben-Aroya woke up expecting to go on his regular morning run. Instead, he was met with blaring alarms and missiles flying over Tel Aviv.  Ben-Aroya, co-founder of Spike, a workplace collaboration platform with

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Tesla Model Y on a Tesla car lot in Austin, Texas, May 31, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images In the fourth quarter of 2021, a Tesla employee and a tech industry researcher jointly filed a whistleblower complaint to the U.S. Securities and Exchange

The logo of generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, which is owned by Microsoft-backed company OpenAI. CFOTO | Future Publishing via Getty Images Artificial intelligence might be driving concerns over people’s job security — but a new wave of jobs are being created that focus solely on reviewing the inputs and outputs of next-generation AI models. Since

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2, 2023. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Microsoft received Notices of Proposed Adjustment from the Internal Revenue Service for an additional tax payment of $28.9 billion, the company said in an 8-K

Privately held companies have been left to develop AI technology at breakneck speed, giving rise to systems like Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Lionel Bonaventure | AFP | Getty Images A majority of Europeans want government restrictions on artificial intelligence to mitigate the impacts of the technology on job security, according to a major

An Israeli soldier gestures in an armoured vehicle as they drive along a street near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona close to the border with Lebanon on October 10, 2023. Israeli forces on October 10 launched artillery fire at Lebanon after rocket fire towards Israel, the army said.  Jalaa Marey | AFP | Getty

Customers experience Samsung’s new flagship fold-screen phone Galaxy Z Fold5 at a Samsung sales store in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, Aug. 14, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung Electronics earnings are expected to plunge nearly 80% in the third quarter, according to analyst forecasts, as the company’s biggest profit-driving segment — semiconductors

In this article XPEV 9868-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Xpeng G9 SUV is on display during the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, April 18, 2023. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chinese automaker Xpeng on Tuesday said it suspended Li

A scene from “The Office.” NBC-TV If you’ve watched HBO’s “Silicon Valley” or NBC’s “The Office,” you’ve seen several examples of obnoxious aggression and manipulative insecurity exhibited by leaders.  It almost goes without saying that actual managers shouldn’t look to mimic Michael Scott, or the command-and-control culture dramatized on television. Instead, leaders should strive for

In this article SNAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Snapchat application on a smartphone arranged in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, Jan. 29, 2021. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Snap is under investigation in the U.K. over privacy risks associated with the company’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot.  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO),

A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at the Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California, on Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images It was late in the day on Oct. 27, 2021, when Fred Ruckel received the dreaded automated email from Amazon. Amazon’s software