Twitter appears to have removed its ban on using the former names of transgender people. Called “deadnaming” by transgender activists, it was banned in the pre-Musk era, when Twitter’s woke censorship regime was at its height.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its Starship rocket to space on Thursday, which suffered a mid-flight failure a few minutes into its flight.
Following Elon Musk’s labeling of NPR as “government funded” media, critics have pointed out that SpaceX and Tesla have benefited from billions in government contracts and subsidies over the years.
Tens of millions of users that have visited Facebook in the U.S. over the past 16 years may be eligible to submit a claim for payment from the social media giant over Cambridge Analytica data privacy violation.
Facebook (now known as Meta) has announced thousands of jobs are to be cut from technical teams across its main platform, Instagram, Reality Labs, and WhatsApp. The continuing cuts are part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency.”
Twitter has announced plans to label and limit the visibility of tweets it considers “hate speech.” Self proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk’s company claims that the shadowbanning policy supports a “freedom of speech vs. freedom of reach approach.”
Turmoil, internal struggles, and an unclear direction have reportedly brought Google co-founder Larry Page’s flying car startup to a grinding halt.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently claimed in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the U.S. government had access to the private messages of all Twitter users.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has delayed the first orbital launch of its Starship rocket scheduled for today and is planning a new launch on Wednesday. The company announced the mission was scrubbed just 15 minutes before launch due to a “pressurization issue.”
Popular newsletter site Substack has launched a new “Notes” feature where users can post shorter text posts and images. The new feature could serve as a potential competitor for Twitter, drawing the ire of Elon Musk.
San Francisco police arrested tech entrepreneur Nima Momeni under suspicion of murder in connection with the stabbing death of CashApp founder Bob Lee. According to the police, Momeni has a record including several crimes involving a knife. Momeni and Lee were reportedly traveling through the city in Momeni’s car before the incident occurred in the middle of the night last Thursday.
Computer manufacturers have suffered a double-digit decline in sales for the first quarter with analysts expecting a recovery in late 2023 and 2024. Multiple analysts reported a 30 percent or higher decline in global desktop and laptop shipments year-over-year. Apple suffered the largest decline of more than 40 percent.
PBS has joined NPR in quitting Elon Musk’s Twitter after the social media network labelled both organizations as “government-backed media.”
Self-driving cars have reportedly caused increased delays, confusion, and anxiety among public transit drivers as self-driving car companies plan to further expand their fleet. One city official explained, “We are very concerned that if autonomous vehicles are allowed limitless, driverless operations in San Francisco that the traffic impacts grow exponentially.”
Advertising industry leaders from companies like McDonald’s and Colgate-Palmolive have expressed apprehension over Elon Musk and Twitter. Commenting on Musk’s upcoming speech to an influential group of advertisers, one woke McDonald’s executive said, “For many communities, his willingness to leverage success and personal financial resources to further an agenda under the guise of freedom of speech is perpetuating racism resulting [in] direct threats to their communities and a potential for brand safety compromise we should all be concerned about.”
California bill AB 587, touted by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom as a fix for “disinformation” on social media, has been challenged by a First Amendment lawsuit brought by podcaster and journalist Tim Pool, satirical website the Babylon Bee, and Minds.com, a free-speech friendly social media platform.
Private tweets that are only supposed to be visible to those in users’ “Twitter Circle” have reportedly become visible to random users, raising concerns about trust and safety on the platform.
While Elon Musk has claimed he purchased Twitter to “restore free speech,” the billionaire admitted that “legal pressure” was the driving force behind the acquisition in a recent interview with the BBC.
The Bountiful Company, the company behind supplements such as Nature’s Bounty vitamins, has been accused of exploiting Amazon’s review features to boost sales by merging the reviews of different products.
Disclosures brought about by Missouri and Louisiana’s tech First Amendment lawsuit against the federal government reveal that the U.S. State Department actively marketed government-funded online censorship tools to Big Tech companies.
A lawsuit has been filed against Tesla following recent reports that Tesla workers were sharing images and videos collected from vehicle cameras. According to reports, employees shared clips of crashes, intimate sexual situations, and other content recorded from cameras in customers’ vehicles without their knowledge and consent.
Amid a developing war with Substack thought to be triggered by its upcoming Twitter-like feature, CEO and owner Elon Musk has hinted at his longstanding ambition to turn Twitter into an “everything app,” including video chat and payment services.
Elon Musk’s latest prank, which involves painting over the letter “W” on Twitter’s sign at its San Francisco HQ to mockingly rename his company ‘Titter,’ has drawn mixed reactions as the organization is embroiled in multiple lawsuits, a crashing valuation, and broken features.
The mayor of Hepburn Shire Council in Australia, Brian Hood, has threatened to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT. The AI accused Hood of being guilty of bribery and corruption in relation to a case where he was actually a whistleblower.
Facebook has told MAGA Inc. spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt that it is deleting her Facebook page with 12,000 followers. The warning came shortly after Leavitt announced she was joining MAGA Inc., a PAC supporting the candidacy of Donald Trump.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has denied blocking links to Substack, the popular paid newsletter platform, following recent controversy. Musk may deny that links were blocked, but the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” used the same tricks on Substack that the company has used on conservatives for years.
Elon Musk’s Tesla is planning to expand its operations in communist China with the development of a new Megapack battery factory that aims to produce 10,000 units annually for worldwide sales.
Hundreds of former officials at the CIA, FBI, and DHS were hired at Big Tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter between 2017 and 2022, an analysis of LinkedIn data has found.
The departure of senior Twitter lawyer Christian Dowell has raised concerns over the company’s legal resources under Elon Musk’s leadership. Dowell’s departure comes during a wave of senior leaders leaving the troubled company as well as an going FTC investigation of its security practices.
Former Tesla employees are claiming that videos of naked customers and other intimate moments captured within vehicles and footage from inside Elon Musk’s garage were shared among staff at the electric car company. One former employer explained, “I always joked that I would never buy a Tesla after seeing how they treated some of these people.”
Elon Musk’s Twitter is now disabling comments, likes, and retweets for tweets containing links to Substack, a popular writing and newsletter platform. Self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Musk may be censoring Substack to launch a competing product from Twitter.
Mass layoffs at Facebook have left influencers and businesses with limited customer service, exposing them to scams and other issues.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently announced the company’s plans to integrate conversational AI into its search engine amid competition from chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing.
Tesla and Transport Canada have begun investigating the possible causes of a recent incident where a Tesla Model X burst into flames in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The driver and his companion narrowly escaped the blaze, which began shortly after they began a drive. Incredibly, the driver has used his insurance payment to buy another Tesla.
A recent survey has revealed a lukewarm reception for Virtual Reality (VR) devices amongst U.S. teenagers despite significant investment in the industry from the Big Tech Masters of the Universe.
Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates recently rejected the idea that the development of AI should be slowed down and instead called for more of a focus on the opportunities and responsibilities that AI presents to society.
Tributes have begun to pour in for Cash App founder Bob Lee after it was reported that he was stabbed to death in San Francisco, California. Police found him on Tuesday morning suffering from numerous stab wounds and transported him to a hospital where he died. No arrests have been made.
Tesla has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $3 million in punitive damages and $175,000 in compensatory damages to a former worker in a racial harassment case. The amount is a dramatic reduction from a prior judge’s awarding of $15 million in damages, which itself was a reduction in the jury’s award of $137 million.
Investors have claimed that Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk ran a pyramid scheme to boost the price of the popular Dogecoin cryptocurrency, and are suing Musk for $258 billion in damages.
Google’s Bard AI chatbot, launched as competition for ChatGPT, is reportedly unable to correctly answer SAT questions and has issues with math and writing.
