[ad_1] Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy, which mandates workers to be in the office three days a week. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed on Friday that relocations are happening but would not comment on reports by several news outlets that the tech giant was requiring some workers in smaller …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Twitter to subpoena Elizabeth Warren over communications with FTC, SEC
[ad_1] Twitter, which has asked a court to terminate a consent order struck last year with the Federal Trade Commission related to data breaches, said in a court filing on Thursday that it planned to subpoena Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in connection with the fight. After billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter last year, the company laid off thousands of employees and drastically …
Read More »FTX wanted to buy a Pacific island nation to prepare for apocalypse: lawsuit
[ad_1] Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX’s nonprofit arm wanted to buy a Pacific island nation and build a bunker on it in preparation for an apocalyptic event, according to a lawsuit filed against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The complaint filed in Delaware bankruptcy court on Thursday alleged that Bankman-Fried’s kid brother Gabe wanted to use the FTX Foundation, FTX’s philanthropic …
Read More »‘Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde’ Ilya Lichtenstein, Heather Morgan to plead guilty for alleged $4.5B cryptocurrency laundering scheme
[ad_1] Crypto heist couple Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan — who were charged with laundering $4.5 billion in hacked Bitcoin in 2016 — are reportedly preparing to plead guilty ahead of their next scheduled court appearance on Aug. 3. The so-called “Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde” have been newly charged in the case with a document known as an information, which …
Read More »Meta, Google, OpenAI commit to White House pact on responsible AI development
[ad_1] Meta and Google are among a group of seven Big Tech firms that have pledged to responsibly develop artificial intelligence amid mounting scrutiny of its potential risks to society. The companies — Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI – unveiled a set of voluntary commitments at a meeting with President Biden on Friday. The pledges surfaced as …
Read More »Leaked Google pay data reveals fat salaries for top engineers
[ad_1] An internal Google spreadsheet containing salary data for over 12,000 US-based employees in 2022 was leaked to Insider, and it shows that the tech giant’s highest earners are software engineers, raking in base salaries of $718,000. Google determines its staffers’ base salaries using a tier-based system with levels two through 11. The spreadsheet released to Insider — which only …
Read More »Caroline Ellison whined SBF breakups made work at Alameda ‘painful’ in private writings: report
[ad_1] Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s on-again, off-again polyamorous gal pal Caroline Ellison worried about “causing drama” over their multiple breakups, the former Alameda Research CEO reportedly confessed in private writings. Ellison, who is set to be a key witness when Bankman-Fried faces trial this fall for allegedly bilking FTX customers out of billions of dollars, detailed her unhappiness and …
Read More »I’m a brand expert, here’s why Google, Facebook, and Twitter have blue logos
[ad_1] Have you ever wondered why certain colors are synonymous with specific brand logos and why we instantly recognize the bluebird? No? Hmm… Well, maybe you’ve noticed that some of the most recognizable logos in the world are all blue. Think Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype, and Telegram… to name a few. *Nods slowly as you realize just how many damn logos are in fact, blue* …
Read More »FTC withdraws case against Microsoft-Activision deal before in-house judge
[ad_1] The Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday withdrew the agency’s case before an in-house judge that sought to block Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of game-maker Activision. The agency has been pursuing a two-pronged attack against the proposed transaction. One was in district court, which refused last week to slap a preliminary injunction on the proposed transaction. An appeals court also turned …
Read More »Linda Yaccarino will mute hate speech on Twitter to win back advertisers
[ad_1] Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is preparing to unveil new safety features in the coming weeks to address advertiser’s concerns about hate speech, On The Money has learned – but her boss Elon Musk hasn’t been making things easy. The new features – Yaccarino’s key focus since her surprise move to Twitter from NBCUniversal last month, according to sources – …
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