Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said it would eliminate 10,000 jobs and take a $1.2 billion charge to earnings, as its cloud-computing customers reassess their spending and the company braces for potential recession. The layoffs add to the tens of thousands announced in recent months across the technology sector, which has downshifted following a strong growth… Read More Microsoft set to scrap 10,000 jobs
Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it would price Twitter Blue subscription for Android at $11 per month – the same as for iOS subscribers – while offering a cheaper annual plan for web users when compared to monthly charges. The blue check mark – previously free for verified accounts of politicians, famous personalities, journalists and… Read More Twitter prices Blue subscription for Android at $11, launches annual web plan
Illinois has banned the sale of many common kinds of semiautomatic guns with immediate effect in response to a massacre at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park last year and other mass shootings. The new law, which Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed on Tuesday evening, bans selling many kinds of weapons that automatically load… Read More Illinois bans sales of semiautomatic guns
Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn. He called it “one… Read More Over 200 million user email addresses leaked following alleged Twitter hack
Mexican security forces captured on Thursday drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, triggering a wave of violence ahead of a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden next week. The violence took place largely in the city of Culiacan in the northern Sinaloa state, home to the powerful… Read More Violence erupts following arrest of son of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
Twitter Inc will reverse its 2019 ban on political ads, the company’s head of trust and safety confirmed on Wednesday, as the Elon Musk-owned company seeks to grow revenue. The company tweeted on Tuesday it would relax its advertising policy for “cause-based ads” in the United States and align its ad policy with TV and… Read More Twitter lifts ban on political advertising
Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on U.S. television as the first female anchor on an American network evening news broadcast and one of TV’s most prominent interviewers, died on Friday at age 93, her longtime ABC News home said. Walters, who created the popular ABC women’s talk show “The View” in 1997,… Read More Pioneering U.S. television journalist Barbara Walters dies at 93
Venezuela’s opposition national assembly voted on Friday to remove interim President Juan Guaido, dissolve his government and appoint a commission to govern the country’s foreign assets, as lawmakers seek a united front ahead of elections slated for 2024. Guaido has been the public face of Venezuela’s fractious opposition since 2019, when he invoked the constitution… Read More Venezuela opposition removes interim President Juan Guaido
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