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Facebook to Fire 4,000 Highly-Skilled Employees in Latest Round of Layoff - Report

In March, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company would cut 10,000 jobs in the coming months.

Apr 19, 2023

Saudi-Iran Normalization: Team From Tehran to visit Riyadh to Prepare for Embassy Reopening

Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 in response to the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed a Shiite cleric.

Apr 10, 2023

GM Recalls 300 Robotaxis After Cruise AV Self-Driving Car Crashes Following Software Failure

The Cruise self-driving software failed to accurately predict the movement of the bus and struck its back.

Apr 8, 2023

Google Faces $4.2 Billion Lawsuit for Allegedly Manipulating Online Advertising Dominance to Reduce Publishers' Revenue

Google stated that it would vigorously oppose the "speculative and opportunistic" action.

Apr 3, 2023

Rutgers University Study Identifies Part of a Protein that Could Give Clues to Extraterrestrial Life - Report

According to the scientists, one of the most likely chemical candidates that kickstarted life was a simple peptide with two nickel atoms.

Mar 13, 2023

Tesla Cuts Prices of Model S and Model X Variants in the United States - Report

Last week, a Tesla Investor Day presentation had teased the arrival of cheaper Tesla cars.

Mar 6, 2023

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Islamist Militants From Taliban Offshoot Storm Police Headquarters in Pakistan's Karachi; 7 Killed

The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), took responsibility for the attack.

Feb 18, 2023

Bitcoin Surges 10% to Cross $24,000; Analysts Say Rally Will Take it to $41,000

Other top cryptocurrencies also traded higher. While Polygon surged 9.6 percent, Solana, Cardano, Shiba Inu and BNB also posted gains.

Feb 17, 2023

'India and Pakistan Came Close to Nuclear War': Blow by Blow Account by Mike Pompeo

Pompeo, who was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency before becoming the Secretary of State, recounted in the book his four years in former President Donald Trump's cabinet.

Jan 25, 2023

Bitcoin Is NOT Dead; Largest Cryptocurrency Rises 4% to Go Beyond $20,000

The cryptocurrency is up 26.4% from the year's low of $16,496 on January 1.

Jan 14, 2023

FTX Has Recovered $5 Billion in Cash, Liquid Cryptocurrencies and Securities, Says Attorney

Bahams said last week it seized $3.5 billion in FTX digital assets, as its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried faces a trial in the US.

Jan 11, 2023

Bitcoin to Rise to $160,000? Some Crazy Predictions Despite Steady Decline

Bitcoin is currently trading at $16,730.75. The biggest cryptocurrency has lost more than 65 percent in market capitalization in the year 2022 alone.

Jan 2, 2023

Twitter Bars Users from Promoting Their Accounts on Rival Platforms Like FB, Instagram, Mastodon and Truth Social

The new policy means users can no longer include a link to their profiles on other social networks in their Twitter bio.

Dec 19, 2022

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Boris Johnson Makes One Million Pounds from Speeches; Receives 750,000 Pounds From 3 Events in November

From just three speeches given in November, the former prime minister made more than 750,000 pounds, according to an update to the MPs' register of interests.

Dec 15, 2022

Elon Musk Warns Twitter Employees They Will be Sued if They Leaking Company Information to Media

In an email sent to the Twitter employees, CEO Musk said the company will seek "immediately seek damages" if they violate their non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).

Dec 11, 2022

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Twitter to Raise Subscription Cost of Blue Tag to $11 for iPhone Users Due to Apple's Revenue Policy - Report

After his meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Musk said that they had "resolved" misunderstandings over the micro-blogging platform possibly being removed from the App Store.

Dec 8, 2022