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Women sue Musk’s Twitter alleging discriminatory layoffs
Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month’s abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees
Microsoft strikes 10-year deal with Nintendo on Call of Duty
Microsoft has agreed to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through
BuzzFeed cuts 12% of staff citing worsening econ conditions
Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 12% of its workforce, citing worsening economic conditions
NASA capsule flies over Apollo landing sites, heads home
NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight
Sheriff: Deputy fatally shot deputy in ‘avoidable’ accident
A Florida sheriff says one of his deputies fatally shot another while they were off duty and taking a break from playing an online video game
As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job
As Elon Musk is finding out, running a global social media platform requires more than a few good algorithms
Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika post
Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David
EU warns Musk to beef up Twitter controls ahead of new rules
A top European Union official has warned Elon Musk that Twitter needs to beef up to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules
Space diversity: Europe’s space agency gets 1st parastronaut
The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts — one step toward its pioneering ambition to send someone with a physical disability…
Teenage driver charged in crash of stolen car that killed 4
A 16-year-old accused of driving a stolen Kia involved in a high-speed crash that killed four passengers is facing charges
Elon Musk’s Twitter reinstates Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Elon Musk's Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was banned in January for violating the platform's COVID misinformation policies
NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit
NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the far side and passing within about 80 miles
Public safety accounts urge caution on Twitter after changes
Across the country, government agencies, especially those tasked with sending messages during emergencies, have embraced Twitter over the last decade
Twitter risks fraying as engineers exit over Musk upheaval
Elon Musk’s managerial bomb-throwing at Twitter has so thinned the ranks of the software engineers who keep it up and running that programmers who were fired or resigned this week say Twitter may soon fray so badly it could actually crash
Musk says he expects to find a new Twitter CEO “over time”
Billionaire Elon Musk, who just took over as the chief executive at Twitter after buying the company, says he does not want to be the CEO of any company
Toyota shows new Prius hybrid with more power, range, style
The new Toyota gas-electric Prius hybrid not only comes with more power, acceleration and driving range
Binance proposes fund to save crypto from future failures
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance is proposing the creation of a rescue fund that would save otherwise healthy crypto companies from failure
NASA’s moon rocket on track for Wednesday launch attempt
NASA is counting down to this week's planned liftoff of its new moon rocket after an evaluation of hurricane damage
Musk’s latest Twitter cuts: Outsourced content moderators
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced moderators learned over the weekend they were out of a job
Battle over the iPhone app store spills into appeals court
Apple and the company behind the popular video game Fortnite squared off Monday before three federal appellate judges who will decide the next round in a high-stakes battle over whether the iPhone app store is an illegal monopoly that…
