Top news of the week: 08.01.2023.
On Musk's Twitter, users looking to sell and trade child sex abuse material are still easily found
A review conducted by NBC News found dozens of accounts and hundreds of tweets claiming to sell child sexual abuse material.
Twitter whistleblower Zatko lands new job at a security consulting firm
The position will be Zatko's first full-time role since being fired by Twitter a year ago after clashing with then-CEO Parag Agrawal over security concerns.
Musk Lays Off Twitter Engineers Working on Advertising, As Ad Revenue Shrinks
Twitter laid off about 40 data scientists and engineers working on advertising late Wednesday night in what amounted to at least the third round of cuts since mid-December, according to a ...
Twitter Still Hasn’t Sent Severance Agreements, And Ex-Workers Are Demanding Answers
Former employees say they have no clue when to expect final payment.
Severance for laid-off workers is Musk's latest mess at Twitter
When Elon Musk laid off nearly half of Twitter employees, he claimed they’d been offered three months of severance. Sixty days later, workers were left wondering what happened to that ...
Why TikTok's future has never been so cloudy
ByteDance thought it had a deal with the government in August. Then came the bans — and a spying scandal
(Mis)adventures in flying
I took a quick break for the holidays and went out to take photographs in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The photography was amazing, and I got a chance to connect with nature. I managed to ...
Layoffs are tech's new normal
Tech was never immune from forces in the broader economy, and Silicon Valley has always followed a boom-bust rhythm.