Amazon ‘to lay off up to 10,000 employees’ - up to 1% of global workforce E-commerce giant reported to be latest US firm to make cuts amid global economic downturn Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2022
Amazon reportedly planning to shed 10,000 corporate and technology jobs Cuts would be largest in online retailer’s history and follow similar moves by tech companies including Meta and Twitter The Guardian - US · Nov 14, 2022
Elon Musk: how being autistic may make him think differently The business magnate and new owner of Twitter Elon Musk revealed a while ago that he is autistic. Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, is autistic. Musk, a fellow of the prestigious Royal Society and Time’s 2021 Person of the Year, is autistic. One of the most famous people… The Conversation · Nov 14, 2022
What do Twitter and Meta firings mean for social media? Staff layoffs may seem remote, but they could impact your social media experience. Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2022
Elon Musk Mentions Tesla's Potential "Affordable" EV Platform We were excited that Tesla was planning a more affordable EV for the masses, though Musk kind of nixed the idea. Now, it seems he's changing course yet again. InsideEVs · Nov 14, 2022
Martin Lewis giving away money to some Twitter followers The finance guru made a very generous offer ahead of hitting a Twitter milestone on Monday Liverpool Echo · Nov 14, 2022
Musk says he has ‘too much on plate’ amid reports of more Twitter job cuts Tesla chief says ‘there’s no way to make everyone happy’ amid claims 4,400 contractors have been fired The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022
Rassie Erasmus has become a figure of embarrassment with his paranoid Twitter crusade Once again, South Africa's director of rugby took to Twitter to post sarcastic tweets about an official's performance Wales Online · Nov 14, 2022
Guardian Essential poll: almost two-thirds of voters back Labor’s plan for multi-employer pay deals Half of Australians say Albanese government’s workplace bill is key to lifting wages, with majority support for all of bill’s individual measures, poll suggests The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2022
Musk cuts free meals for Twitter staff, arguing no one was in the office to eat them The new Twitter owner is grappling with $4 million in daily losses and is now striking a key perk. Fortune · Nov 14, 2022
Why it may not matter whether Elon Musk broke US labor laws with his mass firings at Twitter About a week after Elon Musk assumed control of Twitter on Oct. 28, 2022, the social media platform stirred up a storm of controversy by abruptly firing about half of its 7,500 employees. The Conversation · Nov 14, 2022
Only ‘exceptional’ Twitter employees can work remotely. Here’s how Elon Musk determines who’s eligible Musk detailed which Twitter employees will be deemed eligible to work from home in his first meeting addressing staffers last week. Fortune · Nov 14, 2022
The Internet Is Going Off Like Milk About The Challenge, The Most Bonkers Reality TV Show Ever The Challenge Australia premiere is over and my head hurts. I don’t know if it’s because I have a cold and my nose is all blocked and congested or if it’s from the sheer chaos and cookery that was Channel Ten’s latest reality TV series, but either way I am… Pedestrian.tv · Nov 14, 2022
'The amount I torture myself is next level’: Elon Musk warns leaders not to be like him "Be careful what you wish for," said Musk speaking to the B20 business conference in Bali. Fortune · Nov 14, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Nov 14, 2022 How a clever new spin on 'A Christmas Carol' takes on a Twitter Scrooge Like many onscreen Scrooges before him, Ryan Reynolds' character in "Spirited" is told that he will face his past, present and future. But he surprises even the spirit haunting him upon raising his hand and asking: "Like 'A Christmas Carol'? The Dickens story? The Bill Murray movie with Bobcat Goldthwait?"
Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 14, 2022 Musk Sees Aliens, Tunnels in a Candlelit G20 Vision of the Future Sitting in the dark, wearing a traditional Indonesian batik shirt and surrounded by candles, Elon Musk offered a vision for the future that includes aliens, deep tunnels and rocket tourism. The seemingly disembodied billionaire Twitter owner appeared by video link on Monday to address business leaders in Bali on the…
Al Jazeera · Nov 14, 2022 Musk tells G20 forum he has ‘too much work’ since buying Twitter Tesla CEO says he has been working ‘from morning til night’ since $44bn purchase of social media giant.
The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022 Musk touches on Twitter criticism, workload at G-20 forum It’s not easy being Elon Musk
The New Daily · Nov 14, 2022 Elon Musk continues to purge key Twitter staff Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform.
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022 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
Sports Illustrated · Nov 13, 2022 Dear Bears: Sorry, We Were Wrong The second-year quarterback is thriving in an environment where we didn’t think he could. It’s time for a little accountability.
Daily Mirror · Nov 13, 2022 Elon Musk fans spend £500,000 on GOAT monument in honour of controversial Twitter owner The world's richest man will be presented with the statue at his Tesla HQ in Austin, Texas, next month
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022 Holocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seen Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial has acknowledged that a series of photos from Nazi Germany’s 1938 pogroms against Jews have been seen and published before, revising a claim it made when releasing the photos last week
The New Daily · Nov 13, 2022 Alan Kohler: Crypto and the end of the beginning Will FTX’s collapse mean the end of crypto? Well, some of the 3000 or so cryptocurrencies, or at least it should.
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022 US Senator threatens to ‘fix’ Elon Musk’s companies after billionaire mocked him on Twitter Ed Markey had complained to billionaire about fake verified account in his name