Elon Musk’s Brilliant New Idea: Charge an Annual “Fee” to Post on Twitter

Seriously? Shut Up and Pay In an ostensible effort to combat bot spam on X — which he renamed after buying — Elon Musk has shared his next genius scheme to revitalize the platform: charging new users a fee to post on the website — or really, to do anything at all. The impending change, which has… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Brilliant New Idea: Charge an Annual “Fee” to Post on Twitter

Students from JA Greece Win 2024 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award

BOSTON, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ –Founded in 2021 by tech-legend Ralph de la Vega, former President and CEO of AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions, the De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award is the highest global award for the JA Company Program. The winning JA Company of the Year student teams from JA’s six regions—JA Africa,… Continue reading Students from JA Greece Win 2024 De La Vega Global Entrepreneurship Award

The Freedonia Group’s Packaging Industry Team of Analysts Discuss International Paper’s Agreement to Acquire DS Smith

DS Smith, a leading multinational paper packaging manufacturer, has been the subject of acquisition talks first with Mondi and then with International Paper since February. CLEVELAND, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On April 16, International Paper, a US-based leading multinational paper packaging manufacturer, announced that there was an agreement in place to purchase DS Smith, a… Continue reading The Freedonia Group’s Packaging Industry Team of Analysts Discuss International Paper’s Agreement to Acquire DS Smith

Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel’s Government

Dozens of Google employees began occupying company offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, on Tuesday in protest of the company’s $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services to the Israeli government. The sit-in, organized by the activist group No Tech for Apartheid, is happening at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office in Sunnyvale… Continue reading Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel’s Government

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

The United States Senate is poised to vote on legislation this week that, for the next two years at least, could dramatically expand the number of businesses that the US government can force to eavesdrop on Americans without a warrant. Some of the nation’s top legal experts on a controversial US spy program argue that… Continue reading US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

Tesla to cut workforce as China accelerates into EV sector

NEW YORK — Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees on Monday that the electric vehicle giant is cutting 10% of its global workforce, marking the latest fallout from an intensifying EV price war as Chinese companies accelerate into the sector. Musk on Monday revealed plans to reduce costs through the layoffs while aiming to boost… Continue reading Tesla to cut workforce as China accelerates into EV sector

Tesla to cut more than 10% of global workforce as sales fall

BERLIN (Reuters) — Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles. “About every five years, we need to reorganize and streamline the company for the next phase of growth,” CEO Elon… Continue reading Tesla to cut more than 10% of global workforce as sales fall

GreyScan Detection’s ETD-100 Chosen for TSA Innovation Task Force Demonstration Planning

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — GreyScan Detection proudly announces that its ETD-100 Inorganic Explosives Trace Detector (ETD) solution has been accepted by the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Innovation Task Force (ITF) for demonstration planning. This achievement follows GreyScan’s submission to the TSA’s Innovative Demonstrations for Enterprise Advancement (IDEA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Continue Reading… Continue reading GreyScan Detection’s ETD-100 Chosen for TSA Innovation Task Force Demonstration Planning

Tesla’s plans to trim global workforce by 10% will impact top markets US, China

Tesla‘s global job cuts include reducing staff in the US and China, the automakers’ two biggest markets, across sales, tech, and engineering, five sources briefed on the matter said. CEO Elon Musk on Monday told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters that the company is laying off more than 10% of its global… Continue reading Tesla’s plans to trim global workforce by 10% will impact top markets US, China

Coal keeps powering India as booming economy crushes green hopes

Alternative energy solutions haven’t yet caught on for financial, political and safety reasons. Built along a stretch of salt flats in southern India, the Tuticorin power plant epitomizes a quagmire for the world’s fastest-growing major economy: how to provide reliable energy to 1.4 billion people. For starters, the 1,050-megawatt coal plant, one of the region’s… Continue reading Coal keeps powering India as booming economy crushes green hopes