Month: April 2022

Workers raise questions about job security and advertising concerns as executives brace for billionaire’s takeover Twitter’s chief executive, Parag Agrawal, sought to quell employee anger on Friday during a company-wide meeting where employees demanded answers to how managers planned to handle an anticipated mass exodus prompted by Elon Musk. The meeting comes after Musk, the …

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Company insists any content glorifying violence against Ukrainians not allowed, but moderators say lack of guidance means they feel forced to leave up some content Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Facebook moderators have called on the company to let them take action against users who praise or support the Russian military’s atrocities in Bucha and across …

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The first trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water promises an extravaganza – but do we really want to put our eyes through the meat grinder all over again? As far as we know, there’s no such thing as time travel in the Avatar universe, which is weird because there was a distinct whiff of …

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Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterIs a council-funded robot nun the answer to prayers at a convent in crisis? Tim Foley’s prize-winning play proves ingenious and thrilling Startling and audacious in its conception, Tim Foley’s play collides religion and technology, ritual and algorithms, tradition and innovation. A Bruntwood prize for playwriting winner in 2017, and only just …

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Carmaker’s shares fell this week over concerns CEO would offload stock to help fund takeover of platform Elon Musk has sold almost $4bn (£3.2bn) worth of Tesla shares since securing his $44bn deal to take control of Twitter. Musk, the electric carmaker’s chief executive, sold the stock on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a regulatory …

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Tech giant’s revenues grew at a sluggish 7% in the first quarter to $116.4bn as shoppers switch back to bricks and mortar Amazon announced its first loss since 2015 on Thursday as sales slowed, costs rose and its investment in electric vehicle company Rivian wiped out profits. The news sent Amazon’s shares tumbling by 10% …

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The tech giant saw nearly $3t in profits despite challenges created by the Russia-Ukraine war and the global supply chain Apple on Thursday reported quarterly results that topped analysts’ projections despite supply shortages, economic fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war and a comedown from the huge sales lift that technology products and service got from pandemic …

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Founder says his company is committed to augmenting the real world rather than replacing it The Snapchat founder, Evan Spiegel, has dismissed Facebook’s “metaverse” ambitions as “ambiguous and hypothetical” as he announced a raft of new augmented reality features coming to phones and Snap’s experimental AR Spectacles over the next year. Speaking ahead of the …

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Reclaim These Streets joins running groups in calling ad insensitive ‘especially in light of Ashling Murphy’ A Samsung advertisement featuring a woman jogging alone at 2am has been criticised as “unrealistic” and insensitive. The ad, titled Night Owls, which was promoting the Galaxy Watch4, Galaxy Buds 2 and Galaxy S22 phone, features a young woman …

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World’s richest man aims to reassure followers saying he will not seek to politicise social media network Controversy grows after Musk engages with tweets criticising staff Elon Musk has said Twitter must be “politically neutral”, in a comment posted last night after a wave of account deletions by left-leaning users on the social media network. …

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