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Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk took the witness stand on Friday to defend his 2018 Twitter posts against a group of Tesla shareholders. The shareholders hope to persuade jurors that the posts — specifically the one where Musk tweeted “funding secured” to take Tesla private — were false and therefore violated securities laws. “The tweets are truthful — just simply short,” Musk said on the stand Friday in response to the shareholders’ lawyer who questioned whether Twitter’s character… Source link

WASHINGTON — Florida’s ban on teaching an advanced placement course on African American history is “incomprehensible,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday, in the latest dispute between the Biden administration and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a likely presidential nominee who has energized conservatives with his eagerness to engage in the culture wars. Jean-Pierre’s statement comes a day after the public release of a letter Florida’s education department… Source link

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Google’s parent company has announced thousands of lay-offs (Yui Mok / PA) It’s been a turbulent few months for the world of tech and social media, as countless companies have cut tens of thousands of jobs worldwide. At the tail end of 2022, Twitter infamously made nearly 4,000 workers redundant overnight, Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, cut its workforce by a fifth, and Facebook’s parent company Meta actioned 11,000 layoffs. TikTok has also been in choppy waters, which led to the… Source link

One executive with a pulse on global companies says they’re displaying more cautiousness when it comes to investing. “A lot of companies that I’ve been meeting with are slowing down their investments,” S&P Global (SPGI) chief executive officer Doug Peterson told Yahoo Finance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year. BRAZIL – 2022/10/03: In this photo illustration, the SP Global Inc. logo is displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA… Source link

With the latest update to Google Voice, Smart Reply is no longer available on Android devices. Google Voice has been around for over a decade, providing digital telephone services like calling and texting to those in the United States. During its time on the market, the service has evolved, offering users better quality service and also more features. Now, with a recent update, Google Voice users will lose a feature, no longer being able to issue a Smart Reply… Source link

A pedestrian strolls on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, on Jan. 27, 2022. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Change to bonuses addresses 2023 uncertainty Google employees who qualify for bonuses will get 80% of the sum in January, with the remainder coming in March or April, according to a memo obtained by CNBC. That’s a departure from Google’s typical practice of delivering full checks in January. A Google spokesperson said it “extensively” communicated that… Source link

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder travel to Sacramento to face the Kings at 10 p.m. ET. There will be no shortage of action across the NBA on Friday with 18 teams set to play. One of the better matchups figures to be the Mavericks hosting the Heat, though Dallas will be missing Christian Wood (thumb). Another game that stands out features the Kings hosting the Thunder with both teams hoping to make it to the playoffs. With so many options, let’s get down to business and highlight… Source link

When Kim Talbot first launched her milling shop in southern Maine, she hoped to win a coveted contract with the federal government to manufacture steel and aluminum machine parts. With no idea where to start, she did what any inexperienced small-business owner might do: She Googled. The top search result was, in her eyes, an official-looking webpage. It prominently displayed a logo very similar to that of SAM.gov, the government website where businesses must register before pursuing such… Source link