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Apple has placed restrictions on Apple Airdrop in China to keep activists from openly sharing police brutality and political information against the Chinese Dictator. This is now the first time Apple has bowed to Chinese government pressure in restrictions on Apple devices.
Starlink just ruined their service with Data Caps. Rural users once again get screwed! Saved from Broadband hell and now to be throttled after 1TB of monthly usage. Very pissed off that 1TB for a Family is insulting. Elon try living in rural America, where there are few options. Plus, the insane price of paying 25 cents per GB for overage if you do not want to be throttled. Just cheaper to buy a second dish. Not a happy camper. That is the worst news of the year.
Meta Platforms Inc. (parent company of Facebook) is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be the largest round in a recent spate of tech job cuts after the industry’s rapid growth during the pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, the layoffs are expected
Mere days after cutting its workforce in half, Twitter is asking some employees to return, according to Bloomberg, Engadget reported. Citing two sources within the company, the outlet reports management at Twitter has come to the realization it either let some workers off by accident or without realizing that their experience was essential to building the features Elon Musk wants
Elon Musk’s Twitter has a new rule for everyone with an account on Twitter to follow, as he announced from his own account: “any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended”, The Verge reported. In a follow up tweet, Musk said “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling
Platformer provided insight on the changes that could be planned for Twitter, in regards to some of Twitter’s products. Some have already been revealed, while others might be potential changes that don’t see the light of day. Some of the product road map is, by this point, well known: Musk plans to begin charging for verification through Twitter Blue, likely
Twitter Inc. has suffered “a massive drop in revenue” because of advertisers cutting back on using the social-media platform, new owner Elon Musk said Friday, as the company started sweeping layoffs just over a week after the billionaire took it over, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Musk, in a tweet Friday, blamed the