Twitter is struggling to respond to political misinformation and other unsafe posts on the social media platform after Elon Musk fired roughly half of its body of workers just days before the U.S. midterm elections, based on employees who survived the cuts and an out of doors voting rights community. The recent mass layoffs spared many of the americans whose job it's to retain hate and misinformation off the social media platform. however in training for the layoffs, employees observed the enterprise additionally sharply reduced how many employees can seem into a selected account's digital background and habits — a tradition essential to investigate if it's been used maliciously.

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Musk's partisan tweets call Twitter neutrality into query

Elon Musk used his Twitter megaphone to enchantment to "impartial-minded voters" on Monday, urging them to vote Republican in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, getting into the country's political debate that tech business executives have for years worked to dwell out of so their systems wouldn't be considered as favoring one side over the different. whereas Musk, who purchased Twitter for $44 billion, has expressed political affairs during the past, such an immediate endorsement of 1 birthday celebration over one other raises concerns about Twitter's capability to stay impartial beneath Musk's rule.

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Crypto trade Binance to purchase rival FTX in obvious bailout

ny (AP) — The cryptocurrency change Binance stated it plans to purchase its rival FTX trading, in the latest example of how fortunes can alternate impulsively in the crypto world. The house owners of both exchanges — Samuel Bankman-Fried of FTX and Changpeng Zhao of Binance — announced the deal on Twitter Tuesday, but did not expose any particulars. The deal changed into pending due diligence, Zhao observed on Twitter. It's a astounding flip of events after Bankman-Fried became hailed as somewhat of a savior previous this 12 months when he helped shore up a few cryptocurrency agencies that ran into economic predicament. expenditures of bitcoin and different digital currencies fell sharply.

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eu's call of obligation: Probe Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal

BRUSSELS (AP) — the ecu Union has launched an investigation into Microsoft's planned takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard, fearing the $sixty nine billion deal would distort reasonable competitors to ordinary titles like call of responsibility. Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming gadget, first introduced the agreement to purchase the California-based game publisher in January. It nonetheless awaits scrutiny from antitrust regulators in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. If it goes through, the all-money deal will be the largest within the background of the tech trade. participants of the ecu commission referred to Tuesday that "the aspect is to ensure that the gaming ecosystem remains brilliant to the benefit of users in a sector that's evolving at a quick pace."

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Disney posts this fall consequences under Wall highway estimates

The Walt Disney Co. has posted lower-than-anticipated income and profits for its fiscal fourth quarter. The business mentioned Tuesday it earned $162 million very nearly flat in comparison to the $one hundred sixty million it earned a yr prior. income grew 9% to $20.15 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of $21.27 billion. Disney noted it ended the fiscal 12 months with more than 235 million subscribers to its streaming features. That's above analysts' expectations of 231.5 million.

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Kohl's CEO steps right down to take president position at Levi Strauss

new york (AP) — Michelle Gass, CEO of department save chain Kohl's, is stepping down from her position early subsequent month and should become the president of denim colossal Levi Strauss & Co. Levi's talked about in a unencumber that Gass will birth on Jan. 2 and the board of administrators has put in motion a succession plan for her to succeed Chip Bergh, president and CEO within the subsequent 18 months. She is expected to be part of the board of administrators on that date. Kohl's spoke of in a separate free up that Gass plans to step down on Dec. 2, and Tom Kingsbury will function interim CEO.

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Adidas appoints boss of rival Puma as CEO after Ye fallout

BERLIN (AP) — Adidas has appointed Puma CEO Bjørn Gulden as its new chief govt. he'll take over in January as the German sports clothing company weathers the fallout from its break up with the rapper formerly called Kanye West. The departure of Kasper Rorsted, Adidas' CEO for the reason that 2016, become introduced in August. The company observed Tuesday that he and the supervisory board "mutually agreed" he will depart the enterprise Friday. the manager economic officer will head Adidas until the end of the yr. The enterprise ended a partnership with Ye ultimate month after mounting outcry over the rapper's offensive and antisemitic remarks. Adidas is expected to take successful of as much as 250 million euros this year from the determination.

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Bid for brand spanking new trial fails, Elizabeth Holmes awaits sentencing

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal decide has rejected disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' bid for a new trial after concluding a key prosecution witness's fresh try to contact her wasn't satisfactory to supply award a further possibility to keep away from a possible detention center sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing business. The ruling issued late Monday is the newest setback for Holmes, a former Silicon Valley famous person who once boasted an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion but is now dealing with up to twenty years prison that could separate her from her 1-12 months-historical son. The 38-yr-historic Holmes is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 18 in San Jose, California.

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Italian EV startup takes on US, chinese opponents with design

MILAN (AP) — a new utterly electric vehicle startup in Italy is difficult U.S. and chinese opponents with "Made in Italy" design. AEHRA is being launched by a former oil trader who hired a former Lamborghini clothier to infuse the cars with Italian emotion and is inserting emphasis on aerodynamics over performance. Its greatest hurdle to success is an already crowded market of EV startups and conventional carmakers. And AEHRA doesn't plan to launch its first cars unless mid-2025. The ultra-top rate cars plan to sell for $160,000 to $a hundred and eighty,000, rolling out first in the u.s. and key European markets before expanding to China.

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