The United States Department of Justice’s civil rights division has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against SpaceX, Elon Musk‘s space exploration company, alleging that it discriminated against asylees and refugees in its hiring practices. According to the suit, between September 2018 and May 2022, SpaceX allegedly “discouraged asylees and refugees …
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Mark Zuckerberg called out Elon Musk for continually avoiding their cage match in a post Sunday on the Meta honcho’s Threads. While Musk xeeted repeatedly this week about the specifics of the fight — including its Roman venue, streaming information, and who the proceeds will go to — the X …
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Seven former Twitter employees are suing the website, now rebranded as X, for racial discrimination, age discrimination, and violations of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act in the wake of Elon Musk‘s acquisition of the platform, according to court documents. Per the lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, plaintiffs Nhu …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith issued a warrant to Twitter in January to gain access to former president’ Trump’s Twitter account. According to a report from Politico citing court documents, the company’s resistance to comply with the order resulted in a $350,000 fine, which was upheld by the D.C. Court of …
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As Elon Musk continues Twitter‘s confounding rebrand into “X,” the social media platform has now seized the account handle for @Music, much to the chagrin of the username’s original user. X user Jeremy Vaught shared a message the company had sent him on Thursday, notifying him that the account name …
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Christopher Beale never expected to be at the center of the latest drama to arise from Elon Musk‘s takeover of Twitter. True, he’s lived close to the company’s Market Square headquarters in San Francisco since 2020, and regularly uses the app — as an independent journalist it’s a convenient way …
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Eight months after Kanye West was banished from Twitter, the rapper’s now-X account was quietly reactivated this weekend. “Something special coming soon,” Musk tweeted (xeeted?) Saturday, without elaboration. In what may be a coincidence or indeed that special something, Ye’s account was reactivated hours later. Most of the offending Dec. …
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Jack White, who once called Elon Musk “the Henry Ford of the 21st century,” is relinquishing ownership of his personal 2013 Tesla Model S. for auction. In collaboration with his label Third Man Records, White is also auctioning White Stripes-era gear and other personal items. The portion of the auction’s …
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Twitter owner Elon Musk seized on reports that Lebron James Jr. suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball practice to spread conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccine. “We cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine, but, by the same token, we cannot ascribe nothing,” Musk wrote in response to a tweet about …
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Elon Musk has pulled some lousy marketing stunts in his time, but this one reeks of desperation. As Twitter‘s owner has hinted in recent months — and announced more formally on Saturday — the social platform will rebrand as “X,” ditching the company’s original name and iconic bird logo as …
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