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Twitter’s workforce likely to be hit with massive cuts in coming months – report
(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk told prospective investors in his deal to buy Twitter Inc that he planned to get rid of nearly 75% of the social media company's 7,500 workers, the Washington Post re...
Oct 20, 2022
Meta refuses to give up on campaign to disqualify FTC chair
By Alison Frankel (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc has almost no chance of barring the chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, from participation in the FTC's challenge to Meta's planned ...
Oct 20, 2022
Snap shares tank as inflation hurts ad spending
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Snap Inc on Thursday posted its slowest revenue growth since going public five years ago as advertisers cut spending amid rising inflation and the war in Ukraine. Shares of S...
Oct 20, 2022
Truphone to pay $600,000 U.S. fine, ensure Russian ownership divested
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The parent company of a small Montana wireless carrier will pay a $600,000 fine and ensure that any ownership interests by Russian investors is divested, a U...
Oct 20, 2022
Visa, Mastercard profits expected to jump as travel rebounds
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) - U.S. card companies are expected to benefit as pandemic-weary consumers continue to fuel demand for travel, one of the biggest contributors to revenue, despite rising infl...
Oct 20, 2022
Vivendi to go-ahead with Editis spin-off, as Q3 sales edge up
By Olivier Sorgho and Valentine Baldassari (Reuters) - French media company Vivendi on Thursday reported third quarter revenue growth of 0.6% at constant exchange rates and on a like-for-like basis, a...
Oct 20, 2022
Instagram to make it easier to avoid trolls
(Reuters) - Instagram will enhance features that help users block the accounts of abusers and trolls on the social media platform, the Meta Platforms-owned company said on Thursday. Users will now be ...
Oct 20, 2022
Texas sues Google for allegedly capturing biometric data of millions without consent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet's Google for allegedly collecting biometric data of millions of Texans without obtaining proper consent, the attorney general's office ...
Oct 20, 2022
Meta oversight board can now apply warning screens on content
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc's independent oversight board said on Thursday that starting this month it can decide on applying warning screens, marking content as "disturbing" or "sensitive". The bo...
Oct 20, 2022
India competition regulator fines Google $161.95 million for anti-competitive practices
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's competition regulator said on Thursday it has fined Alphabet Inc's Google 13.38 billion Indian rupees ($161.95 million) for anti-competitive practices related to Android ...
Oct 20, 2022
