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A week after Musk takes over, Twitter begins widespread layoffs
A week into Elon Musk’s tenure as CEO of Twitter, the self-proclaimed “Twitter Complaint Line Operator” is following through with his promise to make the company profitable. He started with widespread layoffs. The first day Musk walked into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters as CEO, he fired the former CEO Parag Agrawal. In the days that… -
Amid protests, Biden vows to ‘free Iran’
President Biden told a crowd of supporters that the U.S. is going to help free Iran. Iran wants Russia to help it develop nuclear weapons. And Iran may be moments away from launching an attack on Saudi Arabia. It was quite a week of developments for Iran, as the Islamic Republic stands on the brink… -
Montana attorney general: Democrats, YouTube circumvent democratic process
Montana’s attorney general wants YouTube to restore some videos that the streaming giant removed. Austin Knudsen said some Democratic lawmakers and others in the federal government are pressuring YouTube to routinely remove politically unfavorable speech. The Montana attorney general sent a letter Wednesday to YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, expressing his concern over YouTube’s removal of… -
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder may sell team
Dan Snyder, the controversial owner of the Washington Commanders, might not be an NFL owner for too much longer. The team announced on Wednesday that Snyder and his wife Tanya hired Bank of America to consider potential transactions. It’s not clear whether the Snyders intend to sell the whole team outright, some shares of the… -
Report: UK began ‘war gaming’ weeklong blackouts last year
According to The Guardian, the British government started ‘war-gaming’ an emergency plan to deal with wide-scale disruptions to its energy supply last year, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The plan, called Programme Yarrow, was initially set up to deal with impacts to the National Grid. Yarrow lays out the government’s response in the event of… -
Russia rejoins deal to export grain from Ukraine
Call it a win for diplomacy. On Wednesday, Russia said it would rejoin the wartime agreement allowing Ukrainian grain and agriculture commodities to reach world markets through the Black Sea. Less than a week ago, Russia said it was abandoning the deal after an alleged drone attack against its Black Sea Fleet. Russia said the… -
DHS fight against misinformation, disinformation raising concerns
The Department of Homeland Security was founded after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001. The goal of the agency was to prevent another terrorist attack. However, as the war on terror wound down, DHS has found new targets to investigate: Americans on social media. Reporting by The Intercept shows DHS started to shift its… -
SpaceX delivers satellites, China completes space station
Space is now just a little more crowded. This week, both the United States and China launched rockets as competition between the two nations intensifies. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched satellites Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. China launched a module to complete its space station. Most of the details around Falcon Heavy’s payload… -
Foxconn workers in China flee, Shanghai Disneyland closes
Over the weekend, thousands of Foxconn workers in central China fled the facility following a COVID-19 outbreak. The workers said they feared being trapped in close working conditions with sick people and little food or medical treatment. Under China’s “Zero COVID” policy, entire cities could be locked down, and residents forced to stay in their… -
Russia pulls out of Ukraine grain deal
The deal to ship Ukrainian grain and agricultural supplies through the Black Sea may be sunk, threatening world food supplies. Russia is pulling out of the agreement, accusing Ukraine of using the protected shipping lanes to launch drone attacks. Russia said 16 drones attacked its Black Sea Fleet on Saturday. The Russian Navy said it repelled… -
The EU is banning sale of new gas-powered vehicles in 2035
The European Union is following California’s lead and banning the sale of new combustion-engine cars. The ban goes into effect in 2035. EU lawmakers reached the deal Thursday night. It was the first agreement the bloc has reached as part of the “Fit for 55” package, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55%… -
Taiwan can’t fend off China without US weapons
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States sent hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of weaponry to the Ukrainians. Things like Javelin anti-tank missiles and HIMARS rockets. Now, as China seems poised to launch an invasion of Taiwan, some are concerned that the U.S. might not have enough weapons to help… -
Russia threatens Western satellites over Ukraine
The Russian military is losing ground in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin thinks it’s because Western satellites, like those from Starlink, are giving the Ukrainians an advantage. So, naturally, Russia threatened to shoot them out of orbit. Beginning very early on in the invasion, Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-based internet provider has been providing internet connectivity to Ukrainians from…
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