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Meta lays off 11,000 employees, largest job cut in company history

Meta lays off 11,000 employees, largest job cut in company history

As is the case with the control of Congress following the midterms, the gubernatorial layout for the country was not finalized Tuesday night.

Evers, Whitmer lock up gubernatorial wins; three states waiting

DOJ lays claim to $1 billion in stolen bitcoin

DOJ lays claim to $1 billion in stolen bitcoin

As the midterm elections unfold, voters should stay wary of election disinformation, social media account hijacking and voter intimidation.

Election security threats: Disinformation, account hijacking, voter intimidation

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are campaigning for the midterm elections; Twitter employees may return to work; a sports better wins $75 million.

Midterm campaigning; Twitter calls back workers; $75M sports bet

Google has denied the Republican National Committee's accusations by explaining its algorithm adjusts based on user preferences.

Republican National Committee sues Google over ‘political bias’ in email spam algorithm

Twitter's new CEO, Elon Musk, has been on the job for just a week, but the billionaire businessman has already many Twitter employees.

A week after Musk takes over, Twitter begins widespread layoffs

According to an update to the TikTok privacy policy, data for European users can be accessed by staff in China, among other countries.

TikTok: European user data can be accessed by staff in China

House Republicans released a report detailing whistleblower allegations of FBI misconduct and politicization at the highest levels of the DOJ.

House GOP report alleges misconduct, politicization at FBI, DOJ

Montana's attorney general said some Democrats are going around the democratic process by pressuring YouTube to remove politically unfavorable speech.

Montana attorney general: Democrats, YouTube circumvent democratic process

According to a study published in the journal PLOS One earlier this week, TikTok perpetuates a toxic diet culture among young people.

Study: TikTok contributes to toxic diet culture among young people

In 2016, DHS started shifting its focus from stopping foreign terror attacks to monitoring social media for misinformation and disinformation.

DHS fight against misinformation, disinformation raising concerns

Now that Elon Musk has officially taken over Twitter, he is switching up the platforms and proposing costs to verification.

Musk causing Twitter frenzy over plans to charge $20 monthly for verification

Elon Musk wasted no time putting his stamp on Twitter this week, moving in everything including the kitchen sink and firing top executives.

Free bird: Elon Musk owns Twitter after 6 long months. Here’s what’s next.

Elon Musk has taken over Twitter; the hand-count of mail-in ballots in a Nevada county is on hold; and legal challenges to the election have already begun.

Musk takes over Twitter; NV hand counting paused; election challenges

If the U.S. military wants to keep battlefield dominance, it’s going to need new tanks and General Dynamics wants its new AbramsX tank to fill that role.

General Dynamics introduces new AbramsX battlefield tank

A Washington state judge fined Meta nearly $25 million for more than 800 campaign finance disclosure violations the company was ruled to have committed.

Meta fined $24.7M for 800+ campaign finance disclosure violations

A second accuser claims Herschel Walker paid for her abortion; new details about the St. Louis school shooting; Elon Musk visited Twitter's headquarters.

2nd Walker abortion accuser; St. Louis shooting details; Musk visits Twitter

Big Tech dragged down the stock market Wednesday morning after disappointing earnings from Microsoft and Google, with more news on the way.

Big Tech delivers economic warnings as Microsoft, Google profits decline

According to the Buffalo, New York police commissioner, a car crash that killed four teens may have been linked to a TikTok challenge.

Buffalo police: deadly car crash possibly linked to TikTok challenge

A week after Kanye West was kicked off of Twitter and Instagram, the rapper is offering to buy conservative social media network Parler.

Kanye West offers to buy Parler after getting kicked off Twitter, Instagram

A House committee has subpoenaed former President Trump; reaction to Russia's threat of World War III; Elon Musk under investigation over the Twitter deal.

Trump subpoenaed; response to Russia threat; Musk/Twitter investigation

Axios reported the Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S.

Report: FCC to ban sales of Huawei, ZTE telecommunications devices

Tiktok is heating up competition in the U.S. It is expanding online commerce to compete with social and online retail giants.

TikTok is planning to open US fulfillment centers, hints at e-commerce plans