Hundreds of Twitter employees refused Thursday to sign a pledge to work longer hours, threatening the site’s ability to keep operating and prompting hurried debates among managers over who should be asked to return, current and former employees said.
Many U.S. sportsbook operators are seeking to boost profits by weeding out winning customers. Bettors who show signs of savvy are being limited faster and more aggressively than in the past.
The high demand for therapy is the latest sign of and ongoing U.S. mental health crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Though millions of Americans have returned to normal life, many people feel far from normal.
The coming shift in power—which in January will end two years of unified Democratic control in Washington—is sure to complicate the second half of President Joe Biden’s term.
About 200,000 student loan borrowers who say they were defrauded by their colleges will soon have their debts automatically canceled after a federal judge granted final approval of a $6 billion settlement Wednesday.
Researchers estimated that between 18 and 29 percent of young people worldwide were regularly exposing themselves to excessively loud noises on headphones, and they estimated just under half were being exposed to unsafe levels in loud venues.
The e-commerce giant is expected to cut about 10,000 workers, or 3 percent of its corporate workforce.
The investigation centered allegations of misleading and deceptive tactics regarding users’ location data.
The future of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program remains in doubt after a federal appeals court issued an injunction preventing the government from discharging any debt while it considers a lawsuit to end the policy.
By Friday morning, Eli Lilly executives had ordered a halt to all Twitter ad campaigns—a potentially serious blow, given that the $330 billion company controls the kind of massive advertising budget that Musk says the company needs to avoid bankruptcy.
Control of the House was still up in the air on Sunday, as vote counting continued days after an election in which Democrats overperformed expectations in many contested areas across the country.
The Justice Department and two federal regulators have launched probes into FTX, looking into whether the collapsing cryptocurrency exchange had skirted rules on safeguarding consumer deposits and relationships with trading affiliates, according to four people familiar with the inquiries.
Raising Cane’s filed a lawsuit against the Indiana shopping center’s owner, Schottenstein Property Group, alleging fraud and saying the would-be landlord failed to disclose the existence of the chicken ban.
It could take days to know the balance of power as officials count mail-in ballots in dozens of close races. And some may be subject to recounts and court challenges.
The layoffs mark a tumultuous new period in Silicon Valley, as tech giants long known as bastions of economic power and recession-proof have shed huge numbers of workers in recent weeks.
Even as vaccines have reduced the risk of hospitalization and death from infection with SARS-CoV-2, researchers continue to worry about the individual suffering and population-wide threats from long COVID.
The industry’s job cuts come as tech firms warn of recession risk and race to cut costs after pandemic-era hiring binges.
On the table are double-digit pay increases and changes to scheduling rules, which would be a boon to pilots but would increase airline costs.
Musk is expected to proceed with plans to lay off about 50 percent of Twitter’s staff, according to people familiar with the matter.
The supply strain comes as doctors brace not only for the RSV surge to continue but also for the spread of flu and COVID-19 to ramp up.
