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Activis😼ion insiders fret that $69 billion Micro♑soft deal could fall apart: sources
Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision buyout is facing heightened scrutiny from regulators — and some insiders at the game studio behind “Call of Duty” are worried that the Xbox maker could effecti𓆉vely bl♔ow...
The $700M🌠 reason Elon Musk is drastically slashing jobs at Twitter ♐
Specifically, Twitter will be forced to pay interest expenses on its nearly $13 billion in﷽ new loans that will amount to $1.3 billion per year, one banker close to the...
The fall of MIA techie who made $158M by making your pics vanish in a 'Snap'
The one-time tech visionary who invented Snapcꦉhat’s disappearing-photos feature vanished from the public eye after a nasty legal battle with his co-founders — and has since been accused of running...
Jeff Bezos sued by ex-housekeeper for alleged racial bias, 'unsafe' conditions
The former housekeeper, Mercedes Wedaa, alleged that she and other staffers were denied easy access 🐟to bathrooms in Bezos’ Seattle-area man🃏sion when the Amazon mogul was in town — and...
Big ad firms prep backup plans for Twitter amid Elon Musk drama -- with one calling for 'pause': sources
"A lot of high profile chief marketing officers are very worried about Twitter," a source with direct knowledge told The Post. 𒀰
Elon Musk personally moderating tweets about Brazil's election: sources
“He is constantly calling balls and strikes,” one source close to Twitter said, adding that the Tesla billionaire is so far following the content moderation rules that were in place ⛎before... 𝔉
Blue check blues: Twitter's verified users bristle at Elon Musk's proposed $20-a-month charge
𒐪 Elon Musk’s plans to revamp Twitter’s verification system — and potentially charge $20 a month for coveted “blue checks” — have verified users chirping about whether or not the fee...
Pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees trick media outlet𝓀s
A pair of pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees tricked multiple media outlets Friday as the public anxiously ಌaไwaited news on whether Elon Musk had begun axing staffers.
Elon Musk completes $44B Twitter takeover, imm☂ediately starts firing execs
Elon Musk finally completed his $44 billion Twitter takeover deal, firing the company’s CEO and financia🎃l chief and ending a lengthy tug-of-war with its board of directors just before a...
Amazon's 'horror show' earnings report sends stock tanking 20%
After recording blistering growth during the pandemic, tech giants including Amazon are seeiꦓng a slowdown in demand.
AOC, other pols who helped kill Amazon HQ2 silent on chip plant's $5.5B in tax breaks
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other New York progressives -- who helped kill Amazon’s plans for a Queens headquarters in 2019ꦛ — have been conspicuously quiet about an upstate semiconductor plant...
New Jersey pols float car subscriptions ban amid BMW 'heated seats' outrage
New Jersey lawmakers want to ban automakers from charging subscription fees for built-in car features💝 -- just months after BMW's move to charge a monthly fee for heated seats sparked...
❀ Amazon freezes more hiring after Jeff Bezos warns of potential reces🔯sion
Amazon has frozen hiring in parts of its lucrative web services division -- an apparent escalation of the company’s cost-cutting efforts, The Pos♐t has ඣlearned. Amazon Web Services — the...
NYC pay transparency law will spur demands for raises nati💝onwide: experts
“When a current employee sees a new salary posted and they’re at the low end of the range, that’s going to raise some unc💮omfortable questions,” Freedberg told The Post.
Elon Musk-Twitter deal 'still on track' despite national security report: source
US officials were repo♔rtedly concerned about Musk’s recent threat to cut off SpaceX’s Starlink internet service in Ukraine, as well as a report that he discussed the war with Vladimir...
Google sued by Texas over 'invasive' collection of voice, face data
“To Google, it does not matter that the three-y🥀ear-olds, the bystanders, and grandma never consented to Google capturing and recording their biometric data,” the complaint reads. 💛
Elon Musk admits he's 'obviously overpaying' for Twitter but 'still excited' for $44B deal
The mogul's comments came during a Tesla earnings call that was held as his attorneys hammer out a final settlement with♛ Twitter.
Google employees joked about how 'Incognito mode' is 'not truly private'
🍸 Google employees cracked jokes about the Chrome browser’s “Incognito Mode” and criticized the company for not living 𝕴up to its users' expectations for privacy, according to a series of internal...
NY Knicks co-ownཧer st💦ands to reap payday from Twitter-Musk deal
Elon Musk’s surprise offer to buy Twitter for his original price of $44 billion followed shrewd maneuvers by a board member who -- in additi🃏on to a big stake in...
Kanye West unloads on Josh Kushner over investment in Kim Kardashian's SKIMS
“F—K JOSH KUSH✅NER,” West wrote in an Instagram post that racked up more than 100,000 likes. 🔯