Is Twitter’s new CEO heading toward a glass cliff?

Twitter CEO Elon Musk, center, speaks with Linda Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships for NBC, at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla. Musk announced Friday, May 12, 2023, that he’s hiring Yaccarino to be the new CEO of San Francisco-based Twitter, which is now called X Corp. […]

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Commerce Department starts process to fund tech hubs across the US with $500 million in grants

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo listens during a meeting with President Joe Biden’s “Investing in America Cabinet,” in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra looks on at left. The Commerce Department on Friday, May 12, 2023, is launching the application process for […]

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Montenegro paves way for bail of crypto fugitive Do Kwon

The Terraform founder Do Kwon has been in custody in Montenegro since late March. A Montenegro court on Friday paved the way for the release on bail of fugitive cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, as he awaits trial for document forgery. The Terraform founder has been in custody in Montenegro since late March after being arrested […]

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Executive fired from TikTok’s Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data in termination suit

This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. A former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has accused the tech giant of serving as a “propaganda tool” for the Chinese government. The allegations were made in an amended complaint filed Friday, May 12, 2023 at San Francisco Superior Court […]

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Linda Yaccarino to bring vaunted ad skills to Twitter

Newly announced Twitter chief Linda Yaccarino told Elon Musk during a recent marketing conference interview that content moderation and safety are part of a formula to get advertisers to spend more money at the platform. Named Friday as Elon Musk’s successor as Twitter CEO, Linda Yaccarino is a respected media and advertising executive considered a […]

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Gartner accolades by the dozen for Synergy Logistics

Technology innovator Synergy Logistics has been showcased in the elite Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) – for the 12th successive year. The WMS domain expert reinforces its leading status in the ‘niche’ quadrant (focused on producing tangible functionality improvements) but with strong movement towards ‘visionary’ thanks to its innovative SnapFulfil configurability, […]

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Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal

That was the message conveyed by the UN Humanitarian Affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, to a meeting held on Thursday in Istanbul, to discuss the future of the Initiative, with senior official from the signatories to the deal, Russia, and Ukraine, together with the UN and Türkiye, which also mediated the agreement. Vital for global food […]

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Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sounded the alarm on Wednesday after locusts were spotted in the country’s north and northeast. FAO said that a “full outbreak” this year could destroy up to 1.2 million metric tonnes of wheat, or a quarter of the total annual harvest. FAO Representative in Afghanistan Richard Trenchard said […]

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