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Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics. The departure pointed to a fresh...
Twitter may be worth one-third what Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity fund marks down value
Twitter may now be worth one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago. The Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund has reduced the market value of its equity stake in Twitter for a third time, now putting it at $6.55 million. That's down from the nearly...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Gazette-Mail. May 25, 2023. Editorial: Gov. Justice’s distant style catching on It didn’t take long for Gov. Jim Justice, who can get a little hair-brained from time to time and is very thin-skinned, to recognize the appeal of conducting public briefings online...
China's commerce minister meets Tesla's Musk, promises support to foreign companies
BEIJING (AP) — China's commerce minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday and promised to support the development of foreign companies, the ministry said. Musk earlier met with China's ministers of industry and foreign affairs. He joined a series of CEOs from global...
Nvidia, Coherent rise; Big Lots, Skyline Champion fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Nvidia Corp., up $11.65 to $401.11. The chipmaker joined the $1 trillion club amid booming demand for its semiconductors in AI applications. Skyline Champion Corp.,...
Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning
Scientists and tech industry leaders, including high-level executives at Microsoft and Google, issued a new warning Tuesday about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other...
Tesla's Musk meets Chinese foreign minister, who calls for 'mutual respect' in US-China relations
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday and said strained U.S.-Chinese relations require “mutual respect,” while delivering a message of reassurance that foreign companies are welcome. U.S.-Chinese relations are especially tense after...
EU official says Twitter abandons bloc's voluntary pact against disinformation
LONDON (AP) — Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday. European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that Twitter had pulled out of the EU's disinformation “code of practice” that other major...
Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink says it has US approval to begin trials in people
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink says it's gotten permission from U.S. regulators to begin testing its device in people. The company made the announcement on Twitter Thursday evening but has provided no details about a potential study, which was not listed on the U.S....
DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, raises $8.2M ahead of early state blitz
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday sought to push past an embarrassing beginning to his presidential campaign, outlining an aggressive travel schedule as his allies insisted they remain well funded and well positioned for a long Republican primary fight ahead. ...
