Twitter Inc.’s said it is saying “goodbye” to its TweetDeck app for Apple Inc. computers beginning July 1. Mac users left in the lurch still have some options at their disposal. TweetDeck on Web TweetDeck’s handle on Twitter said users can use the app on the web instead of the discontinued Mac version. TweetDeck also…
Capitol Report (June 1): Sec. Yellen Admits Miscalculated Inflation; Key Factors Driving Inflation?
June 1, 2022
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted that she was wrong about rising inflation. She was among those who initially said that inflation would be temporary, if at all. Vance Ginn is chief economist at the Texas Public Policy Institute, and he’ll be joining us to assess the key factors driving inflation. What’s the administration’s latest step…
Sheryl Sandberg to Step Down as COO of Facebook Parent Company Meta
June 1, 2022
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Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook’s parent company Meta, said on Wednesday that she’s leaving this fall after 14 years with the company. “Over the next few months, Mark [Zuckerberg] and I will transition my direct reports and I will leave the company this fall,” she said in a long statement on social…
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Texas Social Media Anti-Censorship Law
May 31, 2022
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The Supreme Court voted 5-4 late on May 31 to temporarily block a Texas law that prevents social media platforms from censoring users based on their political views. Known as HB 20, the state law makes it unlawful for tech platforms to restrict or remove content based on “the viewpoint of the user or another…
Trump Responds After Former Clinton Lawyer Is Acquitted
Former President Donald Trump on May 31 said the legal system isn’t working properly after a jury in Washington acquitted a former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer who had been charged with lying to the FBI. “Our Legal System is CORRUPT,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding that “our Judges (and Justices!) are…
SEC Looking Into Musk’s Twitter Stake Purchase
WASHINGTON—The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking into Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s disclosure of his stake in Twitter Inc in early April, according to a letter the agency sent to him that month. In the letter, now made public by the SEC, the regulator asks Musk why it appears he did not…
12 Groups Behind Protest of Musk’s Twitter Takeover Have Ties With Gates Foundation, Soros
May 26, 2022
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Around a dozen liberal groups that pressured Twitter advertisers to boycott the platform in response to Elon Musk’s plans to acquire it received money from entities backed by Bill Gates and George Soros, an analysis of public filings shows. In early May, a group of 26 organizations penned a public letter claiming that the Tesla…
Twitter Investors Vote Against Reelecting Elon Musk Ally to Board
Twitter Inc. investors blocked the reelection of an ally of Elon Musk to the board at an annual meeting on Wednesday that avoided the biggest question for the social media company: will it complete a $44 billion sale to the billionaire. Investors voted against Egon Durban, the co-head of private equity firm Silver Lake, who…
Twitter Shareholders Meet Amid Elon Musk’s Takeover Drama
Twitter’s regularly scheduled shareholder meeting Wednesday didn’t include a vote on Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social platform. But the prospects of the buyout and the drama that’s surrounded it seemed to be on participants’ minds anyway. CEO Parag Agrawal said at the outset that executives won’t be answering any questions…
Texas Elementary School Shooter Posted to Facebook 3 Times Before Massacre: Governor
May 25, 2022
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UVALDE, Texas—The man who killed 19 children in an elementary school on May 24 posted thrice to Facebook before arriving at the facility, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday. About 30 minutes before Salvador Ramos, 18, entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire, he wrote on social media, “I’m going to shoot my grandmother.” Another post, minutes later,…
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