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Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads social media platform, which saw a rapid rise in popularity upon its launch as a “sanely run” Twitter alternative, is gearing up to release a web version in an effort to revitalize its user base amid crashing engagement figures.

Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), has announced plans to remove the blocking feature from the platform, a move that the platform’s own “community notes” fact check feature claims may violate the policies of the Apple and Google app stores.

Investors who purchased Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs at highly inflated prices during the 2021 NFT craze have filed a lawsuit against the Sotheby’s auction house and other defendants, alleging deceptive practices. The Bored Ape co0llection, like most NFTs, have cratered in values in the years since the craze.

A driverless Cruise robotaxi drove into wet concrete on a construction site in San Francisco and got stuck, highlighting the problems with self-driving vehicles. One attorney for the city said, “We have seen that this technology is not yet ready, and poor AV performance has interfered with the life-saving operations of first responders.”

Google-owned YouTube’s advertising practices on children’s channels have come under scrutiny for potentially enabling companies to track children across the web, raising concerns about children’s online privacy. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is calling on the FTC to investigate the tech giant for possible violations of children’s privacy.

New York City has issued a directive banning China’s TikTok from all city-owned devices, citing security threats to the city’s technical networks.

The Detroit Police Department (DPD) has come under scrutiny after wrongfully arresting an innocent woman eight months into her pregnancy because of a flawed facial recognition match. The AI-driven technology mistakenly pointed to the heavily pregnant woman for a robbery and carjacking case, charges made absurd by her physical condition at the time of the crime.

Google’s DeepMind is testing new AI tools that will serve as personal life coaches, performing a wide range of tasks from giving life advice to tutoring tips. The company’s own AI experts have warned against the emotional attachments some people can form with AI chatbots, making their use in even more personal roles questionable.

In a desperate attempt to stay competitive in the Chinese market, Elon Musk’s Tesla has announced a price cut of 14,000 yuan ($1,900) for its two higher-end Model Y vehicles. The price reduction is seen as the latest move in an ongoing price war that has been affecting the electric vehicle (EV) industry in China. Tesla previously promised to uphold the “core socialist values” of communist China in an attempt to cool down the price war with local competitors.

Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has been intentionally slowing down the speed at which users can access links to certain news organizations and online competitors, including the New York Times and Facebook, a move that appears to be targeted at companies that Musk has a personal grudge against.

A significant majority of business leaders are reevaluating their return to office plans, with 80 percent expressing regret over their initial mandates, according to a recent survey.

Elon Musk’s Tesla is reintroducing “Standard Range” versions of its Model S and Model X vehicles, offering lower price points at the expense of shorter driving ranges.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of Twitter (now known as X), recently announced his intention to show up at Mark Zuckerberg’s doorstep ready to fight. This comes after months of trash talk between the two tech giants over a proposed cage fight that has seen Musk swing from planning a gladiator battle in Rome to calling for a “noble” debate instead.

Nikola, the leading electric semi-truck manufacturer, has announced a massive recall of its battery-powered commercial trucks due to concerns over a defective battery component that can cause fire. The recall is the result of an investigation into a fire at Nikola’s own facility. Ominously, the company advises truck owners to park their vehicles outside.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk “isn’t serious” about his proposed fight between the two after Musk proposed a “practice round” in Zuckerberg’s backyard and revealed he may need back surgery. Zuckerberg blasted Musk’s “antics,” saying, “We can all agree Elon isn’t serious.”

After the last appeal to a class-action judgement failed, Apple is finally ready to offer compensation to owners of particular iPhone models. The tech giant was sued for secretly lowering performance to convince customers to purchase a new iPhone.

A recent analysis of dashcam footage and data from a Texas crash provides more evidence of critical flaws in the “Autopilot” system developed by Elon Musk’s Tesla. The accident is part of a long string of crashes where the Tesla Autopilot failed to recognize stopped emergency vehicles on the road, leading to a crash.

Despite facing significant challenges in the electric vehicle (EV) market, Ford CEO Jim Farley remains unwavering in his commitment to push the company’s EV production forward. In a recent interview, he compared electric vehicles to Henry Ford’s first cars, stating, “It’s actually not much different than the Model T, when we had to teach people to drive because they’re coming off a horse. I think the industry has a huge education to do.”

Just days after appearing to wimp out of a physical fight with Mark Zuckerberg, calling for a “noble” debate as he claimed he may require back surgery, Elon Musk is suddenly talking about a fight again. Musk provided fresh details about the “fight” in a series of tweets, claiming an “epic location” in Italy, adding that “Everything done will pay respect to the past and present of Italy.”

A Canadian man has voiced his deep dissatisfaction with his electric Ford F-150 lightning purchase, calling electric vehicles the “biggest scam of modern times.” After encountering broken chargers and other obstacles during a road trip to Chicago, the man abandoned his Ford EV and rented a traditional gas-powered vehicle to complete the trip.

In a recent interview with CNBC, Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of the newly rebranded X (formerly Twitter), has come forward to explain the platform’s transformation and its increasingly stringent approach to censorship content it judges to be “lawful but awful.”

Amazon has reportedly removed several “garbage books” falsely attributed to real authors, believed to be churned out using generative AI, after initially refusing to do so. It took a public backlash from authors and organizations for the tech giant to remove the bogus books from its website.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has shifted from challenging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight to now proposing a “noble” debate instead.

Apple and The Tetris Company are facing a lawsuit filed by author Dan Ackerman, who accuses them of adapting his 2016 book The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World into a film without his permission. The lawsuit, which identifies 22 “similarities” between the book and the movie Tetris which released earlier this year, requests damages of six percent of the film’s $80 million production budget, equal to $4.8 million.

Google and Universal Music Group are reportedly negotiating to license artists’ melodies and vocals for AI-generated music, reflecting a growing trend that has stirred both excitement and controversy in the music industry. In response to the move, rock legend Sting says there is “going to be a battle” between “human capital” and AI, which he said “doesn’t impress me at all.”

Elon Musk’s brain chip startup, Neuralink, has successfully raised $280 million in a funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, just months after securing approval for its first in-human clinical trial. However, the company’s success is overshadowed by allegations of rushed and botched animal experiments. Regardless of its animal mishaps, most Americans think getting a brain chip is a bad idea.

In a significant shift from its operations and its products, video conferencing giant Zoom is requiring employees who live near a company office to be on-site two days a week, embracing a “hybrid approach” to work. Zoom fueled the remote work craze embraced by many office workers over the last few years.

A Tesla vehicle spontaneously burst into flames in a high-end auto yard in Rancho Cordova, California, prompting local firefighters to criticize Tesla CEO Elon Musk on his own social media platform.

The Chief Financial Officer of Elon Musk’s Tesla, Zach Kirkhorn, has stepped down from his position after 13 years with the company. Musk announced that company executive Vaibhav Taneja will take over CFO duties at the end of the year.

Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk claims he may require surgery on his neck and upper back, casting uncertainty over his professional commitments to his many companies and potentially “delaying” his highly anticipated cage fight with Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg.

Google parent company Alphabet and Accenture are facing allegations of violating labor laws, after about 80 Google Help subcontractors who recently voted to unionize were laid off. The workers have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that claims the layoffs were in retaliation for the union vote.

Epic Games has officially approved the creation of a virtual Holocaust Museum within the massively popular video game Fortnite.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have been engaging in a public exchange over a proposed cage fight, leaving the public to wonder whether this is a serious challenge or mere online jousting between two tech giants. Zuckerberg says he is “not holding my breath” in a comment to his Threads platform, while Musk commented that he may require surgery before a fight can occur.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that his cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg still appears to be going ahead, with the event to be livestreamed on Musk’s social media platform, Twitter (now known as X).

In a sweeping response to new age verification laws in various states, Pornhub has blocked access to its adult content in Arkansas, Virginia, and other locations, igniting a debate over online privacy, child safety, and governmental regulation. The pornography company bizarrely argues that asking users to prove they are at least 18 years old “will put children and your privacy at risk.”

Facebook’s “sanely run” Twitter rival, Threads, has experienced a staggering decline in user engagement, with daily active user count down 82 percent from launch as of July 31. The app, which once boasted an impressive 44 million daily active users, has seen those numbers plummet to just eight million in an astonishingly short amount of time.