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Twitter reportedly agreed in June to pay roughly $7 million to the whistleblower whose recent explosive allegations will be part of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s case against the social media company in the upcoming trial over Musk’s withdrawn deal to buy the leftist social media company.

Recently unsealed court transcripts relating to a lawsuit over Facebook’s mishandling of user data reveals that company engineers claim to have no idea what personal information they collect on users or where it’s stored.

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger recently explained why the entertainment giant abandoned plans to buy Twitter in 2016, noting that a “substantial number” of the platform’s users are bots and fake accounts.

Social media giant Snap reportedly made an “error” that gave leading Democratic campaigns and party committees access to a huge repository of Republican voter data, allowing them to tailor their midterm ads.

Journalist Glenn Greenwald recently took to Twitter to outline how he believes leftists are methodically and systematically stifling dissent through coordination with various elements of the state and media.

Several electric vehicle makers have announced recalls of their newest cars. Ford and Rivian are both undergoing fresh recalls, but they have quite a ways to go before they catch up to Tesla, which has issued 13 recalls impacting 2.3 million vehicles.

Apple is reportedly gaining ground in the online advertising space that has been held in a stranglehold duopoly by Facebook and Google as the two ad giants face massive headwinds caused in part by Apple’s iOS ad tracking transparency feature that improves consumer privacy.

A new report from CNBC reveals that Amazon powered down all of its solar rooftops in the U.S. last year following a series of major fires at facilities throughout the country.

In a recent article, Coindesk outlines the apparent slow downfall of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s digital metaverse concept. Despite widespread criticism of the metaverse from the tech world, Zuckerberg remains completely obsessed with his virtual world.

The IRS has stated that it inadvertently posted the confidential information of 120,000 individuals to a public website before discovering the error.

A judge recently ruled that Facebook repeatedly and intentionally violated the State of Washington’s campaign-ad transparency laws and must pay penalties. Attorney General Bob Ferguson derided Facebook’s “cynical attempt” to gut the state’s campaign finance laws, challenging the Masters of the Universe to “follow the law.”

A new report reveals that a huge amount of Web3 activity is significantly made of hordes of bots. Web3 is a term for new technologies built on the blockchain that are hyped to be the future of the internet — but most are overwhelmed with bot activity.

The popular cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com accidentally transferred $10.5 million AUD (~$7.2 million USD) to an Australian customer instead of sending the customer the $100 AUD (~$68 USD) they meant to refund. After not noticing the error for seven months, the exchange is not attempting to get its money back.

House Republicans have asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over communications between his company and the FBI related to the platform’s suppression of the Hunter Biden “laptop from hell” story leading into the 2020 election.

Facebook is reportedly setting up a product organization to identify and build “possible paid features” for Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp.

Twitter reportedly considered allowing porn stars to monetize their adult content via an OnlyFans-style subscription feature, but the plans were quickly shelved after internal teams found that the company is unable to effectively police child sexual abuse material (CSAM) already on its platform.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared on the popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast where he attempted to tout the benefits of his Metaverse obsession, but many remain unconvinced.

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Recode recently investigated the process behind getting a Tesla car repaired and the various horror stories and major issues surrounding the company’s repair service. Amongst 1,000 FTC complaints and more than 9,000 Better Bureau Complaints, Tesla drivers complain that Elon Musk’s company left their cars unfixed, damaged the paint, and in one instance left a dead mouse and rat poison in the front trunk, known as the “frunk” to Elon fanboys.

Snap, the company behind social media platform Snapchat, is laying off approximately 20 percent of its more than 6,400 employees, according to sources.

Officials for the town of Westport, Connecticut, say that the massive battery fire that destroyed an electric CTtransit bus has not deterred the town from continuing its efforts to expand its electric vehicle fleet.

According to recent reports, the U.S. Department of Justice is in the early stages of drafting an antitrust lawsuit against Apple.

Elon Musk’s lawyers have sent a second deal termination to Twitter citing the damning allegations made by a whistleblower as reasoning for pulling out of the $44 billion acquisition deal Musk first moved to cancel in July.

A recently leaked internal Twitter memo claims that shopping features on Twitter pose content moderation risks and could be used “in a way that leads to individual or societal harm.”

Privacy experts are warning of Amazon’s growing surveillance powers following the company’s acquisition of clinic chain One Medical and iRobot, the company behind Roomba.

TikTok is promoting “sketchy” new telehealth startups offering prescription drugs such as Adderall to teenage and young adult users. Prescriptions for Adderall increased by 25 percent for the 24-44 age group during the pandemic, which some experts have attributed to “the emergence of digital mental health platforms.”

Vivek Sharma, Facebook’s Vice President of Horizon, its digital metaverse product, is reportedly leaving the company at a key time as the Masters of the Universe attempt to make Zuckerberg’s digital realm a reality.

Recent claims made in a whistleblower complaint by Twitter’s former security chief could play a key role in the ongoing legal battle between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the social media platform.

Leftist tech giant Google said this week that it is overhauling its search engine and maps app to make it easier to find abortion clinics after some users claimed that the company was directing women to crisis pregnancy centers that aim to prevent abortions.

Ford is reportedly raising the price of the 2023 Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle by as much as $8,000 just a few weeks after increasing the price of its planned electric pickup truck the F-150 Lightning. Although the company blames inflation, supply chain problems, and “rapidly evolving market conditions,” the price hikes come just after Joe Biden’s climate and spending bill passed including electric vehicle rebates eerily similar to Ford’s price increases.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast where he discussed the use of bots on Facebook, the concept of the Metaverse, and Facebook’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story.

The White House appears to have convinced Congress to spend big on electric vehicles, but now it faces the challenge of convincing tens of millions of American drivers to purchase them. According to a report by the Washington Post, Americans aren’t buying in. One woman said, “I want to believe these are good cars, but I am like, ‘Is this a repeat of the flip-phone era? Should I be sitting this out for now?’”

Self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk is reportedly demanding that an advocacy group remove videos of the company’s vehicles striking child-size mannequins, claiming the footage is defamatory and misrepresents Tesla’s Autopilot system.

Hackers are reportedly gaining access to unsuspecting users’ Cash App accounts and draining their cash balances, according to Vice News. The Cash App is a popular mobile payment service developed by Block (formerly Square), run by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, formerly the top security chief for the company, will testify before the Senate about his recent allegations of major security vulnerabilities at the company and dishonesty by executives. The hearing is scheduled for September 13.

Recently, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko has come forward with a shocking whistleblower complaint alleging that the company purposefully misled regulators about poor security and spam. Here are his key claims.