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By Larry Madowo, CNN Laid-off employees at Twitter’s Africa headquarters are accusing Twitter of “deliberately and recklessly flouting the laws of Ghana” and trying to “silence and intimidate” them after they were fired. The team has hired a lawyer and sent a letter to the company demanding it comply with the West African nation’s labor

CNN, KGO By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Friday following her conviction in January for defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup Theranos. Judge Edward Davila imposed a sentence of 11 years and three months in prison, with another three years of

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk on Friday said Twitter plans to restore several controversial accounts that had previously been banned or suspended, but added that the company has not yet made a decision about the account of former President Donald Trump. The announcement came as a follow-up to a tweet in which Musk

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business As #RIPTwitter continues to trend on Twitter itself and a legion of engineers and other staffers exit the company, some users are preparing for a world without their accounts. For those who have lived their lives on the platform for the past decade or more, Twitter going dark could mean

By Clare Duffy, CNN Business On Thursday night, following another exodus of Twitter employees, the outage detection site Down Detector showed a spike in users reporting issues accessing the social media platform. A chart of the sharp increase in outage reports was shared by some users on Twitter, appearing to validate a growing fear that

CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk is ready to try his troubled new verification system for Twitter once again. This time, in color. The CEO of Twitter announced – via a tweet of course – that Twitter will roll out its tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week. There’s changes to the program

CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said job cuts at the e-commerce giant would continue into early next year, in his first public remarks since the company began widespread layoffs earlier this week. “Our annual planning process extends into the new year, which means there will be more role reductions as

By Clare Duffy and Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Another employee exodus appears to be underway at Twitter as many workers rejected Elon Musk’s terms for staying with the company, choosing instead to depart, according to multiple current and former employees. As the deadline approached for Twitter employees to respond to Elon Musk’s ultimatum to commit

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business If you haven’t ordered one of the higher-end iPhone 14 models by now, it may be harder than usual to get one before the holidays. The wait time for the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max in the United States is now 34 days, up from seven days last

CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business After years of seemingly unstoppable growth, the tech industry is now facing the “ultimate reality check” as it confronts broader economic uncertainty and waves of layoffs, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told CNN on Thursday. “It’s like we’re all in a nightclub and the lights just came on,” Chesky said

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business After years of seemingly unstoppable growth, the tech industry is now facing the “ultimate reality check” as it confronts broader economic uncertainty and waves of layoffs, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told CNN on Thursday. “It’s like we’re all in a nightclub and the lights just came on,” Chesky said in

By Natalia V. Osipova and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business As US wildfires have grown larger and deadlier in recent years, one company is using drones and fire-starting “dragon eggs” to help prevent extreme blazes and save firefighters’ lives. Drone Amplified, a Nebraska-based startup, is using unmanned aerial technology to improve one of the oldest and

By Brian Fung, CNN Business With Republicans projected to take control of the House as a result of the midterm elections, tech giants such as Amazon, Google and Meta, who’ve been in the crosshairs of Democrats in recent years, are soon set to face a very different — but no less hostile — political climate