Musk’s lawyer tells Twitter staff they won’t be liable if company violates FTC consent decree

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Following a warning shot from the FTC to Twitter yesterday, TechCrunch has obtained an internal email sent by Elon Musk’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, to all remaining employees — in which he seeks to calm staffers’ concerns by claiming that they do not have individual liability for upholding the requirements of the FTC consent decree. We’ve … Read more

Elon Musk’s lawyer: Twitter employees aren’t personally at risk over its liabilities to the FTC

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Alex Spiro, leader of Elon Musk’s team of attorneys, leaves the US District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles on December 6th, 2019. | Image: APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro, who worked for months arguing Musk should be allowed to break his agreement to buy Twitter … Read more

Tesla opens up its charging connector in a bid to become the North American standard

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Image: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Tesla is opening up its charging system, but not in the way that helps people who own electric vehicles that aren’t Teslas. The automaker is renaming its Tesla connector the “North American Charging Standard” (NACS) and is pitting it against the current CCS combo charging standard. CCS is … Read more

Another major ad agency recommends pausing Twitter ad campaigns

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Omnicom, one of the world’s biggest ad firms, representing brands like McDonald’s, Apple, and PepsiCo, is recommending clients pause spending on Twitter, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge. Omnicom Media Group is recommending clients “pause activity on Twitter in the short term,” according to a … Read more

Tesla opens its EV connector design to other automakers

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Tesla is sharing its EV charging connector design in an effort to encourage network operators and automakers to adopt the technology and help make it the new standard in North America. Tesla said in a blog post Friday that its design and specification files are available for download. The company said it is “actively working … Read more

Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab continues to democratize ML with more scale and functionality

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To make machine learning (ML) more accessible, Amazon launched Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab at AWS re:Invent 2021. Today, tens of thousands of customers use it every day to learn and experiment with ML for free. We made it simple to get started with just an email address, without the need for installs, setups, credit cards, … Read more

Sight Tech Global 2022 agenda announced

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The third annual Sight Tech Global conference, a virtual, free and highly accessible event on December 7 and 8 convenes some of the world’s top experts working on assistive tech, especially AI, for people who are blind or visually impaired. If you don’t follow this topic, maybe you should, because a lot of cutting-edge tech … Read more

Numerous social apps see gains in wake of Twitter chaos, new data shows

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The drama at Twitter following Elon Musk’s acquisition has seen some users looking for an exit. In recent days, alternative social apps and microblogging platforms have seen strong gains, including, most notably, the open-source decentralized Twitter alternative Mastodon. The service’s founder and CEO recently announced Mastodon had topped 1 million monthly active users, after more … Read more

Framework Ventures co-founder says DeFi gives hope following FTX collapse

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FTX’s downfall will heighten the need for regulation but also pique long-term interest from venture capitalists looking to invest in decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Michael Anderson, co-founder of Framework Ventures. “It just seems obvious that DeFi is the only way that we can continue to do these types of financial services operations in the … Read more