Category: Companies

Climate Alarmists Panic That Twitter Under Musk Allows More Dissenting Views on Global Warming

An organization that says it is a coalition of “climate and anti-disinformation organisations” says Twitter under CEO Elon Musk is allowing more dissenting views on climate change. Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), released a Jan. 19 study (pdf), accusing Musk of allowing misinformation about the climate crisis to spread on the social media platform. The…


Climate Activists Panic That Twitter Under Musk Allows More Dissenting Views on Global Warming

An organization that says it is a coalition of “climate and anti-disinformation organisations” says Twitter under CEO Elon Musk is allowing more dissenting views on climate change. Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), released a Jan. 19 study (pdf), accusing Musk of allowing misinformation about the climate crisis to spread on the social media platform. The…


Climate Activists Alarmed That Twitter Under Musk Allows More Dissenting Views on Global Warming

An organization that says it is a coalition of “climate and anti-disinformation organisations” says Twitter under CEO Elon Musk is allowing more dissenting views on climate change. Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), released a Jan. 19 study (pdf), accusing Musk of allowing misinformation about the climate crisis to spread on the social media platform. The…


Tech Industry Job Cuts Come Rapidly and in Big Numbers

In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree in over the past several years due to a demand for their products, software and services surged with millions of people working remotely. However, even with all of the…


P&G Raise Prices as Inflation Persists, Sales Fall

The maker of Tide detergent Procter & Gamble (P&G) is raising prices as due to persistent inflation and falling sales. P&G reported a decline in revenue and profits in 2022 in a second quarter of 2023 earnings call on Jan. 19. The personal care conglomerate and parent company of Tide, Dawn, and Gillette, is looking…


Abbott Labs Being Investigated Over Baby Formula, Company Says

A major baby formula company is being investigated by U.S. authorities for possible criminal conduct related to the formula, according to the company. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing the matter, a spokesperson told news outlets. “DOJ has informed us of its investigation and we’re cooperating fully,” the spokesperson said. Abbott did not…


Musk Says Higher Priced Twitter Subscription Won’t Carry Ads

Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that a higher priced subscription of the social media platform will not carry advertisements. The billionaire also said that ads are “too frequent on Twitter and too big,” and that steps will be taken to address those issues in coming weeks. Twitter did not immediately respond to a…


French Court Orders Uber to Pay Some $18 Million to Drivers, Company to Appeal

PARIS—French court on Friday ordered Uber to pay around 17 million euros ($18.43 million) in damages and lost salaries to a group of drivers who argued they should have been treated like employees rather than self-employed, both parties to the case told Reuters. “This is a huge victory after a long legal battle which started…


Apple Wins Appeal to Keep $308 Million US Patent Verdict at Bay

A U.S. appeals court on Friday affirmed a decision to throw out a $308.5 million jury verdict against Apple Inc. for allegedly infringing a patent related to digital rights management. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., upheld an East Texas federal judge’s ruling that Personalized Media Communications LLC’s patent…


US Fines J&J $9.75 Million Over Kickbacks to Surgeon for Overseas Surgeries

Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Synthes unit will pay $9.75 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice accusations that DePuy illegally provided free products to a Massachusetts surgeon who used them in spinal surgeries in six Middle Eastern countries. According to settlement papers, the surgeon used more than $100,000 of DePuy’s implants and instruments…