Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg fired “roughly 20” employees who spilled “confidential information” about the social media giant — weeks after the tech tycoon complained about leaks — and more heads could soon roll, the company said Thursday. “We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our … Read more
Walmart has been pleading with Chinese suppliers to lower their prices as it fears President Trump’s tariffs will inflate costs, according to a report. Asian firms have pushed back after the big-box retailer asked some suppliers, including kitchenware and clothing manufacturers, to slash their prices as much as 20%, people familiar with the matter told … Read more
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr on Thursday opened a probe into diversity practices at Verizon and raised the telecommunications company’s ongoing effort to purchase Frontier Communications. Carr, a Republican designated by President Donald Trump last month, earlier this month told NBC News-parent Comcast he was opening a similar probe into the company’s promotion of diversity, equity and … Read more
Jon Stewart has officially invited Elon Musk to appear on “The Daily Show” after the billionaire entrepreneur suggested he would agree to an interview under one condition: that it air “unedited.” Stewart’s on-air invite comes days after the “Daily Show” said on its X account that it would be “delighted” for Musk to appear on … Read more
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is urging employees working on artificial intelligence to spend at least 60 hours per week in the office as the search giant faces heated competition from OpenAI, Meta, Elon Musk’s xAI and China-based DeepSeek. Brin, who is worth $144 billion, told AI workers in a memo that the longer hours are … Read more
ABC News staffers began packing up their desks Wednesday amid layoffs as the embattled network restructured its programming that include merging “20/20” and “Nightline,” and consolidating its “Good Morning America” productions, The Post has learned. Parent company Disney reportedly planned to lay off around 200 people from its ABC News Group division as well as … Read more
Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the software giant said on Friday. Founded in 2003, Skype’s audio and video calls quickly disrupted the … Read more
Shoppers are gearing up to slap Target with a 40-day boycott over its DEI policy reversal on Wednesday — even as black business owners have warned a boycott could hurt their own brands. It’s a triple whammy for the retailer as it emerges from a brutal year plagued by low spending and prepares for possible … Read more
Unwanted phone calls are out of control. Whether it’s a robocall trying to sell you something or spam calls from scammers trying to rip you off, it’s enough to make you want to stop answering your phone. So what can you do to stop them? The scourge of unwanted phone calls has been branded an … Read more
The Washington Post publisher met for coffee last month with a prominent right-leaning journalist to discuss ways to lure more conservative reporters and editors to the predominantly left-leaning outlet, according to a report. Will Lewis, who was tapped to lead the Washington Post by multi-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, sat down for an off-the-record meeting … Read more