Elon Musk says SEC sent ‘settlement demand’ after Twitter deal probe

SEC Chair Gary Gensler participates in a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., July 28, 2023. Kevin Dietsch | etty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a “settlement demand” to Elon Musk, the tech billionaire disclosed in a social media post on Thursday. The post … Read more

Court upholds law ordering ByteDance to divest app

A federal appeals court on Friday cited national security concerns as it upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok next month or face an effective ban in the United States. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., rejected TikTok’s … Read more

‘A definitive backslide.’ Inside fashion’s worrying runway trend

CNN  —  Now that the Fall-Winter 2023 catwalks have been disassembled, it’s clear one trend was more pervasive than any collective penchant for ruffles, pleated skirts or tailored coats. Across runways in New York, London, Milan and Paris, there was a notable scarcity of plus-size models. This comes at a time when there are five … Read more

Why an Australian dictionary picked “ens***tification” as its word of the year for 2024

Meta facing courtroom battle Facebook’s parent company, Meta, facing courtroom battle 02:10 Sydney — Australia’s quasi-official Macquarie Dictionary has picked “ens***tification” as the word of 2024, tapping into a growing sense that once-great digital services are bad and getting worse. “ENS***TIFICATION — Noun. Colloquial, the gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a … Read more