The bill that could ban TikTok is barreling ahead

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The bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the United States appears to be much closer to becoming law. The legislation sailed through the House of Representatives last month, but faced an uncertain future in the Senate due to opposition from a few prominent lawmakers.

But momentum for the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” seems to once again be growing

Tesla tells some laid-off employees their separation agreements are canceled and new ones are on the way

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk weighed in on the severance offered to laid-off staff earlier in the week.

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  • Tesla sent notices canceling some separation agreements, according to two laid-off employees and a notification seen by Business Insider.
  • Elon Musk previously stated some severance packages were "incorrectly low."
  • The cancellations came after some workers received severance

12 jurors — including 3 finance guys and a woman whose friend is a convicted fraudster — have been chosen for Trump's Manhattan criminal trial

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A courtroom sketch of former President Donald Trump smiling to the jury pool as he was introduced to them at the beginning of his New York criminal trial on Monday.

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  • Seven men and five women have been selected as jurors for Donald Trump's criminal trial.
  • Most members of the jury have white-collar careers.
  • Jurors include three men who work in finance and two male lawyers
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Netflix is done telling us how many people use Netflix

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Netflix will stop disclosing the number of people who signed up for its service, as well as the revenue it generates from each subscriber from next year, the company announced on Thursday. It will focus, instead, on highlighting revenue growth and the amount of time spent on its platform.

“In our early days, when we had little revenue or profit, membership growth was a strong indicator of our

How the US Army botched a $1 billion upgrade of the Stryker armored vehicle's gun

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A 30mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle – Dragoon during a 2022 exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.
A 30mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle – Dragoon during a 2022 exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.

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  • The US Army moved fast to arm its Stryker armored vehicles with a powerful autocannon.
  • The 30mm gun would even the odds with Russian and Chinese troop carriers.
  • But the Army put in a large order before ensuring the first turrets worked properly. 

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Google's CEO says its workplace isn't a place to 'fight over disruptive issues or debate politics'

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Sundar Pichai said the workplace isn't a place to "debate politics."

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  • Google doubled down on its messaging to employees about staying focused on work.
  • Sundar Pichai said in a blog post the office isn't a place to "debate politics."
  • Google fired 28 workers involved in protests against its $1.2 billion contract with Israel.

Tucked at the bottom of Google CEO Sundar Pichai's splashy

Netflix keeps adding tons of subscribers from its password-sharing crackdown — and it's good news for Disney

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos.

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  • Netflix just blew past Wall Street's expectations for subscriber growth.
  • A big contributor to that was its limit on password sharing and its cheaper, ad-supported tier.
  • That bodes well for Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery, which plan to follow suit this year.

Netflix said it grew subscribers by 9.33 million worldwide in Q1 — double what Wall