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• Tesla isn't immune to economic headwinds.
• Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been through periods of rapid growth and job cuts over the years. 
• Here's a timeline of the company's recent layoff announcements and hiring freezes.

As of February 2024, electric carmaker Tesla has begun asking managers to identify which employee roles on their team

Meta has asked a judge to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case against the company before it goes to trial. Alongside 48 states and territories, the FTC sued Meta in 2020 in an attempt to force the company to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, which it bought in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

The agency and dozens of attorneys general claim that Meta (then known as Facebook) bought the two

Virgin Galactic has responded to Boeing’s lawsuit, which accuses the company of retaining its trade secrets. In response, Virgin Galactic has filed a lawsuit of its own, blaming Boeing for repeated failures that ultimately led to the termination of their commercial partnership.

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• Former Tesla factory workers filed a proposed class action lawsuit in California on Thursday.
• Two former workers allege Tesla violated labor laws under California law, Reuters reported.
• Tesla is also facing a racial discrimination lawsuit and a wrongful death suit.

Tesla is in trouble — again.

Former employees accused the auto company of violating

• Russian drones are increasingly dropping chemical grenades in Ukraine, says Ukraine's Armed Forces.
• Ukraine reported 371 cases in March alone.
• These chemical bombings violate the United Nations' Chemical Weapons Convention, Ukraine cites.

Ukraine's military is tracking

Several eclipse-focused projects are set to make big scientific contributions this coming Monday, April 8. While many projects are already in full swing, there’s still time for you to take part and contribute.

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• Why did billionaire Leon Black pay Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for estate-planning advice?
• Black has an answer: He wasn't keeping track of it; $158 million doesn't mean much to him.
• Black is reportedly worth $14.4 billion.

You know how when you're feeling flush, you sometimes pay a little

• Hundreds of people have breached parts of airport security since March 2023, the TSA told The Washington Post.
• That's a massive uptick over 2022, and the agency told The Washington Post it wants to crack down.
• Most incidents, like travelers re-entering through one-way

• East Coasters flooded social media with reactions to Friday's earthquake. 
• There's a reason East Coast earthquakes travel further than their West Coast counterparts.
• The rocks are harder, which causes the seismic waves to travel greater distances.

New Yorkers had a lot of feelings