Linda Yaccarino was blindsided by Elon Musk's tweet announcing he had found a new Twitter CEO, and had to leave a meeting to tell her boss she was joining Twitter

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Linda Yaccarino was hired as Twitter CEO by Musk earlier this year

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Meta is spending $181 million to end a lease on an office it never moved into, report says — as Big Tech continues to reassess the role of in-person work

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Tech bros like OpenAI's Sam Altman keep obsessing about replacing the 'median human' with AI

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OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman.

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Elon Musk's X is being used as a key 'weapon of mass manipulation' for Russian disinformation, the EU says, and warns it is 'watching' the social network

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Elon Musk took X out of the EU's disinformation code of practice earlier this year

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Mark Zuckerberg has embraced a 'martial arts view of the world,' says Spotify CEO Daniel Ek

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Mark Zuckerberg has embraced a 'martial arts view of the world,' says Spotify founder Daniel Ek.

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The job Americans would most like to see replaced by robots

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Robo-ump has been sold as a futuristic solution to an age-old problem: With a computer-powered strike zone, an afternoon at the park will never again be ruined by human error.

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Linda Yaccarino says the 'intense and relentless public scrutiny' of leading X 'weighs' on her

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Linda Yaccarino was named the chief executive of X, previously known as Twitter, in May.
Linda Yaccarino was named the chief executive of X, previously known as Twitter, in May.

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Why KPMG's head of AI strategy isn't worried consultants will become obsolete

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KPMG US expects it will need more people as it looks for its employees to work more with AI.

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Spotify founder Daniel Ek says there are 3 versions of his friend Mark Zuckerberg: 'The Social Network' Zuck, 'Evil' Zuck, and this new persona we're seeing today

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Mark Zuckerberg.

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UPS says it will hire 100,000 seasonal workers for the holiday rush — but don't expect that $170,000 pay package

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UPS said it will hire 100,000 seasonal workers for the holiday rush.

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