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    Sachem Head’s Andy Stafman joins Twilio’s board. Here’s how he may help grow margins

    The activist firm reached an agreement with Twilio, and Stafman will join the board of directors.

  • From Taylor Swift’s return to TikTok to Spotify’s move on manipulated audio it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

    The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days Source

  • Help us report on Mississippi’s community colleges

    Mississippi Today invites students, faculty, staff and alumni of Mississippi's community colleges to take this survey.

  • Chinese organized crime’s latest US target: Gift cards

    Chinese crime rings already dominate the illegal marijuana trade in the U.S. and launder cocaine and heroin profits. Now a federal task force is investigating their role in a burgeoning form of gift card fraud. by Craig Silverman and Peter Elkind, ProPublica Federal authorities are investigating the involvement of Chinese organized crime rings in gift card fraud schemes that have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars or more from American consumers. The U.S. Department of Homeland...

  • Irish-led study may help advance treatment of Parkinson’s

    As the world marks World Parkinson’s Day, an Irish-led team of scientists have uncovered crucial details around the molecular signature of the disease. : Irish-led study may help advance treatment of Parkinson’s

  • Speaker Johnson says it’s U.S.’s ‘biblical admonition’ to help Israel

    Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared that it was the U.S.’s "biblical admonition" to help and support Israel during a Monday night speech. The House GOP leader was addressing an emergency meeting of Christians United For Israel, convened after Iran’s weekend missile attack on the Middle East American ally. "I'm going to state something that you all know – at this critical moment, the United States must show unwavering strength and support for Israel We have to make certain that the entire world...

  • Here’s what Dixie Sunbowl may look like if renovation project moves forward

    ST. GEORGE — After hosting rodeos, football games and many other events for nearly eight decades, plans are in place to give the historic Dixie Sunbowl a facelift and comfier seating. The city of St. George plans to renovate the 77-year-old downtown landmark that has become synonymous with the annual Lions Club Dixie Roundup Rodeo. […]

  • Trader Joe’s and Starbucks are helping Elon Musk undermine the US government

    SpaceX is trying to kill a federal agency that accused it of labor violations. Ostensibly progressive brands have leaped to join inElon Musk boasts that he’s a “free speech absolutist”, but that didn’t stop his rocket company, SpaceX, from firing eight workers who had criticized him for making light of reports that SpaceX had settled a sexual harassment claim against him.Not stopping there, SpaceX has moved to put the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the US’s top labor watchdog, out of...

  • US and UK forces help shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Syria and Iraq

    US defence official says action is part of ‘ironclad commitment to Israel’s security’, with UK’s Royal Air Force also involved in regional operations Iran launches attack against Israel – liveFull report: Israel under fire as Iran launches drones and cruise missilesA hastily assembled coalition including the US and UK has helped Israel shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Iraq and Syria in an effort to blunt the attack and prevent an uncontrollable escalation.As a mass salvo of Iranian drones...

  • TechCrunch Minute: TikTok and Meta’s latest moves signal a more commodified internet

    The internet’s mega-platforms are slowly merging into a great blob of sameness, and even the hottest companies in the world are not immune from the trend. TikTok’s winning strategy to focus on short-form, vertical video has found fans amongst other internet platforms, and now TikTok is taking a page from its rival, books, reportedly borrowing […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • One engineer’s curiosity may have saved us from a devastating cyber-attack

    In discovering malicious code that endangered global networks in open-source software, Andres Freund exposed our reliance on insecure, volunteer-maintained techOn Good Friday, a Microsoft engineer named Andres Freund noticed something peculiar. He was using a software tool called SSH for securely logging into remote computers on the internet, but the interactions with the distant machines were significantly slower than usual. So he did some digging and found malicious code embedded in a software...

  • Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation moves forward as a proposed regulation

    President Joe Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election. The Education Department on Tuesday filed paperwork for a new regulation that would deliver the cancellation the Democratic president announced last week. The regulation has to go through a public comment period and another review before it can be finalized. The regulation...