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Intel layoffs 2025: Five smart money moves employees should make before 20% cuts hit
Intel employees have been bracing for bad news ever since veteran chip investor Lip-Bu Tan stepped in as chief executive last month. On Tuesday,Reutersconfirmed what many feared: Intel will slash “more than 20 % of its workforce” — roughly 21 000 jobs — in Tan’s first major move to “eliminate…
Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits
The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, said he will start pulling back from his role at the so-called “department of government efficiency” starting in May. Musk’s remarks came as the company reported a massive dip in both profits and revenues in the first quarter of 2025 amid backlash against his…
Stolen iPhone, stolen life: Why one man is suing Apple for $5 million
The coffee shop was crowded, the lighting dim, and Michael Mathews never noticed the quick hands that lifted his iPhone from his pocket. He did notice the fallout, though — two terabytes of irreplaceable files, photos, and work documents suddenly vanished behind a login screen he could no longer penetrate. Apple…
Trump is pushing for the return of ‘masculine’ manufacturing jobs. The problem is, men simply don’t want them.
UNITED STATES – President Donald Trump’s vision of reviving the American manufacturing industry harks back to the 1950s—an era when well‑paid, brawny factory work sat at the heart of the U.S. economy. The promise: if imported goods get pricier, companies will reopen domestic plants and restore what Trump’s allies onFox…
Woman turns a $1,000 investment into a booming business and is now on track to rake in over $50 million this year
Courtney Claghorn never planned on running a national beauty chain—it started with a simple gripe in 2008. Fresh out of college and living in Los Angeles, she realized spray tans were both expensive and shackled to UV‑bed salons. When she vented to her boyfriend, Sam Offit, he challenged her to turn that annoyance…
Profits vs. principles: Cadbury’s Russia dilemma sparks global backlash
On a recent afternoon in Moscow, shoppers casually pluck Cadbury chocolate bars from store shelves – a familiar comfort that belies an uncomfortable reality. Over a year into Russia’s war against Ukraine, some Western companies are stillopen for businessin Russia, even as many of their peers pulled out in protest.…
Opt out: how to protect your data and privacy if you own a Tesla
Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered how to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border. If you’d like to skip to a section about…
Tesla stops taking orders in China for two models imported from US
Tesla has stopped taking orders in China for two models it previously imported from the US, as companies scramble to adapt to prohibitive tariffs imposed in Donald Trump’s trade war. The manufacturer, run by Trump’s close ally Elon Musk, removed “order now” buttons on its Chinese website for its Model…
Sledgehammer-wielding Musk critics smash up Tesla in London art project
Protective helmets were donned and sledgehammers wielded as Elon Musk critics vented their frustration at the Tesla boss and billionaire by smashing up a disused Tesla bound for the scrapheap. The public art project was organised by the social media campaign group Everyone Hates Elon. A 2014 Tesla Model S…
Musk reportedly made several pushes for Trump to back off global tariffs surge
Elon Musk made personal, repeated attempts to try to get Donald Trump to back off from the wave of global tariffs that have created turmoil in international markets, it was reported on Tuesday. Musk’s failure to get Trump to listen, however, is evidence to some observers of a growing rift…