Emma Roth

News Writer

Emma RothNov 22, 2022

Green light.

After Elon Musk laid off a portion of Twitter’s sales team on Monday to “balance” out the remaining staff members, The Verge’s Alex Heath reported that Twitter’s now hiring again — apparently starting with Musk frenemy George Hotz.

We’re also keeping a close eye on the cryptocurrency market today, as major crypto brokerage Genesis reportedly warned investors that it could go bankrupt without additional funding. The firm’s lending arm already suspended withdrawals last week.

Emma RothNov 21, 2022

The deal is off.

Penguin Random House has scrapped its $2.2 billion merger with the Paramount-owned Simon & Schuster.

A judge blocked the deal last month — which would’ve brought together two of the world’s largest book publishers — stating it could “lessen competition” between “top-selling books.” Penguin Random House no longer plans to appeal the decision.

Paramount scraps deal to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin after weeks after judge rejected merger

[CNBC]

Emma RothNov 21, 2022

Feast your eyes on this.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how The Verge’s art team created the photos for our holiday gift guide. (Yes, we really did put smartwatches in jello).

Elon Musk is laying off even more Twitter workers

Emma RothNov 21, 2022

Facebook is making teens’ accounts more private by default

Emma RothNov 21, 2022

Green light.

All eyes are on whether Donald Trump decides to tweet now that Elon Musk reinstated his Twitter account — or if he decides to stay loyal to Truth Social.

Over at Disney, Bob Iger has returned as CEO — replacing Bob Chapek — after stepping down from the position nearly three years ago.

It’s also day two of the World Cup. We’ll have to wait to see if Twitter can handle the increase in activity following the mass resignations that occurred last week.

Tesla recalls over 321,000 vehicles due to taillight software issue

Emma RothNov 20, 2022

Alexa isn’t pulling its weight.

Internal documents obtained by Insider indicate that Amazon’s Alexa division made up the “vast majority” of the over $3 billion that the company lost across its “Worldwide Digital” department, which includes Alexa, Echo devices, Prime Video, and other products.

Amazon confirmed layoffs affecting thousands of employees on its hardware and services teams last week, and the company’s CEO says to expect even more job cuts next year.

Amazon is gutting its voice-assistant Alexa.

[Business Insider]