Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump

Quietly but unmistakably, the tampons, liners and pads reappeared in many of the men’s bathrooms at Meta’s offices. Days earlier, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, had made a series of changes at his company, aligning with President Trump’s new administration. As part of the moves, Mr. Zuckerberg eliminated diversity initiatives …

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Shadows of Musk in the Government’s Buyouts Plan

Shadows of Musk in the Government’s Buyouts Plan

The “Fork in the Road” subject line sent from an email on Tuesday to millions of federal employees may have been puzzling at first. The message from the Office of Personnel Management was essentially a pink-slip notice: It offered a choice of returning to the office full-time, accepting a buyout …

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Elon Musk, Video Game King? Well, Maybe Not.

Elon Musk, Video Game King? Well, Maybe Not.

On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the chief executive of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player. It is a claim that Mr. Musk has repeated through the …

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Will China Let Elon Musk Buy TikTok?

Will China Let Elon Musk Buy TikTok?

What a plan B might look like As TikTok faces a countdown to a potential ban in the United States, Chinese officials are reportedly weighing an unexpected plan B: letting Elon Musk take over the popular video platform. On paper, such an arrangement makes sense, given Beijing’s existing ties to …

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Will Meta’s Plan to End Fact Checking Work Politically?

Will Meta’s Plan to End Fact Checking Work Politically?

Following the political winds Meta’s bombshell announcement on Tuesday that it would end its fact-checking program was widely read as a major shift in policy meant to please President-elect Donald Trump and other conservatives. In reality, the move was probably less radical than it initially seemed. But the turn still …

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