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Elon Musk sued by former Twitter execs Parag Agrawal, Vijaya Gadde, others

In shocking news, X owner Elon Musk was sued by four former Twitter executives on Monday for unpaid $128 million severance payments and some other allegations. Twitter's former CEO Parag Agrawal, former Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, former Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde and former General Counsel Sean Edgett have also stated that they were fired without any hard reason. The lawsuit includes several claims against Elon Musk and the rebranding of Twitter to X. Know more about the news here. Musk sued by former…

Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims

Twitter is one of the internet’s favorite places for internet beef and Elon Musk is no stranger to it. A particular beef involving a college student tracking his private jet was the catalyst for the billionaire purchasing shares of Twitter, commencing his takeover of the social media platform, according to a new book about the ordeal. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet“Musk had also unsuccessfully petitioned Agrawal to remove a Twitter account that was tracking his private plane,” says an excerpt from Battle for the…

Ousted Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is back with an AI startup; gets $30 mn in funding led by Khosla Ventures

Twitter (which goes by X now), has been on a whirlwind journey in the last couple of years. Back in 2021, then-CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down and was replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal. However, his tenure was short-lived as billionaire Elon Musk took over the microblogging platform just a year later, sparking a mass exodus of employees from the company. Since then, the myriad of changes has included new features and a complete rebranding to X. Meanwhile, not much was known about ousted CEO Parag Agrawal's fate. But that's not…

Twitter’s Former Head of HR Is Suing for $500 Million

Twitter’s former head of HR filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company on Wednesday, demanding Elon Musk pay out $500 million to former employees for allegedly not paying severance fees to laid-off staff. Courtney McMillan, the head of total rewards for the company’s benefits programs before she was laid off in January, claimed in the lawsuit that Twitter’s then-CEO Parag Agrawal promised employees they were entitled to their paid severance under the Merger Agreement.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl…

Charting the Non-Parametric Odyssey: Statistical Frameworks for Distribution-Free Hypothesis Testing | by Naman Agrawal | May, 2023

Gauging the Mechanics of the Sign and Wilcoxon Signed Rank TestsPhoto by Kiwihug on UnsplashIntroductionTool 1: One-Sample Sign TestTool 2: Two-Sample Sign TestLimitations of the Sign TestTool 3: One-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank TestWilcoxon Signed Rank Test: Possible ComplicationsTool 4: Two-Sample Wilcoxon Signed Rank TestConclusionStatistics is the corpus of instruments of knowledge that allow us to infer from data through tools including, but not limited to, estimation of parameters, construction of confidence…

QQ Plotting Your Way to Data Enlightenment: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxies of Distribution | by Naman Agrawal | Apr, 2023

Is Your Data Normal? The Ultimate Guide to QQ Plots Using RImage by Pete Linforth from PixabayStatistics is a mysterious field. Within its vast corpus of theories, formulations, and frameworks, lies knowledge that has profound applications across all areas of study. However, despite its tremendous success, it can be unfriendly too because a lot of its power comes from the assumptions it makes. Some of the most common assumptions include the i.i.d. assumption (independent and identically distributed) and the normality…

Ex-Twitter CEO Agrawal, other execs sue firm over unpaid legal bills

Former Twitter employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, ex-legal head Vijaya Gadde, and ex-CFO Ned Segal, have sued the social network over alleged unpaid legal reimbursements. The lawsuit, filed in Delaware Chancery Court, alleged that Twitter has to pay over $1 million to the former executives for legal bills they incurred while at the company to respond to requests by the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission. “This action seeks an expedited ruling requiring Defendant…

Coupon Collectors Problem: A Probability Masterpiece | by Naman Agrawal | Mar, 2023

Unpacking the intricacies of a classic probability puzzlePhoto by Tamanna Rumee on UnsplashThe world of mathematics is full of fascinating puzzles and paradoxes that challenge our understanding of the world around us. The coupon collector problem is one such puzzle, an age-old problem that has intrigued mathematicians and statisticians for generations. The coupon collector problem is as follows:Consider a contest involving collecting n unique coupons. It is given that every cereal box, contains one coupon, with every…