Apology

The downfall of FTX isn’t just about a frothy market coming undone. It looks more like the combination of a financial bubble and murky accounting with a dash of charisma thrown in. Apologies from tech chief executive officers are in vogue, as years of easy money and pandemic profits come to an end. “I got this wrong,” Mark Zuckerberg said after the Facebook billionaire's pivot to a more Meta world decimated its stock price and led to 11,000 layoffs. Charismatic leaders are learning humility.But in the league of…

As they slashed thousands of jobs, founders of Facebook, Twitter and Stripe expressed regret for excessive optimism. But that wasn’t the real problem. It's par for the course to make mistakes in technology. A product goes nowhere so you shut it down and move on; regulators give you slaps on the wrist; you fight the odd lawsuit. Most costs amount to pocket change because when you're moving fast and breaking things in tech, consequences aren't that painful. Except now they are. For the first time in their history,…

Co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, issued an apology on Saturday to those who were working at present and had been laid off since Elon Musk's takeover of the microblogging site. In the midst of the massive layoffs at the San Francisco-based social media behemoth, Dorsey asserted that he was to blame for everyone's present situation and that he was aware that many people were 'angry' with him. He expressed regret for growing the "company too quickly.""Folks at Twitter past and present are strong and…

There were certainly tears to be shed at the end of No Time To Die, as Daniel Craig’s 007 sacrificed himself for the greater good. Making for a landmark event in the history of James Bond movies, it’s a result that’s still talked about a little over a year after it finally landed in theaters. Such a somber, heartbreaking moment doesn’t make for easily light conversation... unless you’re someone like composer Hans Zimmer, who gleefully reflected on how he, musically, killed Commander Bond.In a recent Instagram video, the…

Bono has once again issued an apology for forcing U2’s 2014 album Songs of Innocence into everyone’s iTunes library.In an exerpt from his memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, via the Guardian, Bono admitted that he made a mistake when he convinced Apple to distribute the album to every user of its iTunes platform. At the time, Apple had yet to get into the world of streaming, with Apple Music arriving less than a year later.“Free music? Are you talking about free music,” Bono recalled hearing from Tim Cook, the CEO of…

via 20th Century Fox Even the most unpopular of movies can often boast a handful of redeeming features, but in the case of the disastrous X-Men Origins: Wolverine, we’re struggling to think of more than two. The first is that the prologue remains as awesome now as it ever was, even if it’s never a good look for any $150 million blockbuster to peak during the opening credits. The second, and arguably much more important, is that it introduced leading man Hugh Jackman to up-and-coming star Ryan Reynolds. Sure,…

Kodak Black has offered an apology to the late PnB Rock’s girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang.As readers will note, Kodak was among those who initially zeroed in on the social media sharing of location information prior to the fatal shooting at a Roscoe’s House of Chicken ’N Waffles in Los Angeles last month. At one point, Kodak shared an Instagram Stories post in which he said, among other things, “that hoe might as well kill herself.”In an update over the weekend, again via Instagram, Kodak apologized. He also provided…

Sacheen Littlefeather has formally accepted an apology from the Academy over the abuse she endured as she gave her 1973 Oscars speech.In June, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences extended an apology to Littlefeather over the hostile reception she received at the awards ceremony 49 years ago.Over the weekend, Littlfeather, 75, formally accepted the apology at an event titled “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather”, which was held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.In response to the…

It's only been a couple of weeks since a bombshell was dropped when comedian Tiffany Haddish was accused of child sexual abuse, along with fellow comedian Aries Spears. Accusations have been thrown by both sides, with Haddish's side calling the case a "shakedown" and one of the accusers calling for Haddish's arrest. But now it looks like a possible path to a conclusion may have begun, as the two sides may be willing to talk settlement.According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, Tiffany Haddish's legal team has…

While George Lazenby has acted in a variety of movies and TV shows over the years, he’s still best know for his sole contribution to the James Bond movies canon, having played 007 in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Recently, the actor appeared in The Music of James Bond event while it was in Melbourne, Australia. However, Lazenby has been axed from the show after allegedly making comments about “sexual conquests” and more, for which the actor has issued an apology.The Music of James Bond has been playing at the…