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A former executive who worked under Elon Musk after he purchased Twitter filed a lawsuit against the tech billionaire, claiming he was fired for raising concerns about security issues on the platform now known as X. Alan Rosa, the former head of Twitter’s global information security, filed the suit in a New Jersey federal court Tuesday night. Rosa accused the company of breaching contract, unlawful termination, retaliation and other claims in the amended complaint. The plaintiff alleged that under Musk’s…

Sam Altman's OpenAI is reportedly working with ex-Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly to help the ChatGPT developer understand the Indian policies and regulations around AI and how to navigate those.According to a report in TechCrunch, Jaitly is working as a senior advisor with OpenAI to facilitate talks with the government about AI policy.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital…

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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…

Elon Musk’s Twitter needs every penny. With millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid rent and bills, plus $13 billion owed to lenders who financed his takeover, there is “still much work to do” if the company is to avoid bankruptcy, Musk said last month.Twitter recently auctioned off an estimated $1.5 million of furniture and equipment from its San Francisco headquarters, down to trifles such as keyboards and USB dongles. But the company has left tens, or potentially, hundreds of thousands of dollars of shimmering assets…

In a rare case of Twitter drama unrelated to its owner, a former employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia received a three-and-a-half-year sentence on Wednesday. Ahmad Abouammo was found guilty in August of taking bribes from an aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In return, he allegedly supplied sensitive account info that could help track and silence dissidents. Abouammo, a US resident born in Egypt, received about half of the more than seven years prosecutors sought. The former Twitter media…

Whatever your thoughts on the new Twitter owner, Elon Musk, it’s a tough time to be a current or ex-Twitter employee. The management shake-up has left some abruptly jobless and others unsure of or reevaluating their position at the social media giant.One web designer, Dimple Jeswani, decided she’d had enough of the uncertainty. A month ago, Dimple was laid off, after being told a month ago by head office that she would  “not be impacted” by the layoffs.However, she felt this was insensitive to the lack of job security the…

The purge initiated by Elon Musk at Twitter when he took over the company left more than half of its 7,500 employees on the sidelines and now many of them are taking the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon to court.The social media giant is facing a growing number of cases over the terms of those terminations — and even a complaint to the city of San Francisco that Musk has illegally converted office space into bedrooms so that workers can sleep on site."It's very concerning that the richest man in the world thinks that he can walk…

Just a month after Twitter’s new CEO, Elon Musk, oversaw massive staff layoffs, former Twitter employees have announced that they’re filing suit over the company’s severance policies. In a press conference with their lawyer Lisa Bloom, former employees Helen-Sage Lee, Adrian Trejo Nuñez, and Amir Shevat alleged that the company’s handling of their termination constituted a breach of contract, and a violation of California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.It might only be a handful former…

Former Twitter-Asia Managing Director (MD), Parminder Singh, has revealed that a “soft-spoken" cab driver refused to take payment after Singh “walked off" without paying him at the airport.Singh tweeted: “The soft-spoken cab driver dropped us at Delhi airport. We walked off without paying. Desperately called to ask how to pay & he replied, ‘Koi baat nahi, phir kabhi aa jayenge’. Won’t even tell the amount."The soft spoken cab driver dropped us at Delhi airport. We walked off without paying. Desperately called to ask…