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There has been a lot of buzz in the tech world recently regarding Elon Musk’s search for a new CEO for Twitter. The hunt for Twitter CEO has been going on since a long time but it seems Musk has finally found one. The billionaire took to Twitter to announce that he’s found a new CEO for the company who will be joining in six weeks. He did not reveal the person’s identity though. Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!My role will transition to being exec chair…

Elon Musk is stepping down as Twitter CEO. The multi-billionaire, who purchased the social network for $44 billion last year, announced on Thursday that he has hired a new CEO for the company. He didn’t name his replacement but said “she” will take over in about six weeks. Reports suggest Linda Yaccarino, the current head of global advertising and partnerships for NBCUniversal, would replace Musk as the new Twitter CEO. Musk has been Twitter’s CEO since he completed the high-profile privatization of the social network…

Watching the Olympics in 2021 was a little complicated, requiring viewers to juggle NBC Broadcasts, the company's Peacock Streaming service and a dedicated NBCOlympics.com website. Today the company announced that watching the Paris games in 2024 will be a lot easier — declaring Peacock the "streaming home" of the 2024 Paris Olympics. "In a Summer Games first, the service will stream every sport and event, including all 329 medal events." NBC says it will also broadcast at least nine hours of daytime coverage on the…

Egyptian Queen Cleopatra has captivated the attention of historians for centuries, many of whom say she was descended from Macedonian Greek kings, and claim that very little of her background was steeped in non-Greek ancestry. The new Netflix docuseries, African Queens, is changing the narrative and has received some backlash for casting a biracial actress as Queen Cleopatra.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksAdele James, known for her role as Tina Mollett in the TV series,…

Local police and federal law enforcement believe the shooter who rampaged through a crowded Texas mall leaving at least nine people dead over the weekend regularly viewed and posted far right-wing extremist content on social media and espoused sympathy for Neo-Nazis.The shooter, identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, was wearing a patch on his chest with the insignia “RWDS,” which authorities believe stands for “Right-Wing Death Squad,” according to multiple reports and an FBI bulletin obtained by Rolling Stone. He…

The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) have rejected the planned sale of the 600MHz spectrum by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The NCC had in March announced the availability of frequency slots in the 600 MHz spectrum band for nationwide deployment. But BON in a letter said the sale of the frequency would lead to the sudden disappearance of the majority of the television stations in the country and give foreign media maximum penetration into…

A military pilot takes a selfie with the Chinese spy balloon that was tracked in February. Image: U.S. Department of Defense (Getty Images)Balloon hysteria in America might strike again. After some hullabaloo involving mysterious spy payloads drifting into American airspace earlier this year, the U.S. military says it’s tracking yet another balloon. You Could Soon Get Cash Back for Your Canceled FlightNBC News broke the story, citing three U.S. officials familiar with the situation. According to the outlet’s sources, the…

Former NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell will lose out on more than $40 million in compensation after being terminated for cause earlier this week because of inappropriate conduct. NBCUniversal parent Comcast Corp. disclosed Friday that Mr. Shell’s stock options and grants, which were valued at $43.3 million when he was fired on Sunday, have been forfeited and canceled. Former NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell will lose out on more than $40 million in compensation after…

After hacking the Minneapolis public school system in March, a ransomware gang proceeded this week to leak students’ personal information to the web. Included in the tranche were the usual deluge of personal data points—including students’ birthdays and social security numbers. But NBC, which reviewed the leaks, now reports that the trove also contained far more sensitive information, including the mental health records of students and even documents detailing allegations of abuse against members of the district’s…

Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.In an evening filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Musk and his electric car company Tesla Inc called the lawsuit by Dogecoin investors a "fanciful work of fiction" over Musk's "innocuous and often silly tweets" about Dogecoin.The lawyers said the investors never explained how Musk intended to defraud anyone or what risks he concealed, and that…