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Cybertruck lovers longingly waiting to see Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s futuristic tanks on the road may have to wait a little longer—yet again.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsThe latest bump in the road for Cybertruck comes at the hand of Mustapha El Akkari, the Tesla group manager of raw materials who played a key role in supply chain management for the Cybertruck and other Tesla vehicles. According to a report in The Information, El Akkari quit to go to electric truck manufacturer Rivian, where he will become…

There’s a cloud hanging over Amazon’s cloud business with Puneet Chandok, a key executive, set to leave Amazon Web Services by the end of August. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter:■ ETtech Deals Digest■ E-scooter sales cross 1-lakh mark■ ONDC CEO on scaling up the networkAWS India & South Asia head Puneet Chandok resigns Puneet Chandok, Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) commercial business president for India and South Asia, has resigned and will leave the company effective August 31,…

Twitter has decided to leave the EU's disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms, but "its obligations remain," EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted Saturday."Twitter leaves EU voluntary Code of Practice against disinformation. But obligations remain. You can run but you can’t hide. Beyond voluntary commitments, fighting disinformation will be legal obligation under #DSA as of August 25. Our teams will be ready for enforcement," the tweet read.— ThierryBreton…

Twitter’s director of engineering says his exit from the company a day after the now-infamous Ron DeSantis campaign launch was unrelated to the technically disastrous production. On Wednesday, DeSantis’ Twitter-facilitated presidential campaign announcement suffered through numerous crashes, with a peak of 650,000 Twitter users enduring the technical hiccups or exiting altogether. Foad Dabiri then announced he had quit on Thursday. The timing spurred questions regarding whether there was a link between the…

Regulation in the cryptocurrency market is a controversial topic that’s currently making headlines worldwide. While some governments believe that crypto should be regulated, many projects believe this goes against the nature of cryptocurrency.  Due to new regulations, Binance has chosen to leave the Canadian market, with Canadian users having their assets put in liquidation mode later this year. As a result, many traders are now moving towards hybrid exchanges, with one new exchange currently offering great returns…

Daylight, an LGBTQ+ banking platform, is shutting down. Its operations will cease on June 30, according to embattled co-founder and CEO Rob Curtis.  The announcement comes months after NY Magazine published an explosive feature on the neobank. The article honed in on Daylight, whose seed and Series A fundraises TechCrunch had covered here and here, respectively. NY Mag’s piece detailed a lawsuit brought on by three former employees as well as alleged fabrications and inappropriate behavior on the part of Curtis.  In…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music 'We are forever grateful to our fans both old and new' Published May 08, 2023  •  Last updated 16 minutes ago  •  2 minute read Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley. Photo by AP Article content Canadian rockers Sum 41 have announced that they are calling it quits. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in…

After working for almost a decade at Google, Geoffrey Hinton, 75, also known as the “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence”, resigned from Google over concerns about how AI chatbots could be a real threat to human jobs. Geoffrey Hinton, also known as the “Father of Artificial Intelligence”  was working for Google in the AI research and development field and was one of the founding members of Google Brains until he resigned from the company. After recently resigning from Google in May 2023, Geoffrey precisely mentioned the…

Last year, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s defamation case was one of the most controversial and big news stories in the entertainment industry. Since then, she has faced a lot of criticism from Depp’s fan base. It was inspired by a column Head published in which she discussed experiencing domestic violence. Later, Depp sued his ex-wife for defamation in a $50 million lawsuit. The trial, which lasted around two months, received extensive media coverage. People all throughout the world took sides, but the majority sided…

Actress Amber Heard has reportedly quit Hollywood and moved to Madrid, Spain. "I can reveal that Heard has quit Hollywood and quietly relocated to Spain with her young daughter Oonagh," the Daily Mail claimed in an article published Thursday, reports pagesix.com. According to the journalist of the portal, a friend of Heard said: "She`s bilingual in Spanish and is happy there, raising her daughter away from all the noise." The friend also told the outlet that the 37-year-old actress may one day return to Tinseltown. "I…