A French court has ordered Twitter to provide clear details on what it is doing to tackle hate speech, according to a court judgment obtained by Reuters, after several French lobby groups had asked Twitter to clamp down more on hateful content. The court ruling, which was presided over by magistrate Fabrice Vert, said Twitter had … Read more
Subway is adding more than 20 new menu items in a bid to win back lapsed customers — but it won’t be tweaking the tuna. The “Eat Fresh Refresh” slated for July 13 — which the struggling sandwich chain said Tuesday is the largest menu update in its 55-year history — won’t replace, upgrade or … Read more
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it’s nixing the $10 billion cloud computing contract that it awarded to Microsoft in 2019 and that drew legal complaints from market leader Amazon. The JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, deal was meant to modernize the Pentagon’s IT operations over the next 10 years. But the Pentagon … Read more
Former Xerox boss Ursula Burns was tapped as chairwoman of Teneo as the embattled consulting firm grapples with the resignation of CEO Declan Kelly over drunken behavior at a charity event. The ex-Xerox CEO said she will focus on improving Teneo’s culture while also maintaining and growing the firm’s illustrious roster of well-heeled corporate clients, … Read more
The British cofounder and CEO of a $2 billion Miami-based startup says he can’t get back into the US because of what he called the “broken” US immigration system. “I’m banned from entering the US until next year. Yep, it sucks,” tweeted Harry Hurst, the co-CEO of Pipe, which helps startups with recurring revenues get … Read more