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Jury clears Elon Musk of wrongdoing related to 2018 Tesla tweets
The trial pitted Tesla investors represented in a class-action lawsuit against Musk, who is CEO of both the electric automaker and the Twitter service he bought for for $44 billion a few months ago.
Harvard winding down misinformation expert Joan Donovan’s research over school policy
During her time at Harvard, Donovan has become one of the most high-profile researchers on online extremism, media manipulation, and disinformation campaigns.
The US added a stunning 517,000 jobs in January, but that number may not be as good as it seems
The job growth almost doubled December’s gains, but some economists said lingering pandemic distortions likely led to a vast overstatement of the labor market's strength.
As new housing law takes effect, most towns fall in line, for now
Just seven out of 175 communities that had to submit preliminary plans for the new MBTA zoning law failed to do so by deadline this week.
Lackluster earnings reports show Big Tech’s golden age is fading
After a decade of largesse, the biggest tech companies are casting off their reputations as places that offer lifetime employment with free food and high salaries.
Apple, Google urged by Democratic senator to remove TikTok from app stores
While a number of Republican lawmakers have urged a TikTok ban, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is one of the few Democrats senators to propose such a drastic measure against the app, which is particularly popular among young people.
3-D printing firm Desktop Metal cuts workforce by 15 percent
The 3-D printing company — which operates two facilities in Burlington, one in Wilmington, and one in Woburn — did not disclose how many Mass. workers would be impacted, but CEO Ric Fulop called it “more of a global adjustment.”
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