Tech and business reporter • sean@thewrap.com • @SeanB44
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SEC Sues Elon Musk Over X Purchase, Says He Acquired Shares at ‘Artificially Low Prices’
The Tesla boss was able to “underpay by at least $150 million” by failing to disclose he built up a 5% stake in Twitter, the SEC claims
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Meta Cuts 5% of Workforce to ‘Move Out Low-Performers,’ Zuckerberg Says
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is cutting 3,620 jobs
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos to Attend Trump Inauguration
The tech execs will join Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Washington on Monday
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Chinese Apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 Jump to Top of App Store as TikTok Ban Looms
The two social media services are the top-ranked free apps on Apple’s App Store, just days before TikTok is set to be kicked out of the U.S.
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3 Screaming Protestors Removed From Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing | Video
One protestor yelled “You are a misogynist!” at President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary
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Vox Media Hit by 3rd Round of Layoffs in 2 Months
The latest Vox job cuts impacted director-level employees on Monday
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LA Times Owner Calls Paper’s Karen Bass Endorsement a Mistake: ‘We’ll Accept Some Blame’
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said the fires have been a “wake up call” for the legacy newspaper
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Carrie Underwood to Perform at Trump Inauguration
The former “American Idol” winner will perform “America the Beautiful” on Jan. 20
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Melania Trump Tells ‘Fox & Friends’ She Doesn’t Always Agree With Donald — ‘And That’s OK’ | Video
The First Lady-to-be says her upcoming Amazon documentary will show their “incredibly busy” transition back into The White House
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Fox News Picks Will Cain to Take Over Neil Cavuto’s Afternoon Time Slot
The “Fox & Friends” co-host’s new show will start on Jan. 21
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Opinion Columnist Jen Rubin Leaves Washington Post to Start Contrarian Blog: ‘Billionaire Media Failing to Meet the Moment’
“We’ll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets,” the Conservative anti-Trump voice says of her new blog
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Meta Ditches DEI Programs to ‘Mitigate Bias for All’
Facebook’s parent company says a shifting “legal and policy landscape” led to it ending its DEI team
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Mark Zuckerberg Compares Meta’s Fact-Checking to ‘1984’ as His Apps Prepare for Community Notes
The Facebook boss says a key reason he’s ditching fact-checking is because the Biden Administration “basically pushed” the company to censor COVID-19 posts
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TikTok Says It Will Shut Down in US if Ban Is Not Lifted
The Supreme Court on Friday appeared unlikely to overturn the app’s Jan. 19 ban date
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Supreme Court Signals It May Uphold TikTok Ban Despite No Decision on Friday
The popular app is set to be banned from the U.S. on Jan. 19
