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SurveyMonkey parent Momentive Global lays off 11% of workforce

October 14, 2022

Momentive Global, the parent of the web-survey portal SurveyMonkey, laid off 11% of its workforce this week. Multiple people across divisions including those handling the business development, customer support, recruitment and sales at the San Mateo, California-headquartered company have been impacted, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. “In an 8-K filed on October 13, we announced […]

SurveyMonkey parent Momentive Global lays off 11% of workforce by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Big Tech and industry lobby groups accused in EU transparency complaints

October 14, 2022

Members of the European Parliament have lodged complaints against three tech giants, Amazon, Google and Meta, with the EU’s Transparency Register — aka, the oversight process that’s intended to track lobbying activity aimed at the bloc’s lawmakers — accusing the trio of breaching the lobbying transparency rules by using smaller front organizations to press their […]

Big Tech and industry lobby groups accused in EU transparency complaints by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Inside Sono Motors’ family friendly $25,000 solar EV

October 14, 2022

Sono Motors, the company building an electric vehicle that’s partially powered by the sun, debuted its flagship Sion in New York City this week as part of a multi-city tour throughout the U.S. The company aims to launch the $25,000 five-seater hatchback in Europe first — production is expected to start in the second half […]

Inside Sono Motors’ family friendly $25,000 solar EV by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter is developing a way for users to control who can mention them

October 14, 2022

Twitter is developing a feature that has the potential to curb harassment and bullying on the social network. App engineer Jane Manchun Wong discovered that the company is developing a way for users to control who can mention them on Twitter. According to a screenshot posted by Wong, the new controls would give users the […]

Twitter is developing a way for users to control who can mention them by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Uganda’s changes on Computer Misuse law spark fears it will be used to silence dissidents

October 14, 2022

Uganda’s controversial Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022, which rights groups say will likely be used to silence dissenting voices online, has come into force after the country’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni signed it into law yesterday. The country’s legislators had passed amendments to the 2011 Computer Misuse Act early September limiting writing or sharing of […]

Uganda’s changes on Computer Misuse law spark fears it will be used to silence dissidents by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch