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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — eBay is cutting 1,000 roles, about 9% of its full-time employees, the company’s CEO announced online Tuesday. The company also plans to scale back its contracts with its “alternate workforce” in the coming months. CEO Jamie Iannone cited the “challenging macroeconomic environment” as an external pressure but

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — TIME, the iconic red-framed magazine, laid off some 15% of its union-represented editorial employees on Tuesday, the newsroom’s union said, becoming the latest major news outlet to slash its reporting staff. A TIME spokesperson told CNN that the outlet had laid off roughly 30 employees across several departments, including editorial, technology, sales and its studios division. Among those laid off Tuesday was

By Ramishah Maruf, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci revealed the carrier found “some loose bolts on many” Boeing 737 Max 9s in an interview for “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” on Tuesday. It was the CEO’s first interview since a door plug on one of its

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Netflix announced a major boost in sign-ups in the fourth quarter on Tuesday. The company added more than 13 million subscribers for the quarter, compared to Wall Street’s expectation of 8.7 million. While Netflix added 1.2 million paid subscribers in the fourth quarter in the US, much of the

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man is suing Macy’s and the parent company of Sunglass Hut after the two companies allegedly relied on error-prone facial recognition technology to falsely accuse him of armed robbery. After being held in jail for nearly two weeks, Harvey Murphy Jr. was released once prosecutors verified he

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The latest meme stock is one closely associated with the 45th president of the United States. Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check firm that’s been trying for years to merge with Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group, has emerged as a way for investors to

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Influencer MrBeast said on Monday that he had made more than $250,000 from one video posted to X, in a sign of just how much major internet personalities stand to make from the social platform’s new ad revenue sharing program. “MY FIRST X VIDEO MADE OVER $250,000!”

By Matt Egan and Paul Murphy, CNN New York (CNN) — Israeli hostage posters that were hung up at Harvard University had been vandalized with antisemitic messages just as students returned from winter break. Harvard condemned the vandalization on Tuesday and said university police are investigating the incident. “The University strongly condemns the senseless and

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — In-N-Out is permanently closing one of its restaurants for the first time ever, announcing that its Oakland location will soon shutter because of rampant crime in the California city. The burger chain said in a statement that “despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our customers

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — From theft to scanning errors, retailers are running into headaches with self-checkout after rolling out the technology aggressively over the last decade. Now, research finds another problem with self-checkout: fading customer loyalty. A newly-released study by researchers at Drexel University published in the Journal of Business Research

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — More than 400 staffers at Condé Nast, the parent company of prestigious publications including Vanity Fair, Vogue and GQ, walked off the job Tuesday in a historic 24-hour work stoppage over the company’s plan to lay off staff. The daylong walkout, intentionally timed on the day of the Academy Awards nominations,

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, facing what senior leadership described this week as a “financial crisis,” commenced a round of painful layoffs across the newsroom, a workforce reduction that is set to be one of the most severe in the newspaper’s 142-year history. The cuts will impact at

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The crisis that has enveloped clothing company Kyte Baby this week might not have happened if the United States had a national paid parental leave policy in place. Company founder and CEO Ying Liu was forced to offer two public apologies after making, in her words, a

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — A French regulator has fined the local operator of Amazon’s warehouses €32 million ($35 million) for using an “excessively intrusive” surveillance system to track the activities of its workers. The French Data Protection Authority, or the CNIL, said in a statement Tuesday that Amazon France Logistique gave warehouse

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is trading in his muscle shirts for business suits: He’s joining the board of directors for TKO Group Holdings, the company consisting of the recently merged WWE and UFC. The company also announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Netflix, which next year

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Police responding to a retail theft call in a California city discovered what is likely the most 2024 thing ever: A Sacramento woman allegedly stole about five dozen Stanley cups valued at a whopping $2,500. Last Wednesday, Roseville Police officers responded to a report of a theft

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle and other payment apps may be convenient ways to send cash with a few taps of your smartphone, but they’re a breeding grounds for theft, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg tells CNN. Culprits range from savvy swindlers, who trick their way into victims’ locked

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — United Airlines, one of the biggest buyers of Boeing jets, is losing patience with the troubled aircraft maker. “I’m disappointed that… this keeps happening at Boeing. This isn’t new,” said Scott Kirby, CEO of United, in an interview Tuesday on CNBC. “We need Boeing to succeed. But

By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The Los Angeles Times is in disarray. The Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong-owned newspaper, which houses the largest newsroom in the western U.S., has