Elon Musk is reportedly considering cutting more of Twitter’s workforce

Twitter may cut more of its shrinking workforce as early as Monday. According to Bloomberg, Elon Musk is considering new layoffs that would target the company’s sales and partnerships teams. The scale of the potential cuts is unclear but come after a large number of employees rejected Musk’s Twitter 2.0 ultimatum. On Friday, Musk reportedly asked Robin Wheeler, Twitter’s head of ad sales, and Maggie Suniewick, the firm’s partnerships chief, to fire more employees. Both were terminated after pushing back.

Twitter did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment. The company no longer has a communications team. If Twitter moves forward with the cuts, they would come after Musk already laid off 50 percent of the company’s previously 7,500-person strong workforce. With most of the website’s contract staff gone and “at least 1,200” employees departing in the wake of Musk’s ultimatum, there are concerns that the attrition will leave parts of Twitter inoperable.

There are signs that’s already happening. On Saturday, some users noticed the platform’s automated copyright strike system wasn’t working. In one thread spotted by The Verge, someone posted the entirety of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift across nearly 50 tweets. The thread was up for about a whole day and widely shared before Twitter suspended the account responsible for posting the movie.

‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Star Jason David Frank Dead At 49

The mixed martial artist played the role of Tommy Oliver in the long-running superhero series that first aired in 1993.

How To Repair A Corrupted Android SD Card

Even though many of today’s Android phones feature storage capacities of 64 GB and above, some still prefer to use external storage like a microSD card.

Ryan Reynolds Found Time to Write an Unmade Deadpool Christmas Movie

This year, Marvel’s gotten into the festive spirit with a pair of holiday specials. After Werewolf by Night kicked things off in October and impressed near everyone with its commitment to old-school horror, the Guardians of the Galaxy headline next week’s Christmas-themed special. With such a large library of…

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Apple's second-generation AirPods Pro drop to $200 for Black Friday

If you’ve been holding out for the best possible deal on the latest AirPods Pro, today might be the day to take the plunge. Apple’s newest earbuds have dropped to $200 ahead of Black Friday proper, and that’s $50 off their usual price and the best we’ve seen. They join the second-generation, standard AirPods, which have been on discount for a few days at $90 a pair. Some colors of the AirPods Max are also on sale for $450, which is $100 less than usual.

The second-gen AirPods Pro may not look very different from their predecessor, but that’s because most of the changes lie on the inside. They include Apple’s new H2 chip, which enables things like hands-free Siri, but also improvements like better sound quality and ANC, along with new features like Adaptive Transparency. In our testing, we found the new Pros to have significantly improved active noise cancellation and better sound than the model that came before it. The improved Transparency Mode is also the best we’ve tried on any wireless earbuds — it almost sounds like you’re not wearing them at all when you enable this feature. That means you can more easily jump in and out of conversations, or just keep your AirPods in your ears for longer periods of time in between actively listening to music.

Otherwise, the new Pros are much the same as the previous models. You get deep integration with the Apple ecosystem, which is a big reason why some will choose these buds over others. Quick pairing and switching allows you to use them in between Apple devices seamlessly, and they have a decent, six-hour battery life. Their wireless charging case is both Qi-certified and MagSafe-compatible, so you have a lot of options when it comes to picking a charger for these buds. Overall, they’re some of our favorite wireless earbuds at the moment, and they’ll be hard to beat for Apple fanatics.

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Adele Hilariously Brings Her Megan Thee Stallion Choreography To Vegas Residency

The 34-year-old broke out into dance moves first seen in the Megan Thee Stallion’s “Body” video — which concertgoers recognized immediately.

Santa Frozen in Carbonite Christmas Tree Ornament: Brought to You by Jabba the Humbug

Because no holiday decorating is complete without a casual Star Wars theme, Tree Buddees has created this Santa Frozen in Carbonite Christmas tree ornament (affiliate link). The ornament features everyone’s favorite jolly gift-bringer frozen and on display, presumably to be admired by Jabba the Humbug in his palace.

The ornament measures 3.5″ x 2″, making it “the perfect size for any Christmas Tree.” So if you were wondering what Charlie Brown’s tree was missing, it was this ornament. I wonder how many people out there have trees decorated with ONLY Star Wars ornaments? My guess is more than you’d think.

Is Mrs. Claus going to stage a rescue operation to free Santa and ensure Christmas isn’t ruined for all the kids this year? I sure hope so, and not just because I have a Porsche 911 GT3 on the top of my list, and I was actually good this year. Okay, I was fair. Fair to poor. I was awful, as usual.

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Jay Leno Reveals Graphic Details About His Car Fire Burns

Jay Leno was injured seriously in a steam car accident, for which he is now being treated for severe burns.

The Forgotten Mazda Concept Car With Color-Changing Tail Lights

Though it never went into production, Mazda made an extremely experimental, midship concept car — complete with color-changing tail lights and butterfly doors.

The Steps That May Put You Off Setting Up A New Mastodon Server

If you’re planning to host your own Mastodon server, make sure to check out the legal parameters for doing so.