Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published Friday that his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove content on side effects of Covid vaccines….
Edwin Castro — the lucky Los Angeleno who won a $2 billion lottery jackpot in 2023 — is the latest victim of the Pacific Palisades wildfire … losing his Malibu house in the blaze. A source close to the situation tells TMZ … Castro’s beachfront property was totally destroyed by the fire … with pictures…
Following a week in which Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta was getting rid of factchecking, as of Friday the company is also terminating its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, effective immediately. An internal memo from Meta acknowledged that “the legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is…
New Tesla Model 3 vehicles on a truck at a logistics drop zone in Seattle, Washington, on Aug. 22, 2024. M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 239,000 of its electric vehicles in the U.S. to fix an issue that can cause its rearview cameras to fail, the company…
A Florida cop’s outta work after a wild incident — his own body cam captured him slamming his patrol car into a civilian’s vehicle … while he was distracted by porn on his phone. The video shows Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Tristan Macomber slamming into another vehicle, his airbag deploying on impact — moments later,…
Major League Baseball has handed a lifetime ban to the two New York Yankees fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts’ play in Game 4 of the World Series last October. The two have been banned indefinitely from all MLB stadiums and facilities after they grabbed Betts’ wrist and wrestled a ball…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is axing its diversity programmes, joining firms across corporate America that are rolling back initiatives criticised by conservatives, citing legal and political risks. The move comes just days after the tech giant, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it was ending a fact-checking programme criticised by President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans…
Shoppers walk into a Nordstrom department store in Austin, Texas, March 3, 2023. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Nordstrom on Friday raised its full-year sales outlook, after holiday shopping at its stores and on its website came in stronger than the department store’s cautious expectations. The company stuck by its profit guidance, despite the higher…
Play video content TMZ.com William McNamara might be an actor … but the only acting he did this week was acting like a hero — ’cause he saved multiple animals left behind in the Pacific Palisades wildfire. The longtime film and TV actor joined us on “TMZ Live” Friday … and, we had a ton…
A federal district judge found Rudolph W. Giuliani in contempt of court on Friday for continuing to defame two Georgia women after the 2020 election. In May, Mr. Giuliani agreed to stop repeating lies about the women, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, a mother-daughter team of election workers in Fulton County, Ga., during the 2020…
