April 26 Trend Hashtag-Elon Musk signs a deal with Twitter. Netflix has low morale. Apple has to pay for an absent iPhone charger

Twitter has accepted the deal to buy Elon Musk, Netflix is ​​in danger of morale, and Apple will have to pay its customers $ 1000 by not including a charger in the iPhone.

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Things went fast between Elon Musk and Twitter’s board. Just yesterday we talked about how Twitter is open to accepting bids for Elon Musk’s acquisition. That has become a reality. On Monday, Twitter’s board accepted the sale for US $ 44 billion. The transaction is expected to close later this year at a share price of $ 54.20 per share. Following the agreement, Musk announced that freedom of speech would continue to be a functioning democratic digital town square.

Netflix faces another crisis as both subscribers and stock prices have plummeted. It’s low morale. The company has long been regarded as one of the most rewarding workplaces, but recent financial problems have also weakened employees’ optimism. Many Netflix employees own company stock options. When the stock price went down, it also wiped out their profits. As concerns continued to grow, Bloomberg reported that some employees were asking managers to issue new share grants to cover their losses. Others have told information that more employees are leaving the company than ever before. Netflix not only changes the payment structure of its customers, but also scrambles to restructure the company’s team and increase incentives to retain employees.

A Brazilian judge ordered Apple to pay $ 1000 to its customers because it didn’t include the charger in the box. In 2020, Apple stopped including chargers for the iPhone as a way to reduce e-waste, but the box still contains a USB-C-Lightning cable. The company explained that the cable could be used with other chargers, but the judge ruled this practice as “selling a tie.” In the tie sales situation, the customer has to buy another component for the device to work, which is illegal.

The BBC reports that the UK competition watch agency can fine companies up to 10 percent of global sales for fake reviews.According to the article, average UK household spending £ £Based on online reviews, € 900, or $ 1200 CAD per year. Under the new rules, companies will no longer be allowed to pay for reviews and will need to explicitly notify their customers when the free trial ends. In addition, you need to verify the legitimacy of your review. This can have a significant impact on Amazon, Google, and other e-commerce companies. In addition, the UK Government wants to crack down on subscription traps that make it difficult for customers to terminate their subscriptions.

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