10 Things in Tech: Musk isn't joining Twitter's board
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1. Elon Musk isn't joining Twitter's board after all. In a surprise announcement late Sunday, CEO Parag Agrawal wrote on Twitter: "Elon Musk has decided not to join our board." That's just five days after news initially broke that Musk would take a board seat.
- Agrawal said Musk's board seat was contingent on "a background check and formal acceptance", with his appointment due to be official from April 9. That morning, Musk told the firm he had decided against joining. "I believe this is for the best," Agrawal wrote.
- The volte-face comes after Musk has spent the past week aggressively tweeting about the "significant improvements" he wanted to see at Twitter. These included reduced content moderation, and an edit button.
- Musk's floated board appointment had been contentious internally. Staffers had vented publicly, calling the entrepreneur a racist. Musk, meanwhile, had criticized Twitter employees for working from home.
In other news:
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2. Women who say they've been sexually harassed by food-delivery drivers say the companies failed to help them. Insider spoke with five women, whose allegations range from disturbing text messages to unwanted touching, who are upset by how the companies — DoorDash and Grubhub — dealt with the reports. Here's what they told us.
3. Food52 laid off 10% of staff in a pivot to e-commerce. The layoffs came just after the venture-backed recipe and home-goods bazaar received $80 million in investment from The Chernin Group. Employees describe feeling "gut-punched."
4. Amazon says New York union organizers gave workers weed to help secure unionization votes. The objection was one of several made by the e-commerce giant as it seeks to overturn a vote that created the first union in the company's history. Get the rundown here.
5. Gopuff is hiking customer fees, cutting driver shifts, and slashing delivery hours. Leaked documents show the rapid-delivery company is finding new ways to cut costs after industry volatility already pushed it to cut 3% of its global workforce. What we know so far.
6. Luxury goods retailer LVMH is accused of illegally collecting customers' facial data in a new lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges LVMH, which owns Louis Vuitton, collects people's facial scans without asking when they use its virtual glasses try-on tool. Here's what you need to know.
7. Amazon aggregator Suma Brands has laid off a big chunk of its staff. Suma Brands had just secured $150 million in fresh funding to grow its acquisitions and deals team, and follows a record-breaking year for the Amazon aggregator industry. A look at what happened.
8. DoorDash is handing out more equity. According to a leaked memo, the company plans to offer some employees extra equity to compensate for its sliding share price, which is off more than 50% since its November peak. Here's the latest.
Odds and ends:
Jeep
9. Jeep unveiled its electric Wrangler concept. According to Jeep, its Wrangler Magneto 2.0 goes 0-60 mph in 2 seconds — matching Tesla's $136,000 Model S Plaid sedan, regarded as the quickest production car in the world. Get a look at the Magneto 2.0.
10. Here are 18 wild details from "The Dropout" — and whether or not they really happened. Hulu's series depicts the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing startup, Theranos. From her secret relationship to her signature baritone, we outline which scenes are exaggerated, fake, or rooted in reality.
What we're watching today:
- Fortune is set to reveal its list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.
- TED 2022 is back in Vancouver after a three-year hiatus.
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