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Vaughn Cockayne

Vaughn Cockayne is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for The Washington Times. He is an Ohio native and holds a bachelor's degree in Multi-Platform Journalism from Bowling Green State University. Vaughn previously worked as a freelance writer, covering data security and privacy issues before joining The Washington Times. He can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.

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Meta updates child messaging curbs

Social media giant Meta announced new restrictions aimed at protecting its underage users.

January 25, 2024

Teamsters’ boss says Trump backed unions in meeting

Teamsters President Sean O'Brien said he put all his "cards on the table" in his meeting with former President Donald Trump this month.

January 25, 2024

Explicit AI-generated Taylor Swift pictures spark outrage on X

Pornographic AI images featuring pop sensation Taylor Swift trended on X Thursday, outraging many of her fans.

January 25, 2024

Tesla aims to hire more Swedish workers as strikes continue

Tesla is expanding its operations in Sweden despite dozens of sympathy strikes around the region targeting the company.

January 24, 2024

Time magazine announces layoffs as media cuts grow

Time magazine on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several areas of the publication.

January 24, 2024

Southwest Airlines flight attendants OK strike after rejecting pact

Unionized flight attendants at Southwest Airlines voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike Tuesday, one month after members said no to the union's contract proposal.

January 24, 2024

X users call foul on MrBeast’s revenue numbers

Some X users see something fishy going on with MrBeast's sales report.

January 24, 2024

Share of unionized U.S. workers hit record low in 2023

The level of unionized workers in the U.S. hit a record low of 10% in 2023, despite some high-profile labor actions.

January 23, 2024

France fines Amazon $35 million for extreme surveillance policies

Local operators of Amazon's French warehouses must pay EUR32 million ($35 million) after regulators discovered the company tracks employee movement down to the second.

January 23, 2024

Musk calls DEI ‘fundamentally antisemitic’ after Auschwitz visit

Tech billionaire Elon Musk called diversity, equity and inclusion policies "fundamentally antisemitic" on Monday after his trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

January 23, 2024

FTC to TurboTax: Quit touting free services

Popular tax filing service TurboTax has been banned from advertising "free" services after a Federal Trade Commission ruling found the company used deceptive ad practices.

January 23, 2024

Google CEO tells workers to prepare for ax to fall again this year

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has a message for those who survived 2023's massive layoffs: Get ready for more.

January 18, 2024

Reddit aims for IPO by March

Social media site Reddit seeks to launch its initial public offering in March, three years after it first filed.

January 18, 2024

UAW president rips Stellantis over layoffs

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain had harsh words for executives of Jeep manufacturer Stellantis this week.

January 18, 2024

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg to leave company’s board of directors

One of Meta's architects is set to leave for good this year. Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer at the Facebook parent, announced this week she'll resign from Meta's board of directors in the spring.

January 18, 2024

Apple Watches evade ban by removing blood-oxygen tech

Apple Watches will be on sale this week despite an import ban from the U.S. International Trade Commission over Apple's use of copyrighted blood oxygen reading technology.

January 18, 2024

MrBeast caves to Musk, uploads first video to X

The world's most popular YouTuber is testing new waters.

January 17, 2024

Back to school for Canada’s Jordan Peterson: Ordered to take social media training

Conservative commentator Jordan Peterson lost his court fight to bar the College of Psychologists of Ontario from forcing him to take social media training courses.

January 17, 2024