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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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Musk’s Twitter complies with more government requests, data shows

Despite promising to bring more free speech to the platform, data suggests that Twitter under Elon Musk has complied with more government censorship requests.

April 27, 2023

Former WWE writer sues company over racist scripts

A writer says she was fired by World Wrestling Entertainment for speaking out about racially insensitive scripts, so she's suing.

April 27, 2023

Elizabeth Holmes’ prison sentence delayed as she appeals

Disgraced Theranos CEO and tech billionaire Elizabeth Holmes will not be sent to prison, yet.

April 27, 2023

Starbucks singing new tune for managers, baristas: Getting to know you

Starbucks announced a plan last week aimed at bringing management and workers closer together with "connection sessions."

April 26, 2023

Yosemite National Park to close due to anticipated flooding

Most of Yosemite National Park will be closed from Friday until at least May 3, the California park has announced.

April 26, 2023

U.K. blocks $69 billion Microsoft-Blizzard merger

Microsoft's gargantuan purchase of Activision-Blizzard drove into another rut Wednesday after the U.K.'s Competition and Market Authority announced it would block the merger.

April 26, 2023

Snapchat’s new chatbot won’t immediately stop tracking you after you ask

Snapchat on Wednesday said its new AI chatbot might take a while to notice that you're not sharing your location anymore.

April 26, 2023

Tesla drops cost of Model Y to below U.S. average car price

The best-selling electric vehicle in the U.S. just became cheaper than the average new car or truck.

April 26, 2023

Arraignment of suspect in Cash App founder’s killing delayed by a week

The arraignment for the man accused of killing Cash App co-founder Bob Lee has been pushed back one week.

April 25, 2023

Snapchat users flood app stores with 1-star reviews after launch of My AI

Users swamped app stores with 1-star reviews. Snapchat's overall U.S. App Store review score dropped from 3.05 out of 5 to 1.67 over the past week. The number of daily reviews also spiked to at least five times the normal amount. According to data published in Apptopia, the reviews are starting to wind down but are still at an elevated level.

April 25, 2023

Thousands pay to see exclusive tweets from Elon Musk

Twitter CEO Elon Musk revealed that nearly 25,000 people pay to see exclusive content from him through Twitter's Subscription feature.

April 25, 2023

San Francisco Target locks up products behind glass, citing ‘organized retail crime’

A Target store in San Francisco has locked many items behind glass in an attempt to combat theft.

April 25, 2023

Shipwreck discovered off Florida after hurricanes

Coastal erosion from two hurricanes exposed a shipwreck last week off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida.

April 25, 2023

Twitter permanently suspends journalist reporting on Matt Walsh account hack

Twitter permanently suspended the account of a Wired reporter after he posted a link to his story on the hacking of conservative commentator Matt Walsh, an account that included private emails provided by the hacker.

April 20, 2023