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Elon Musk says Twitter staff purge is over, will start hiring again
Twitter’s mass staff purge are over and the company can now begin hiring new talent again, billionaire CEO Elon Musk reportedly told…
President Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces account reactivation
In a poll posted to Twitter on November 18th, new owner Elon Musk asked users if the platform should reactivate President Donald Trump’s …
Twitter has added more than 15 million users since Elon Musk’s first week of ownership
Despite the weighty loss of Whoopi Goldberg, Twitter has added more than 15 million users since Elon Musk’s first week of ownership…
Elon Musk’s $7.99 Twitter Blue with verification is ‘coming soon’ on iOS; Musk recommends voting Republican in midterms
Twitter’s iOS app has been updated to support Elon Musk’s new $7.99 per month Twitter Blue subscription. Apple’s App Store Twitter app…
Elon Musk begins culling Twitter staff, cancels ‘Days of Rest’ for remaining employees
Elon Musk began laying off Twitter employees on Friday, culling its 7,500-person work force nary a week after completing his acquisition…
Elon Musk said to eliminate half of Twitter staff; require those left standing to actually work
Elon Musk plans to eliminate half of the social media company’s workforce, or some 3,700 jobs at Twitter while requiring those left standing…
Elon Musk freezes access to Twitter ‘moderation’ tools ahead of U.S. midterms
Twitter, currently being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used for content moderation and…
Poof! Elon Musk dissolves Twitter’s board of directors, names himself CEO
Twitter owner Elon Musk wasted no time after buying the company last week, has now dissolved Twitter’s board and named himself CEO…
Elon Musk acquires Twitter, immediately fires top executives
Eventually, the chickens come home to roost. For Twitter, they began roosting on Thursday when Elon Musk acquired Twitter and fired…
Elon Musk planning to cut 75% of Twitter staffers
Musk has reportedly told prospective investors in his deal to buy the company that he planned to get rid of nearly 75 percent of Twitter’s…
How much energy will free speech advocate Elon Musk invest into Twitter?
There’s a 90% chance Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter happens. But, the question is, with Tesla and SpaceX, among other things, occupying…
Elon Musk: Twitter could be ‘an accelerant to creating X, the everything app’
Hours after Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter, he tweeted that Twitter could be “an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” Such an app…
Free speech advocate Elon Musk looks to go ahead with buying Twitter after all
Elon Musk is proposing to buy Twitter for the original offer price of $54.20 a share, likely avoiding a legal fight over the contentious…
Elon Musk: Apple and SpaceX have had ‘promising conversations’ about iPhone satellite service
Elon Musk on Thursday tweeted that SpaceX has held “promising” talks with Apple about bringing satellite connectivity to iPhones using…
Goldman Sachs now sees U.S. recession risk as ‘higher and more front-loaded’
Goldman Sachs strategists are beginning to get a clearer look at the potential for a U.S. recession, seeing the risk now as “higher and more…
President Trump’s Truth Social now on web via browser, no longer confined to Apple devices
The Trump Media & Technology Group on Wednesday launched the Truth Social Web App, allowing users to access Truth Social from…
Wall Street rallies as growth stocks rebound; Twitter slides as Musk puts deal ‘temporarily on hold’
Growth stocks led a rebound in Wall Street’s main indexes on Friday in a week beset by worries aboutrampant U.S. inflation the worsening…
Elon Musk: Apple’s App Store fee is ’10 times higher than it should be’
In a series of tweets responding to an article about the European Union’s latest antitrust charges against Apple, Elon Musk likened…
President Trump posts on Apple iPhone-only Truth Social: “I’M BACK!”
President Donald Trump posted his second Truth on the currently Apple iPhone-only Truth Social late Thurs. for the first time since…
Free speech proponent Elon Musk acquires Twitter for $44 billion
Twitter today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, for…
Elon Musk poised to take over Twitter, promote free speech
Twitter is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla has called his…
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41 billion, allow free speech
Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter outright with a $41 billion cash offer on Thursday. Musk says in order for free speech to…
Twitter appoints free speech advocate Elon Musk to its board
Twitter announced Tuesday it is appointing billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to its board of directors, expanding the free speech…
Free speech advocate Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter, becomes largest shareholder
Free speech advocate Elon Musk has bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a regulatory filing published Monday by the U.S. SEC…
Elon Musk: Starlink will not censor Russian news outlets
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted early Saturday morning that Starlink has been told by some governments to block Russian news…
Elon Musk mocks ‘silly Apple Cloth’ with Tesla’s new $50 Cyberwhistle
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a promo for the new “Cyberwhistle” on Tuesday, inviting his Twitter followers to “blow the whistle on Tesla.”
Cathie Wood says Apple should’ve bought Tesla, but ‘we’re happy they didn’t’
Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood told CNBC on Wednesday that Apple should’ve bought Tesla and would’ve owned the electric vehicle market…
Elon Musk denies demanding to become Apple CEO; says Apple’s App Store fees are a ‘de facto global tax on the internet’
Tesla founder Elon Musk took to Twitter today to deny claims that he’d once asked to be the CEO of Apple. A new book claims that Apple CEO…
Man sends AirTag to Tim Cook and Apple returns it along with letter (video)
A YouTube user decided to send three Apple AirTags to different places and try to track them through their travels. Apple CEO Tim Cook …
First teaser for ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ pokes fun at Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos
Apple in April announced “The Problem with Jon Stewart” will launch on Apple TV+ this fall and will be the first project out of a multi-year…
Twitter hacker who targeted Apple, Elon Musk, others gets three years in prison
The Tampa Bay teenage hacker who took control of several well-known Twitter accounts — Apple, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Bill Gates…
Elon Musk becomes richest person on earth
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has held title of world’s richest person since October 2017, but he’s now been surpassed by Elon Musk whose…
Elon Musk says had once reached out to Apple for acquiring Tesla
Elon Musk sreached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla for a tenth of its current value…
Do we live in a computer simulation? Chances are about 50–50
The idea that we could be virtual beings living in a computer simulation is not new, but a new analysis shows that the odds that we are…
Apple CEO Tim Cook No.2 on 2019 highest paid list at $133.7 million
Elon Musk was the highest-paid executive in the U.S. for 2019 with $595.3 million, singnifcantly more than No.2 Apple CEO Tim Cook …
Elon Musk teases significant advances in battery technology
Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects…
Elon Musk wins as Alameda County capitulates over Tesla factory reopening
After Tesla’s factory reopened Monday with CEO Elon Musk practically daring local authorities to arrest him and after the factory’s operations continued…
Backed by President Trump, Elon Musk restarts Tesla factory in defiance of Alameda county orders
Backed by President Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday that the company’s factory in Fremont, California is open and has restarted production…
Elon Musk: Tesla prepared to leave California amid fight over shutdown
On Saturday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he is going to sue Alameda County and move future operations out of California after a dispute…
U.S. Senate, Google ban use of Zoom teleconferencing service
Both the U.S. Senate and Google have banned members and employees from using video conferencing service Zoom. The moves come after two weeks…
Governments, companies ban use of Zoom over security concerns
Taiwan has joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX and New York City’s Department of Education in barring all official use of Zoom, becoming one of the first…
