Jack Dorsey has left the board of social networking service Bluesky, which he helped fund a year ago after the sale of a bastardized…
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Gene Munster: Thanks to his Twitter purchase, Elon Musk’s xAI will rival Tesla and SpaceX as his greatest source of wealth creation
Elon Musk’s xAI will rival Tesla and SpaceX as his greatest source of wealth creation with a decade, thanks to his purchase of Twitter …
Elon Musk’s X to launch video and audio calling feature
Social media platform X plans to launch video and audio calls as owner Elon Musk continues work to build an “everything app.”
Meta’s X rival ‘Threads’ hemorrhages more than half of its users
Meta executives are focusing heavily on user retention for their new 𝕏 (née Twitter) rival, Threads, after the app lost more than half…
Apple launches new hashtag marketing campaign for Apple Pay on Elon Musk’s 𝕏 social network
Apple on Wednesday launched a marketing campaign via Hashmoji on the 𝕏 social network with (née Twitter) two hashtags relating to Apple Pay…
Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as ‘X’
Twitter has rebranded to “X” under Elon Musk’s leadership. The social media platform’s original blue bird logo has been replaced with…
Apple bans knockoff of Threads, Meta’s Twitter knockoff, from App Store
Apple has pulled a knockoff of Meta’s Threads knockoff of Twitter called “Threads for Insta,” and all other apps from developer SocialKit…
UK man pleads guilty to hijacking accounts including Apple and Elon Musk
A British man has pleaded guilty over his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts including Apple and Elon Musk, as well as stealing…
Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft for stealing
Twitter CEO Elon Musk threatened Microsoft with a potential lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming the software giant used his company’s data…
Elon Musk thanks Apple and Disney for advertising on Twitter
In the weeks after Elon Musk acquired Twitter, many advertisers paused spending on the platform, wary of the changes the multi-billionaire…
Elon Musk thanks Apple for advertising on Twitter
Without his acquisition of the company, Twitter “would have gone bankrupt in four months,” Elon Musk said at a Morgan Stanley media…
Tech giants from Apple to Google to TikTok face tougher EU regulation
Tech giants including Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and TikTok face stricter online content regulations in the European Union (EU) due…
Twitter prices Blue for Android at $11 per month, the same as for iOS subscribers
Twitter said on Wed. it will price Twitter Blue subscription for Android at $11 per month, the same as for those subscribing via its iOS app…
Twitter said to hike Blue pricing to $11 for iPhone app users
Twitter plans to raise the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $11, from $7.99, if paid for through its iPhone app and to…
Elon Musk says Apple has ‘fully resumed’ advertising on Twitter
Elon Musk during a Twitter Spaces conversation on Saturday said that Apple has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter, adding that Apple is…
Elon Musk says Apple-Twitter ‘misunderstanding’ is resolved
After highlighting issues with Apple’s ad spend and App Store practices, Twitter-owner Elon Musk now says the misunderstandings…
Elon Musk meets with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Park
Elon Musk said Wednesday he met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, just days after the new Twitter owner…
LBRY: Apple forced us to censor over 20 terms related to COVID-19
After Elon Musk revealed that Apple was significantly decreasing its advertising on Twitter, ostensibly due to Musk’s stance of free speech…
Elon Musk: Apple threatened to pull Twitter from App Store
In a series of tweets on Monday, Elon Musk accused Apple of threatening to block Twitter from its App Store and also said Apple had…
Elon Musk says Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter
Multi-billionaire Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday that Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter…
Are Apple and Elon Musk’s Twitter on a collision course?
New Twitter owner Elon Musk wants to increase the amount of money the company makes through subscriptions while opening up the site…
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 …
Republican U.S. House likely to investigate Facebook, Google, Big Tech over censorship
Republicans are increasingly likely to secure a majority in the U.S. House of representatives, putting the GOP in control of House…
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…
Apple collects the least user data, Google amasses the most – study
Apple collects the least amount of private user data from its users, with Google, Twitter, Amazon, and Facebook collecting more personal…
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…
Apple, other tech firms hit by fake data requests used to sexually extort minors
Apple has been duped into providing sensitive personal data about their customers that was then used to sexually extort minors and…
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…
