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A year after Musk’s Twitter takeover, X remains mired in turmoil
26Oct By adminNo Comments
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A year after Musk’s Twitter takeover, X remains mired in turmoil

[ad_1] A year ago Elon Musk purchased X, formerly known as Twitter, taking the platform on a journey that has resulted in lost money, advertisers and trust. Musk closed the $44 billion deal on October 27, 2022, facing a lawsuit that held him to terms of purchase he was keen to escape. Here is a look back at Musk's first year as owner of the platform. - Family feeling gone -In the days after his purchase, Musk quickly fired executives who had been running Twitter and took the publicly traded company private. He also laid off most of the San Francisco-based company's workers, cutting ranks to fewer than 1,500 from 8,000. Twitter employees were asked to commit unconditionally to their jobs and forego any notion of telecommuting. Former project manager Esther Crawford, who wrote online ab...
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Elon Musk on his way out of Twitter!
19Dec By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk on his way out of Twitter!

[ad_1] Within a few minutes of Musk's cryptic tweet, asking users if he should step down as head of the social media platform, the 'yes' votes started edging ahead. Judging by the outcome of the poll that Twitter CEO Elon Musk asked for on the microblogging site, he is on his way out of Twitter. Within a few minutes of Musk's cryptic tweet, asking users if he should step down as head of the social media platform and also promising to abide by the result, the 'yes' votes started edging ahead. In reaction, Musk said, "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it." Twitter CEO Elon Musk started a poll on the microblogging site, asking users if he should step down as head of the social media platform and also promising to abide by the result. Taking to Twitter,...
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Timeline: 2 months of Twitter mayhem since Elon Musk takeover-12 talking points
18Dec By adminNo Comments
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Timeline: 2 months of Twitter mayhem since Elon Musk takeover-12 talking points

[ad_1] Since buying Twitter, Elon Musk has made radical changes that have sparked fears for the future of the platform. Since buying Twitter, Elon Musk has made radical changes that have sparked fears for the future of the platform, from firing half the staff to restoring ex-president Donald Trump's account and suspending those of several journalists. AFP looks back at a rollercoaster two months at the Silicon Valley giant. - Enter Elon - Musk, the world's second-richest richest man and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, buys Twitter in late October for $44 billion after months of on-off negotiations. "Let the good times roll," he tweets after the deal is sealed on October 28. He becomes the sole director of the company after dissolving its corporate board. - 'Content moderation counci...
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Elon Musk Says Apple Has Mostly Stopped Advertising on Twitter
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk Says Apple Has Mostly Stopped Advertising on Twitter

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s tumultuous month atop Twitter Inc. has already included firing most of the company’s employees, tinkering with key features and restoring banned accounts. Elon Musk's tumultuous month atop Twitter Inc. has already included firing most of the company's employees, tinkering with key features and restoring banned accounts. Now he's embarking on what could be his riskiest gambit yet: a war with Apple Inc. The billionaire attacked the iPhone maker with a flurry of tweets Monday, saying the company had cut its Twitter advertising and threatened to bump the social network from Apple's app store. He asked whether Apple hated free speech, criticized its app fees and even pondered whether the tech giant might go after another of his companies, Tesla Inc. In taking aim at...
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Twitter owner Musk signals new ‘war’ against Apple
29Nov By adminNo Comments
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Twitter owner Musk signals new ‘war’ against Apple

[ad_1] Twitter owner Elon Musk on Monday opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store. Twitter owner Elon Musk on Monday opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store, saying the iPhone maker has threatened to oust his recently acquired social media platform.Musk also joined the chorus crying foul over a 30 percent fee Apple collects on transactions via its App Store -- the sole gateway for applications to get onto its billion plus mobile devices. A series of tweets fired off by Musk included a meme of a car with his first name on it veering onto a highway off-ramp labeled "Go to War," instead of continuing onwards towards "Pay 30%." The billionaire CEO also tweeted that Apple has "threatened to withhold Tw...
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Miracle! Simpsons predicted Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover in 2015
27Nov By adminNo Comments
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Miracle! Simpsons predicted Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover in 2015

[ad_1] In a recent tweet, Elon Musk revealed how the Simpsons predicted his Twitter takeover back in 2015. Once again, The Simpsons have achieved the impossible! In a recent tweet, Elon Musk revealed how the Simpsons predicted his Twitter takeover back in 2015. Elon Musk shared a photo of the animated sitcom episode from 2015 that seemed to allude to his purchase of Twitter. "Simpson's predicts I buy Twitter S26E12," tweeted Musk. According to New York Post, the opening scene of the episode, "The Musk Who Fell to Earth," features Lisa Simpson taking care of a birdhouse with the sign, "Home Tweet Home." When a bald eagle catches and kills some baby birds, she is feeding them. Musk enters the scene in his rocket ship as the eagle soars out into the distance. The eagle, a cherish...
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Musk Welcomes Ye Back to Twitter After Inviting Trump’s Return
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Musk Welcomes Ye Back to Twitter After Inviting Trump’s Return

[ad_1] American musician Ye has returned to Twitter after a two-week hiatus from the social network, and new owner Elon Musk welcomed him back on the platform. American musician Ye has returned to Twitter after a two-week hiatus from the social network, and new owner Elon Musk welcomed him back on the platform.Posting from an iPhone on Sunday, the artist formerly known as Kanye West first tested that he was still unblocked -- his account had been temporarily suspended and restored at the end of October, which Musk said was not his decision -- before following up with “Shalom : )”. Ye's earlier suspension had been due to an antisemitic tweet. The hip hop artist last month agreed to buy social media platform Parler, embraced by conservatives as an alternative to Twitter. Musk responded ...
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Intoxicated with attention, Elon Musk heralding era of more chaos, less money for Twitter
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Intoxicated with attention, Elon Musk heralding era of more chaos, less money for Twitter

[ad_1] “Twitter is ALIVE.”That was Elon Musk's most recent Twitter post at the time of writing, several hours after announcing he would reinstate former President Donald Trump to the site.   It's a move that epitomizes the chaos Musk has wrought at his new social media company, as well as his inability to keep his word or stick to a plan. On Oct. 27, for instance, he promised Twitter's increasingly dubious advertisers that Twitter would not “become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences.” The following day, Musk said he would form a “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints” to look at high-profile, banned accounts like Trump's. 'No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes,” he said.Th...
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Elon Musk Adds Fuel to The Twitter Jobs Fire, Sparks Staff Fury
18Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk Adds Fuel to The Twitter Jobs Fire, Sparks Staff Fury

[ad_1] Elon Musk gave Twitter Inc. employees an ultimatum to either commit to the company’s new “hardcore” work environment or leave. There is a virtual exodus on at Twitter after Elon Musk gave employees an ultimatum to either commit to the company's new “hardcore” work environment or leave their jobs sparking further fury. Many more workers declined to sign on than he expected and these layoffs have potentially put Twitter's operations at risk, according to people familiar with the matter. So many employees decided to take severance that it created a cloud of confusion over which people should still have access to company property. Twitter closed its offices until Monday, according to a memo viewed by Bloomberg. “Please continue to comply with company policy by refraining from disc...
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Taking Up Almost All His Time
17Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Taking Up Almost All His Time

[ad_1] Elon Musk told a judge he is spending almost all his time now reorganizing Twitter Inc. rather than on the other companies he oversees. Elon Musk, whose $55 billion Tesla Inc. pay deal is being challenged in court as too excessive for a part-time chief executive officer, told a judge he is spending almost all his time now reorganizing Twitter Inc. rather than on the other companies he oversees.Since acquiring Twitter for $44 billion in October, Musk testified Wednesday in Delaware that the lion's share of his time “for the past few weeks” has been at the social-media platform, though he said the “fundamental organizational restructuring” will be completed by the end of next week. Delaware Chancery Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick is hearing evidence in a trial to determine whet...
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