Elon Musk is axing entire departments at Twitter—here’s how that could affect users
Elon Musk, the new CEO of Twitter, has instituted layoffs across entire teams and the social media company.
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Vine could be next on the list for Musk to remake
Former designers warn that rebuilding the video-sharing platform won’t be easy, no matter how much people want it.
Elon Musk completes purchase of Twitter, fires CEO
Editor’s note (October 28, 2022): This story is developing… Elon Musk has completed his multibillion dollar purchase of Twitter, reports The New York Times. Musk addressed the sale by posting to the social media platform late last night. The news comes after a months’ long saga filled with promises, teases , reversals, and legal threats […]
Internal documents reveal how Twitter is losing its ‘heavy tweeters’
A trove of internal research first revealed by Reuters on Tuesday presents a grim outlook for Twitter, mere days before a federal judge’s deadline for Elon Musk to complete a $44 billion acquisition of the company. According to the report, an in-house company study titled “Where Did the Tweeters Go?” describes that the app’s most […]
SpaceX says it can no longer fund Ukraine’s Starlink access
The move follows a spat between Musk and a Ukrainian ambassador on Twitter, as well as potential financial incentives uncovered by CNN.
Twitter’s fact-checking service Birdwatch is headed for your feed
Only time will tell if contributor fact-checking comments are as helpful as they purport to be.
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter (again)
According to Bloomberg, Washington Post, and NBC, Elon Musk has decided to reverse course, and is offering to move forward with his acquisition of Twitter at his original $44 billion offer of $54.20 per share. The move comes after months of backtracking attempts from Musk, during which time the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX […]
Extreme heat is knocking out data centers
Big tech companies like Twitter, Google, Oracle, and AWS have all experienced heat-related problems with their data centers this summer.
Whistleblower tells Congress that Twitter has a spy problem
A respected longtime figure within the hacking and infosec communities testified in front of Congress yesterday on a number of grave whistleblower complaints filed against his former employer, Twitter. Among other damning issues, Peiter Zatko (known as “Mudge” in the cybersecurity world), who was Twitter’s security lead from July 2020 to January 2022 , claimed […]
Twitter is testing a much-anticipated edit button
Beginning today, the platform is internally testing an edit ability, and plans to extend the feature to one country’s Twitter Blue users.