Tag: Elon Musk
Twitter to adopts Facebook, instagram features in latest changes
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Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday revealed details about new features including adding calls and encrypted messaging coming to the platform. Last year, Musk flagged plans for "Twitter 2.0 The Everything App", which he said w
Celebrities, media houses, lose verified status as new Twitter rules take effect
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Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses.Locally, notable personalities, media houses and journalists also lo
Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president's account
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Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor of reinstating the former U.S. President, who was banned from the social media service for inciting violence, in a poll organized by ne
After Elon Musk's ultimatum, Twitter employees start exiting
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Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," or leave.In a poll on the workplace app
Twitter temporarily closes offices as layoffs begin
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Twitter Inc. temporarily closed its offices and cut workers' access to internal systems on Friday after telling employees they would be informed by email about whether they were being laid off.The move follows a week of chaos and uncertaint
Elon Musk says Twitter will revise how it verifies users
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Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world's most influential social media platforms."Whole verification process is being revamped right now", Musk s
Elon Musk's Twitter ownership starts with firings, declares the 'bird is freed'
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Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform. "The bird is freed," he t
Elon Musk sells KSh121 million worth of new perfume, 'Burnt Hair' within a few hours
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The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has scented a new opportunity to capitalise on quirky products, launching a perfume called "Burnt Hair" that he said sold 10,000 bottles to earn a million dollars in just a few hours. "With a name like m
Elon Musk reverses again, ready to buy Twitter at original $44 billion price
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Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take Twitter Inc private, a securities filing showed on Tuesday, signalling an end to
Elon Musk denies 'romantic' affair with Google co-founder Brin's wife
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Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk said late on Sunday on Twitter that he and G
Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion deal
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Twitter Inc sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware co
Twitter vows legal fight after Musk pulls out of $44 billion deal
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Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement.
Elon Musk sued for KSh30 trillion over alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme
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Elon Musk was sued for $258 billion on Thursday by a Dogecoin investor who accused him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency.In a complaint filed in federal court in
Trump says he won't return to Twitter even if account is reinstated
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will not return to social media platform Twitter even if his account is reinstated following the platform's purchase by billionaire Elon Musk.Trump told Fox News that he w
