By Allan Sloan November 03, 2023 If you’re a fan of financial fiascos, you’ve probably been having a great time reading stories marking the recent one-year anniversary of Elon Musk’s troubled Twitter takeover. By my math, which is based on the value that Fidelity places on the X shares owned by its mutual funds, … Continue reading Elon Musk isn’t the only one who lost a ton of money on X this year
By Emily Price October 05, 2023 When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October of last year, he made headlines for his abrasive management style. The takeover, described by The New York Times as “two weeks of chaos,” resulted in widespread layoffs and employee lawsuits, and reportedly caused managers to vomit into trash cans. … Continue reading Leadership experts on why Elon Musk contagion is a nightmare scenario for workers
X marks the spot where birds once tweeted. Kim Davis on July 24, 2023 Overnight, the iconic blue bird icon was removed from the desktop version of Twitter and replaced by a stark, monochromatic letter X. The same change will shortly be made on the mobile version, the company confirmed. The change is also said … Continue reading Elon Musk kills the Twitter brand: Welcome to the age of X
By Anne D’Innocenzio—Associated Press July 23, 2023 Elon Musk said Sunday that he plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from the famous blue bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year. In a series of posts on his Twitter … Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter is scrapping its bird logo in favor of the ‘X’
By Mark Sullivan July 14, 2023 Elon Musk announced this week the launch his new AI company, called xAI. The company, which already boasts an extremely talented staff, will presumably develop large language models (LLMs) and may represent Musk’s desire to create a challenge to current AI leader OpenAI. Musk was one of the … Continue reading An AI in Elon Musk’s image—what could possibly go wrong?
Twitter finally begins paying some of its creators Will Shanklin Twitter’s ad-revenue sharing program for creators has officially launched — and it’s reportedly already begun paying eligible Blue subscribers. Elon Musk announced the initiative in February, but with scant details about how it would work, nobody knew quite what to expect. However, some high-profile … Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue has dropped by 50 percent
Confusion Continues Over Elon Musk’s Tweet Limits on Twitter Deanna Ritchie / Jul 4, 2023 In an effort to combat the extraordinary amount of data scraping that occurs on the website, Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, has lately imposed restrictions on the number of posts that users are permitted to read in a single day. … Continue reading Confusion Continues Over Elon Musk’s Tweet Limits on Twitter
Twitter isn’t showing tweets unless you’re logged in Kris Holt @krisholt For some bizarre reason (OK, many widely reported reasons), Twitter is becoming less useful almost by the day. In its latest misstep, it seems the service is no longer letting people who aren’t signed in see any tweets. Until now, logged-out users … Continue reading Elon Musk claims Twitter’s new login requirement is a ‘temporary’ response to data scrapers
By Kelvin Chan—Associated Press June 23, 2023 Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley. European Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday that he noted the “strong commitment of … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Twitter has work to do if it wants to comply with the EU’s tough new digital rules
Karissa Bell @karissabe There’s never really been a shortage of reasons to spend less time on Twitter. Even before Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover, the platform was long plagued by misinformation, hate speech, harassment and other ills that made it less than welcoming. There’s never been a better time to quit Twitter. The Elon Musk-induced … Continue reading US adults are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk took over
