Topline The rollout of Twitter’s paid verification badges triggered confusion and chaos on the social media platform on Wednesday as several new “verified” accounts impersonating important public figu...
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Biden Says The U.S. Should Review Elon Musk’s Relationships With Foreign Governments
President Joe Biden speaks to reporters on Wednesday, November 9. The White House via YouTube U.S. President Joe Biden suggested that his administration may look into Elon Musk’s business and technica...
How Much Would A Twitter Paywall Earn For Elon Musk?
Key Takeaways Twitter has been losing $4 million a day, which has led to Elon Musk laying off around 50% of their workforce. With advertisers leaving in droves, he’s looking for ways to generate...
Insights On The Midterms, Marketing And Musk’s Terrible Week
Debating the future of marketing with (L to R) Ashley Haynes-Gaspar of Microsoft, Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor, Square CMO Lauren Weinberg, and Sherry Phillips, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer ...
Dad Jokes, Weed And Lots Of Puns
Elon Musk, founder and chief engineer of SpaceX speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conference and … [+] Exhibition March 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. Musk answered a range of questions relating to Space...
Recall-Plagued Tesla Calls Back Another 40,000 Cars Over Possible Steering Issue
Topline Tesla is recalling more than 40,000 vehicles that could possibly lose power steering assist when hitting potholes or driving over bumps, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administ...
SpaceX adds data restrictions to Starlink satellite internet service
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaking about the Starlink project at MWC hybrid Keynote during the second day of Mobile World Congress on June 29, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images E...
Can Marketers Do Without Twitter? We Might Be About To Find Out
ANKARA, TURKIYE – OCTOBER 06: In this photo illustration, the image of Elon Musk is displayed on a … [+] computer screen and the logo of twitter on a mobile phone in Ankara, Turkiye on Oct...
Musk Breaks ‘Politically Neutral’ Twitter Promise After Endorsing Republicans In Midterms
Topline Elon Musk pleaded on Twitter Monday for voters to back Republican candidates a day before midterm elections, the strongest indicator yet of how the world’s wealthiest man will use his newly ac...
Twitter Reportedly Asks Fired Workers To Return—Here’s What To Know About The Aftermath Of Its Mass Layoffs
Topline Around 80% of Twitter staff in India—one of the firm’s largest markets—were fired last week, while Twitter is reportedly trying to bring back some of the workers it laid off and continues to a...
Musk Warns Twitter Will Permanently Ban Impersonators After Getting Parodied By Verified Users
Topline Twitter accounts that impersonate other individuals will be permanently banned from the platform, the social media platform’s new owner Elon Musk announced on Sunday night after several verifi...
Twitter Will Reportedly Wait Until After Midterms To Offer Verification Badges For A Fee
Topline Twitter–which is facing upheaval after billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover last week–will not roll out its controversial new $7.99-per-month verification system until after Tuesday’s midterm elec...
Crypto earnings, the Fed and bitcoin back above $21,000
Crypto prices ticked up over the past seven days as some crypto-related stocks gained after earnings. Bitcoin was trading at $21,214 today, up about 2% over the past week, while ether gained 0....
Twitter Launches $8-A-Month Blue Check Days After Musk’s Promise
Topline Twitter followed through on CEO Elon Musk’s pledge just days earlier to launch new features to its Twitter Blue subscription model Saturday, rolling out a $7.99 per month charge to receive a b...
Elon Musk’s Personal Mouthpiece, Raging Arctic Wildfires—And A Simple Emissions Solution For Coal Plants
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images When you ...
Advertisers Flee As Twitter Lays Off Nearly Half Of Its Workforce
Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The news that a reported 3,700 TwitterTWTR employees were let go via email, was...
Twitter Employees Laid Off Via Email, Slack
Employees were laid off from Twitter (TWTR) globally starting on Nov. 3 and abruptly learned their individual fates by email or being logged off their laptops and Slack, a messaging app. Twitter emp...
Twitter Removes Kanye’s Tweet After He Drops N-Word—And Musk Claims Platform Rules Unchanged
Topline Kanye West threw more gasoline on his bonfire of controversy by tweeting the N-word, not long after his friend Twitter owner Elon Musk attempted to assuage advertisers on Twitter as companies ...
Dogecoin rally dented by report that Musk might table Twitter’s crypto plans
Dogecoin’s Twitter deal-fueled rally hit a speed bump overnight as reports suggested Elon Musk might table the social media site’s crypto ambitions. Such plans appear to be on pause...
Rocket Lab attempts Electron booster catch with helicopter
Space company Rocket Lab called off its latest attempt at catching one of its Electron boosters with a helicopter, as the venture pursues reusability of its rockets. The company launched the “Ca...
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants us to ‘ignore’ Web3
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, co-founder and chief technology of Inrupt, speaking at Web Summit 2022. Sam Barnes | Sportsfile via Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — The creator of the web isn’t sold on cryp...
GM, Pfizer, Audi Pull Ads From Twitter After Musk Sale—Here Are The Other Companies Rethinking Their Ties
Topline Twitter owner Elon Musk’s plan to right the social media company’s financial ship while also loosening its content moderation rules could face early headwinds, with several large c...
Recession Concerns Grow As Amazon Pauses Hiring And Major Tech Companies Announce Layoffs This Week
Topline Amazon announced plans Thursday to implement a corporate hiring freeze, as the country’s second biggest company contends with rising inflation and economic uncertainty—becoming the latest comp...
Elon Musk’s New Tool To Shape Public Opinion
Like media moguls before him, the world’s wealthiest person now owns a personal mouthpiece with Twitter. It may prove more potent at influencing public opinion than traditional news outlets. As long a...