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Elon Musk issued so many orders after taking over Twitter that staff made him sign some off in case he...
Newsbreak 3 weeks ago in Around The World, Elon Musk, Elon Musk twitter, marc-andreesen, Tech Insider, Twitter, Weekend BI UK News, X 0 Elon Musk is now CTO of X, nee Twitter. Chesnot via Getty Images Elon Musk made so many requests at Twitter that staff asked him to sign some off, The Wall Street Journal reported. Employees feared Musk would forget all the orders he’d issued, per the Journal. Musk’s changes reportedly included having his tweets amplified and removing safety measures. Elon Musk’s erratic demands after taking…
Twitter’s valuation has been slashed by 47% at Ark Invest since Elon Musk took over
Newsbreak 2 months ago in ARK Invest, Around The World, Cathie Wood, Elon Musk, Finance, Markets, MI Exclusive, Twitter, Twitter stock, twitter stock price 0 Elon Musk acquired Twitter on October 27. Getty Images Ark Invest has marked down its Twitter valuation by 47% since it was taken over by Elon Musk, the Wall Street Journal reported. Musk had recently tweeted that Twitter’s advertising revenue has been cut in half since he took over the company. Despite the steep writedown, Ark CEO Cathie Wood said she is still bullish on…
Jack Dorsey once called Elon Musk the ‘singular solution’ for taking Twitter private. Now, the app’s co-founder says Musk never...
Newsbreak 5 months ago in Around The World, Bluesky, Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, News, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk, former and current Twitter CEOs. Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images Jack Dorsey last year called Elon Musk the “singular solution I trust” to take Twitter private. On Friday, Dorsey sharply critiqued Musk, saying he didn’t act right when acquiring the platform. “I think he should have walked away,” Dorsey wrote of Musk. Elon Musk is no longer the singular…
Elon Musk slams New York Times after publication loses Twitter verification badge: ‘It’s unreadable’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk poked fun at the New York Times on Sunday, calling the publication “unreadable” after it lost its blue verification badge on his social media platform. “The real tragedy of @NYTimes is that their propaganda isn’t even interesting,” Musk wrote in a tweet. “Also, their feed is the Twitter equivalent of diarrhea. It’s unreadable,” Musk added. “They would have far more real…
Elon Musk apologized after publicly accusing an employee of using their disability as an ‘excuse.’ An employment lawyer called the...
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Disabilities, Elon Musk, Employee rights, insider news, Muscular dystrophy, News, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Elon Musk has apologized for his comments about a former Twitter employee with muscular dystrophy. Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images Elon Musk apologized on Tuesday for mocking a former Twitter employee who has muscular dystrophy. Musk had accused the employee of not doing “actual work” and told him to justify why he should keep his job. A lawyer told Insider Musk’s behavior shows a “hostile”…
Twitter employees’ Google Chat service was disabled without explanation before the new round of layoffs, report says
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Around The World, Elon Musk, Layoffs, News, Tech Insider, Trending UK, Twitter 0 Elon Musk took over Twitter on October 27. Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu Agency The Google Chat service used by Twitter staff was disabled last week, The Verge reported. The company’s Slack also went down on Wednesday, per previous reports. Some employees think the move was intended to limit internal communication, per The Verge. Twitter employees found themselves with fewer options to communicate after their…
Tesla lost its edge — and Elon Musk has no one but himself to blame
Tesla spent the past two decades defying expectations and disrupting the automotive industry, but now it’s starting to fall behind the rest of the auto industry. Getty; Marianne Ayala/Insider How Elon Musk turned his crown jewel into an overpriced jalopy Mark has been driving a Tesla since 2014. But after almost a decade of loyalty to Elon Musk’s electric-car company, his faith is starting to…
‘It’s clear that Mark Zuckerberg idolizes Elon Musk,’ Wall Street analyst says
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Analysis, Around The World, Elon Musk, Facebook, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, News, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Elon Musk. Kevin Dietsch/Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg said Meta is including a verification subscription service to Facebook and Instagram. Meta’s new product mirrors Twitter’s verification subscription enterprise launched under Elon Musk. Wall Street analyst Mark Schilsky says idolatry is at play. Elon Musk’s possession of social media giant Twitter could also be altering his relationship with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg….
Twitter will reserve text-message authentication for Twitter Blue subscribers because it’s being ‘abused’ by ‘unhealthy actors’
Newsbreak 7 months ago in Ads, Around The World, Elon Musk, News, Social Media, Tech Insider, Twitter, Twitter Blue, Weekend BI UK News 0 Twitter is looking for new income streams since being purchased by Elon Musk. Getty Images Twitter said only Twitter Blue subscribers can use textual content messages to secure accounts from March 20. Text message two-factor authentication was being “abused” by “bad actors,” the corporate said. A Twitter Blue subscription prices $11 a month on Android or iOS. Twitter is proscribing using textual content messages for…
Elon Musk cofounded the company behind ChatGPT but he’s warning that unregulated AI comes with ‘nice hazard’
Newsbreak 8 months ago in AI, Around The World, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Elon Musk, News, Tech News, Technology 0 Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at the 2015 Automotive News World Congress January 13, 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. More than 5,000 journalists from round the world will see roughly 45 new autos unveiled throughout the 2015 NAIAS, which opens to the public January 17 and concludes January 25. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Elon Musk spoke out about the risks of AI and…
Elon Musk says the end of 2023 is a ‘good timing’ to find a new CEO for Twitter because the...
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, CEOs, Elon Musk, News, Successor, Tech Insider, Tech News, Twitter 0 Elon Musk. Susan Walsh/AP Elon Musk says he plans to have somebody take over his job as Twitter CEO close to the end of 2023. He said end-2023 would be “good timing” to hand over the reins because Twitter ought to be “stable” then. Musk said he nonetheless wants to be sure Twitter is “financially healthy.” Elon Musk says he plans to find another person…
Inside the turbulent personal life of Elon Musk, who had secret twins with an exec, got divorced 3 occasions, and...
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, Arts & Culture, Business Visual Features, dating, Elon Musk, Families, Family, Features, Girlfriends, Grimes, Grimes pregnancy, Kimbal Musk, Life of, marriage, Maye Musk, News, relationships, SpaceX, Tech, Tech Insider, Tesla, Transportation, Twitter 0 Grimes, left, and Elon Musk attend the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2018. Charles Sykes/AP Elon Musk has had a headline-grabbing personal life over the years. He’s been divorced thrice, dated a number of celebrities, and has 9 youngsters, together with twins with one of his high executives. But Musk’s skilled life is probably going taking over most of his…
House Democrat presses Musk on rise of antisemitism on Twitter
Newsbreak 8 months ago in antisemitism, Around The World, Elon Musk, House, Jared Moskowitz, News, Social Media, Technology, Twitter 0 Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) penned a letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday asking how he plans to fight the rise of antisemitism on the social media platform after the congressman was the goal of a barrage of antisemitism feedback this week. Mowkositz, who’s Jewish, said his official Twitter account obtained “hundreds of hateful, divisive comments” after he posted a video clip of himself stating the…
Cathie Wood’s flagship Ark ETF just logged its best month in history as its stock darling Tesla makes a comeback
Newsbreak 8 months ago in ARK Innovation ETF, ARKK, Around The World, Cathie Wood, cathie wood ark invest, Cathie Wood Tesla, Deflation, Elon Musk, Fed, fed inflation, Interest Rates, Markets, MI Exclusive, NASDAQ, Roku, Spotify, Tech stocks, Tesla 0 Cathie Wood. Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images Cathie Wood’s flagship Ark Invest fund just notched its best month ever as tech shares bounce back. The famed cash supervisor’s Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) logged a acquire of about 28% for January. A handful of shares in ARKK’s portfolio led the win, together with Tesla, Spotify and Roku. Cathie Wood’s flagship exchange-traded Ark Innovation fund just notched…
Elon Musk had a surprise meeting with Republican and Democratic House leaders to discuss ensuring Twitter is ‘truthful to both...
Newsbreak 8 months ago in Around The World, Capitol Hill, Elon Musk, Hakeem Jeffries, Kevin McCarthy, Lobbying, News, Politics, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Elon Musk said he met with both House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R). Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images and Samuel Corum/Getty Images Elon Musk said he met with House leaders of both events to guarantee equity on Twitter. The meeting was reportedly unplanned, and was “mostly just an introduction.” The conferences come simply because the House is…
Elon Musk says his politics are in the center but extremism experts say he’s using Twitter to increasingly empower right-wing...
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theorists, Elon Musk, GOP, Media, News, Politics, right wing extremism, Technology, Twitter 0 Twitter brand displayed on a mobile phone with Elon Musk and the Twitter hen in the background. Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images Elon Musk has been weighing in more and more on political points since shopping for Twitter. Once positioning himself as impartial, he now shares anti-Democratic conspiracies and endorses the GOP. “Any argument that he’s trying to empower the center is…
Twitter Blue is set to relaunch Monday at $3 more for iPhone app users after Elon Musk complained about Apple’s...
Newsbreak 10 months ago in App Store, Apple, Around The World, Elon Musk, iOS, iPhone, News, Tech Insider, Twitter, Twitter Blue 0 Elon Musk needs to name off his deal to purchase Twitter. Getty Images The relaunch of Twitter Blue was suspended in November after a wave of impersonations. It was suspended once more as Elon Musk tried to keep away from the Apple App Store’s 30% fee. Twitter stated the subscription can be relaunching for $3 more on iOS. Twitter stated its subscription service, Twitter Blue,…
From an industrial-sized pizza oven to a statue of the Twitter hen, here are all the weird things you can...
Twitter headquarters is seen in San Francisco, California, United States on October 28, 2022 Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency Twitter will probably be getting rid of a whole bunch of surplus workplace provides in a January public sale. The gadgets being auctioned off embody kitchen home equipment, Twitter sculptures, and workplace chairs. The lowest beginning bids are $25 whereas the highest is $50. Twitter followers…
Elon Musk praises Kyrsten Sinema for leaving the Democratic Party: ‘I hope more of our elected leaders act independently’
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Arizona, Around The World, Congress, Democratic Party, Elon Musk, Kyrsten Sinema, News, Politics, Senate 0 Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Sen. Krysten Sinema, an Arizona unbiased Getty Images Elon Musk praised Sen. Krysten Sinema for leaving the Democratic Party. “I hope more of our elected leaders act independently …,” Musk wrote on Twitter. Sinema introduced that she is now an unbiased and can now not be formally thought-about a Democrat. Some of her Democratic colleagues are bidding her good riddance,…
Japanese billionaire Maezawa says he’ll travel to the moon with expensiveMoon crew DJ Steve Aoki, K-pop star T.O.P in SpaceX’s...
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Elon Musk, News, Space Tourism, SpaceX, Tech, Tech Insider, Transportation, Yusake Maezawa 0 Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa introduced a crew of artists, content material creators, and athletes from round the world for his flight to the moon. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japanese billionaire Maezawa has picked his crew for his flight to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship. A crew of artists, content material creators, and athletes from round the world will fly to the moon as quickly as subsequent…
Elon Musk loses world richest man title to Bernard Arnault
Tesla boss and Twitter proprietor, Elon Musk, on Wednesday, misplaced the world’s richest title to Bernard Arnault after a steep drop within the worth of his stake within the electric-car maker and a $44 billion wager on the social media agency. Tesla’s shares fell about 4 per cent in morning buying and selling on Wednesday, seventh of December 2022. This is coming months after Musk…
‘Context switching is the mind-killer’: Elon Musk shared a unusual, altered quote from ‘Dune’ as he juggles leading Twitter with...
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Dune, Elon Musk, Elon Musk twitter, Elon Musk Twitter takeover, Fear, film, Neuralink, SpaceX, Tech Insider, Tesla, The Boring Company 0 Elon Musk has shared the quote no less than 3 times. Getty Images Elon Musk has 3 times shared an altered model of a well-known quote from sci-fi traditional “Dune.” “Fear is not the mind-killer, context-switching is the mind-killer,” Musk tweeted Wednesday. The quote seemingly implies that continuously switching focus is mind-numbing. Elon Musk as soon as once more posted a weird altered clip from…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is reportedly facing a federal investigation for animal abuse
Elon Musk. Carina Johansen/Getty Images Elon Musk’s mind chip firm Neuralink is underneath federal investigation of animal welfare abuse, reported Reuters. The firm has reportedly killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018, and lots of deaths have been allegedly avoidable. Employees informed Reuters they felt rushed resulting from Musk’s pressure-cooker work surroundings, resulting in careless errors. Elon Musk’s mind chip firm is likely to be inflicting one…
Big Tech CEOs are asking employees to step up — or step aside
Newsbreak 10 months ago in 10 things in tech, Alphabet, Around The World, Elon Musk, Newsletter, Newsletters, Sundar Pichai, Tech, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Welcome to one other week, readers. Writing to you from New York, I’m your host, Jordan Parker Erb. Over the previous few weeks, we have watched as Elon Musk has shifted Twitter’s tradition. One of the largest transitions was his determination that employees will likely be fired until they work at an “extremely hardcore” rate to construct “Twitter 2.0.” But Musk is not the one…
White House spokesperson criticizes Trump’s suggestion to get rid of the Constitution: ‘You cannot only love America when you win’
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Elon Musk, Hunter Biden's laptop, News, Politics, Trump, Twitter 0 U.S. President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he departs on the South Lawn of the White House, on December 12, 2020. Al Drago/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump drew criticism for suggesting the US get rid of the Constitution. Trump’s calls got here after Elon Musk launched info claiming Twitter violated the First Amendment. A White House spokesperson stated Trump’s phrases needs to be…
Twitter is now relying more on AI to identify harmful content material, says its new trust and safety chief
Newsbreak 10 months ago in AI, Around The World, Elon Musk, News, Tech Insider, trust and safety, Twitter, Weekend BI UK News 0 Elon Musk’s Twitter now depends more on AI for content material moderation. Jonathan Raa/Getty Images Twitter’s new trust and safety chief stated it was relying more on AI to identify harmful content material. Ella Irwin instructed Reuters Twitter favors limiting distribution quite than deleting sure content material. Musk additionally met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday to talk about content material moderation. Twitter is…
Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup shares video it says shows a monkey telepathically ‘typing’
A monkey demoing Neuralink’s mind chip on the firm’s show-and-tell occasion on November 30, 2022. YouTube Elon Musk shared a video he mentioned confirmed a monkey with a mind chip deciding on letters with its thoughts. Musk clarified that the monkey was not spelling by itself. The demo video was proven at Neuralink’s show-and-tell occasion on Wednesday night time. Elon Musk shared a video of…
The EU warns Elon Musk that Twitter could be banned if it doesn’t comply with content moderation legal guidelines: FT
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, content moderation, Elon Musk, European Commission, European Union, International, News, Politics, Tech, Tech Insider, Twitter 0 Elon Musk accomplished his acquisition of Twitter in October. Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Getty Images A high-ranking EU official instructed Twitter CEO Musk the platform should comply with content moderation legal guidelines, per the FT. Twitter faces an EU-wide ban or positive if it breaches the EU’s regulation, commissioner Thierry Breton warned. Musk instructed Breton repeatedly that he thought the EU’s Digital Services Act was “very sensible.”…
Twitter stops enforcing COVID misinformation policy
Newsbreak 10 months ago in Around The World, Covid-19, COVID-19 misinformation, Elon Musk, Policy, Technology, Twitter 0 Twitter is not enforcing its policy about COVID-19 misinformation as a part of adjustments made below new CEO Elon Musk. Twitter didn’t formally announce the change, however a word was added to the highest of the web page concerning the policy to notice that the rule was being rolled again. “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” the…
‘I’m glad Elon is in the battle’: Tech CEOs battling Apple’s 30% App Store fee get unexpected ammo from Musk
Newsbreak 10 months ago in App Store, Apple, Around The World, Daniel Ek, Elon Musk, Epic Games, News, Payment, Spotify, Tech, Tech Insider, Tim Cook, Tim Sweeney, Twitter 0 Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook. Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images, Steve Granitz/WireImage Elon Musk has fueled a protracted battle between Apple and app builders over App Store charges. Epic Games’ CEO Tim Sweeney and Spotify boss Daniel Ek supported Musk’s criticism of Apple. One CEO who predicted hassle when Musk purchased Twitter stated the billionaire would draw consideration to a distinct segment subject….