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April 13, 2023

Business

Twitter Inc. Changes Its Name to X Corp. and Moves to Nevada

The platform is keeping the Twitter branding but is no longer incorporated in Delaware.

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The social-media platform on users’ phones and computers still bears the name Twitter even though Twitter Inc. itself has a new name. PHOTO: JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES

March 30, 2023

Tech

Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak sign open letter calling for pause on AI experiments

Elon Musk and other tech leaders are demanding a pause on the development of powerful new artificial intelligence systems.

By Editors Desk

Elon Musk is among the authors of the open letter that warns about AI technology. Picture: Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for CAA

February 27, 2023

Tech

Elon Musk sacks 200 more Twitter staff

A Twitter executive so devoted to Elon Musk she slept at the office after working “round the clock” has lost her job amid new brutal staff cuts.

By Editors Desk

There have been at least eight rounds of lay-offs since Elon Musk took over Twitter. Picture: Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg

February 05, 2023

Tech

Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private

Jury finds investors failed to prove their claims against the CEO or the electric-car company

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Israelis hold flags as they protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2023. © Ronen Zvulun, Reuters

January 12, 2023

Business

Elon Musk breaks world record for biggest drop of personal wealth in history

The Tesla founder has just shattered a huge world record – but it’s probably one he would rather have left alone.

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Elon Musk has seen his fortunes plummet. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

January 08, 2023

Tech

Musk drops major Twitter bombshell

Elon Musk has announced a huge change is coming to Twitter next month, with many users claiming it will ruin the social media platform.

By Editors Desk

Elon Musk has announced long-form tweets will be available in February. Picture: Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP

January 03, 2023

Business

Brutal day for Musk as Tesla plummets

Elon Musk’s hopes of leaving his financial woes behind him in 2022 have gone up in smoke as the Tesla share price continues to nosedive.

By Editors Desk

It was another brutal day for Tesla on Wall Street. Picture: AFP

December 24, 2022

Business

$1.2 trillion wiped: Musk’s disastrous year

Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest man after a catastrophic 365 days for the billionaire where he has just haemorraged money.

By Editors Desk

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to defend his company’s abysmal stock performance. Picture: Frederic J. Brown / AFP

December 22, 2022

Tech

Musk announces new Twitter feature

The view counter will prove “how much more alive” the platform is, its CEO claimed

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December 21, 2022

Tech

Elon Musk to quit as Twitter CEO when replacement found

Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter's chief executive officer when he finds someone "foolish enough to take the job".

By Editors Desk

December 20, 2022

Tech

Elon Musk Says ‘No One Wants’ Top Twitter Job, But Some People Raise Their Hands

Jason Calacanis volunteered himself and ran his own poll

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Twitter ‘Trainwreck’ Unchanged If Musk Steps Down: Ives

December 19, 2022

Tech

Elon Musk ‘set to resign as Twitter CEO’

Elon Musk looks set to quit as CEO of Twitter after asking the website’s users to decide his future at the company

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Elon Musk in 2021. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News)

December 17, 2022

Tech

Twitter reinstates banned journalists' accounts

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk says several journalists he suspended from his social media company, Twitter, will have their accounts reinstated.

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REUTERS Image caption, Since buying the social media platform, Elon Musk has changed many of its moderation practices

December 16, 2022

Tech

Elon Musk’s huge Twitter U-turn

Elon Musk said he wants free speech on Twitter – but his latest move suggests the opposite. And he’s be warned sanctions may follow.

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A tweet by Elon Musk in early December is said to have led to a former Twitter employee to flee his home over safety fears. . (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

December 16, 2022

Tech

Elon Musk's Twitter suspends New York Times, Washington Post, CNN journalists with no explanation

Elon Musk is hitting journalists who make a living reporting on the billionaire where he can ... silencing their Twitter accounts.

By Editors Desk

Twitter suspended the accounts of journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post and CNN on Thursday night. The journalists cover the social media platform and its new owner, Elon Musk.

December 07, 2022

Business

Frenchman usurps Musk as world’s richest

Tesla boss Elon Musk has been briefly knocked off the perch as the world’s richest person after months of tumult at Twitter.

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Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault. Picture: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

December 07, 2022

Tech

Musk makes huge and brutal Twitter sacking

Elon Musk has made a big call at Twitter after a staffer’s alleged involvement in suppressing an exposé on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

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Elon Musk has fired Twitter’s general counsel James A. Baker. Picture: Frederic J. Brown/AFP

November 30, 2022

Tech

EU threatens Musk with Twitter ban

The platform must censor according to EU rules, the Brussels market overseer warns

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November 26, 2022

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Elon Musk mulls ‘alternative’ to Apple and Google

The billionaire said he could launch his own smartphone if Twitter is booted off popular platforms

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November 25, 2022

Tech

‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts

The Twitter chief says he will reinstate accounts suspended for threats, harassment and misinformation beginning next week

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A Twitter executive so devoted to Elon Musk she slept at the office after working “round the clock” has lost her job amid new brutal staff cuts.

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