Musk delays relaunch of Twitter’s beleaguered paid service Tesla CEO says he is postponing restart of the subscription service by two weeks to make sure it is “rock solid”. Al Jazeera · Nov 16, 2022
Elon Musk announces delay for $8 Twitter Blue verified badges in latest setback Musk’s attempt to give ‘power to the people’ has been marred by a plague of pranksters imitating celebrities, politicians, and Jesus Christ The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022
Elon Musk’s Tesla Gigafactory Built on Wage Theft and Safety Violations, Texas Workers Allege Two federal filings claim workers were not paid at all or were shorted on overtime pay and that a worker was provided with fake OSHA certificates while building the Travis County facility. Texas Observer · Nov 15, 2022
Impersonation and parody: Shitposters satirically mock Elon Musk’s chaotic Twitter takeover Posting on Twitter has changed since Elon Musk finalized his $44 billion takeover of the micro-blogging platform. The Conversation · Nov 15, 2022
Soulja Boy says he’s launching his own social media platform after slamming Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover ‘Catch me on Instagram until my app launches,’ the rapper tweeted The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022
Profit, privacy and online safety: What's at stake with Twitter verification The past week has seen Twitter announce – and quickly retract – new rules for authenticating user profiles, notably a controversial proposal to offer “blue check” verification to anyone willing to pay $8 a month. New owner Elon Musk, who on Tuesday set November 29 as the scheme’s relaunch date,… France 24 · Nov 15, 2022
How legit is that verified Twitter account? As Twitter keeps changing, misinformation experts are watching closely, hoping to offer tips on how to spot the difference between official accounts and the impostors. Tribune News Service · Nov 15, 2022
‘Bunch of cowards’: The Twitter engineer reportedly fired by tweet speaks out about Elon Musk’s reign An engineer who worked at Twitter for over eight years was fired after criticizing Musk. Fortune · Nov 15, 2022
Conor McGregor could lose almost half his followers in fake-user purge Former two-weight UFC champion McGregor has almost 10million Twitter followers but that could be cut by almost half with a crackdown on fake accounts Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022
Elon’s Twitter disaster could wipe off another quarter off Tesla's stock by year-end Longtime bull Adam Jonas warns price cuts should be expected for the U.S. market in the first half of next year as customers furious with Musk's antics turn their back on the brand. Fortune · Nov 15, 2022
Tech’s tectonic plates are shifting — will Twitter, Meta and the other giants survive? Amid job losses and tumbling share prices, all the platforms once thought too big to fail are now fighting to stay relevant. From Twitter to Meta, change is afoot, says John Arlidge Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover: Brands who left the platform including Balenciaga Celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg and Stephen Fry have also ditched the social media platform since the tech mogul’s October takeover Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2022
Tesla Begins Full Self-Driving Beta V11 Rollout, Slowly At First Tesla's FSD Beta version 11 is supposed to be a very significant update, and the one Musk has been promising would roll out widely before the end of the year. InsideEVs · Nov 15, 2022
Musk wants to know whether FTX laundered money for the Democrats Musk needs corporations to feel comfortable advertising their products and services on Twitter for the company to avoid bankruptcy, and catering to the internet’s seedy underbelly does not help. Fortune · Nov 15, 2022
InsideEVs · Nov 15, 2022 Tesla And Twitter CEO Elon Musk's $56 Billion Pay Case Begins In Court Elon Musk has his hands full now as he finds time to deal with a court case related to how he's paid at Tesla. Experts note Musk is in a favorable position.
Los Angeles Times · Nov 15, 2022 Is the world's richest person the world's worst boss? What it's like working for Elon Musk In the last two weeks, thousands of Twitter employees have gotten a small taste of what it's like to work for Elon Musk: the out-of-nowhere firings, the threats and the bluster, the pubescent jocularity, the day-to-day uncertainty and the urgent demands to work through the night.
Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2022 From Gal Gadot to Oprah: Twitter’s latest change ends the fun of celebs embarrassing brands Celebrities will no longer fall prey to embarrassing “via Twitter for iPhone” Tweets in Android ads.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022 UK Treasury joins chat app Discord and is met with torrent of abuse Users on gamer-focused platform manage to respond to posts despite government blocking all comments
Fortune · Nov 15, 2022 Balenciaga becomes the first major brand to delete its Twitter account Fashion house Balenciaga has become the first brand to delete its Twitter account since the Musk acquisition.
Reason · Nov 15, 2022 The Case for Space Billionaires What critics of the private space race get wrong
Reason · Nov 15, 2022 The End of Astronauts: Should We Send Robots to Space Instead? Robots don't get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.
Reason · Nov 15, 2022 So Long, Soyuz: Russia Is Leaving the International Space Station Privatization can free orbital innovation from ground-bound politics.
Reason · Nov 15, 2022 Robert Heinlein's Dream of Private Space Travel Is Coming True A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable.
Fortune · Nov 15, 2022 Tesla is being sued by its Texas gigafactory construction workers for serious labor violations Workers claimed the company committed wage theft, and that subcontractors falsified credentials for health and safety training.
Dynamite News · Nov 15, 2022 Twitter CEO Elon Musk "Fires" App Developer Via Tweet For This Reason, Find Out Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who has been laying off employees and contractors of the micro-blogging platform, has fired yet another member of his Twitter team and that too seemingly with a tweet. Read more on Dynamite News: