Bella Ramsey announces she’s leaving Twitter: ‘Thank you my gay army’ ‘Twitter it’s been fun,’ actor wrote The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Cathie Wood thinks a robotaxi boom will boost Tesla stock to $2,000 within 5 years The ARK Invest CEO said Tesla’s prospective robotaxi business is “one of the most important investment opportunities of our lifetimes.” Fortune · Apr 21, 2023
3 Unusually Active Tesla Options to Buy to Profit From Elon Musk’s Tactical Redirection It could have been a better week for Tesla stock. Down 12% through Thursday’s close, here are three unusually active options to profit from the EV company’s change in tactics. Barchart · Apr 21, 2023
Pope Francis, Ronaldo Lose Twitter Verified Blue Status, Others Keep It Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including Pope Francis, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo losing their verified status. Under Elon Musk's ownership, Twitter has changed how it hands out the coveted blue checkmarks, previously given to… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 21, 2023
Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now The company used "visibility filtering rules" in order to curtail propaganda and misinformation. Under Elon Musk, those guidelines have been discarded. WEKU · Apr 21, 2023
Colbert on SpaceX rocket launch: ‘compensating for Elon Musk’s penis’ Late-night hosts discussed the ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’ of Musk’s rocket and DeSantis’s war on woke The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2023
From DD News to NPR: Leading news outlets no longer labelled ‘state-funded’ on Twitter A day after deleting blue ticks from legacy accounts, Twitter dropped its labels from several news accounts that designate them as “government funded” or “publicly funded”. Newslaundry · Apr 21, 2023
It now costs companies $1,000 a month to advertise on Twitter Twitter now requires advertisers to be verified before they can run ads, something that could see businesses paying $1,000 a month before even paying for them. iMore · Apr 21, 2023
NBA players are partially to blame for officials taking over the playoffs Draymond Green, James Harden and the rest of the players need to chill with the wild fouls USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 21, 2023
Martin Lewis defends paying to keep his blue tick for Twitter account The verification symbol has been removed from thousands of accounts Wales Online · Apr 21, 2023
Why Elon Musk’s cull of Twitter ‘verified’ blue ticks could prove costly End of ‘lords & peasants system may help business in short term but risks sustainability if it leads to loss of trust The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023
Tesla's Q1 2023 Earnings Call Takeaway Recap Perhaps you didn't get a chance to listen to Tesla's earnings call in its entirety, or at all. We have the key morsels here for you in summary. InsideEVs · Apr 21, 2023
Why did SpaceX’s starship explode on its launch attempt? SpaceX’s Starship had an explosive inaugural test flight. Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023
Twitter blue ticks: Celebs react to losing their checkmark, from Charli XCX to Rylan Clark Some of Twitter’s most followed accounts, including Cristiana Ronaldo and Lady Gaga, have lost their official status Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023
The Conversation · Apr 21, 2023 Twitter drops 'government-funded' label for media organisations – here's what it should use instead After objections from a number of major media organisations, Twitter appears to have dropped its media account labels. The labels drove at least two media organisations from the platform, and enraged followers of many others.
The New Daily · Apr 21, 2023 Top Videos: Solar eclipse stuns and Elon Musk’s rocket explodes The solar eclipse, while the King unveiled the "Coronation quiche", despite the egg shortage, here are the top videos of the week.
The New Daily · Apr 21, 2023 Twitter snatches away blue checkmarks – except for a chosen few A hallmark status symbol has been snatched away from Twitter users not willing to pay for it – unless the company's CEO says otherwise.
TechRadar · Apr 21, 2023 Twitter scraps legacy blue checks - here’s how to tell who's real and who's fake Twitter has removed its legacy blue checks which is… a move, but we can help you tell the fake accounts from the real ones so you’re never caught out.
Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2023 Twitter boss Elon Musk's picks three celebs to personally pay blue ticks for Elon Musk took away blue ticks on Twitter this week, so users must pay a subscription to be 'verified' - but some celebs still appear to have theirs
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023 Elon Musk pays for Stephen King and LeBron James to keep Twitter blue ticks Writer and basketball star are among famous names to retain ticks despite not signing up to Twitter Blue
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 21, 2023 Musk’s Twitter Drops 'Government-funded' Labels on Media Accounts Twitter dropped the "Government-funded" and "China state-affiliated" labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the "Government-funded Media" label from the accounts of US-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation…
Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023 Elon Musk ‘personally paying’ to keep blue ticks on some verified Twitter users Stephen King, LeBron James and William Shatner are among the stars whose blue ticks remain, despite claiming they had not paid a subscription
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023 Musk's Twitter drops labels for government-funded media Twitter has removed labels describing global media organizations are government-funded or state-affiliated
Wales Online · Apr 21, 2023 Some people will keep Twitter blue ticks despite not paying It comes after legacy verified checkmarks were removed from the social app on Thursday
Space · Apr 21, 2023 Starship up close! See giant SpaceX rocket lift off in slo-mo launch tower video A new video filmed from Starship's launch tower gets you up close and personal with Thursday's (April 20) landmark liftoff of the giant SpaceX vehicle.