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Elon Musk loses $13 billion in 24 hours after SpaceX rocket explosion and disappointing Tesla earnings

The CEO of Tesla and Twitter has seen his net worth battered in recent years.

Fortune · Apr 21, 2023

Stephen King responds after being ‘trolled’ by Elon Musk’s blue tick on Twitter

Author was left confused after noticing he was still verified

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Twitter axes blue ticks as Elon Musk 'pays' for some celebs to keep verified badge

Major political party pages and celebs with huge followings have lost their verification badges.

Daily Record · Apr 21, 2023

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Elon Musk forced to backtrack after LeBron James refuses to pay for verification

Twitter chief Elon Musk unverified millions of accounts on Thursday - including the one belonging to Cristiano Ronaldo - but LeBron James still has his blue tick

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2023

Ricky Gervais leads celebrities ridiculing Elon Musk over disappearance of ‘blue ticks’

‘I’m not sure if I’m really me or not’

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Musk says he paid to verify LeBron, Stephen King, William Shatner

All three celebrities had publicly stated they would never pay for Twitter Blue and verified status.

Fortune · Apr 21, 2023

Twitter drops ‘state-affiliated’, ‘government-funded’ labels

China’s Xinhua and Russia’s RT no longer labelled as state media after unannounced changes.

Al Jazeera · Apr 21, 2023

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Man City duo take aim at "crazy dude" Elon Musk after losing blue ticks during Twitter cull

Elon Musk made the controversial decision to strip Twitter users of their verified blue ticks on Thursday with a number of Premier League stars feeling the wrath of the billionaire

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2023

‘Deeply sorry’ CBI suspends policy and membership activity until June after firms quit following second rape allegation – as it happened

John Lewis, BMW, NatWest, Unilever, Aviva, Virgin Media 02 and GSK also distance from lobby group after Guardian reports into alleged misconduct

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

AOC says Elon Musk will cost lives by deleting blue ticks on Twitter

Congresswoman shares screenshots of exchange between Twitter users claiming to be official New York government handles

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Pushkar Singh Dhami, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal among politicians who lost Twitter blue tick

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tursday removed the verified blue tick from many high-profile individuals' account in India including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's among others. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Apr 21, 2023

Elon Musk trolls celebrities by ‘personally’ paying for their Twitter blue ticks

Platform’s verification system was overhauled on Thursday (20 April)

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

All the celebrities who appear to be paying to keep Twitter blue ticks

‘I’m paying for a few personally,’ Musk says

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

Friday briefing: Food prices continue to surge – how will the UK and the rest of the world respond?

In today’s newsletter: The cost of eating continues to surge, and everywhere from Nigeria to China is in search of an answer

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

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The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

What the papers say – April 21

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The Guardian - US · Apr 21, 2023

‘Hipster eugenics’: why is the media cosying up to people who want to build a super race?

There’s a thin line between the ‘pro-natalist’ movement and the ‘great replacement theory’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2023

With Twitter’s legacy blue checks gone, here’s how to see if celebrities and other users are real

Users from the Pope to former US president Donald Trump had their blue checks removed, while Elon Musk paid costs for some celebrities

Al Jazeera · Apr 21, 2023

Twitter starts removing blue tick mark from non-paying users

Famous figures including Pope Francis and Bill Gates lose blue tick as Elon Musk pushes paid service.

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Sports Illustrated · Apr 21, 2023

Elon Musk Confirms Report About LeBron James’s Unique Twitter Verification Situation

The Lakers star has a unique reason for why he was able to retain his Twitter verification.

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Elon Musk admits paying Twitter blue tick fees for celebrities who boycotted controversial levy

LeBron James and Stephen King appear to be among those who’ve had a subscription paid for

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023

Break out your tiny violins: The Twitter blue check purge is here

Celebrities and other VIPS across the world— including Bill Gates, the pope and Hillary Clinton — were devoid of official checkmarks Thursday afternoon as self-dubbed Twitter chief twit Elon Musk's promised purge of legacy Twitter verifications came to fruition.

Windows Central · Apr 20, 2023

Thanks to Twitter changes, you can say goodbye to this Xbox DVR feature

Twitter has updated its APIs from "free" to costing over $42,000 per month. As such, some services that integrate Twitter will no longer work. Xbox is the latest casualty.

The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2023

‘Legacy blue checks’ disappear from Twitter as Musk’s changes take effect

Checkmark denoted accounts verified for authenticity, which can now be bought for an $8 a month subscription called Twitter Blue

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Tesla sinks as Musk eyes more price cuts despite margin squeeze

Tesla Inc. shares slid the most in more than three months after Elon Musk indicated his company will keep cutting prices to stoke demand even after markdowns early this year took a significant toll on profitability.

PC Gamer · Apr 20, 2023

Twitter finally purges blue checks from formerly 'verified' accounts, including many game studios and developers

The likes of Final Fantasy 16, Tim Schafer, Warframe, and others have been de-checked. Oh, and the Pope.

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