Elon Musk

The United States took to the polls this week to vote in a high-stakes midterm election. With public trust in election systems at an all-time low, the secret ballot is more important now than ever before. We also took a look at a flawed app built by prominent right-wing provocateurs…

Screenshot: Striking Distance Studios I know Elden Ring is out, and God of War Ragnarök is out, and Elon Musk’s dead-on-arrival Twitter shenanigans are making it feel like we’ve lived a couple thousand years. But no, you’re still here in 2022, and we have two more months of it. What…

Elon Musk has only been in charge of Twitter since late October. But already, he’s turned the company and its platform upside down. In the days after Musk took over, he booted top executives, slashed rank-and-file headcount by 50 percent, pushed engineers to work harder, and began fast-tracking a hodgepodge…

Doja Cat had to ask Elon Musk for help after her Twitter display name got stuck as "Christmas". The Say So singer asked the newly-instated Twitter boss how to change her display name after she switched it to "Christmas" and couldn't turn it back. Doja tweeted, "why can’t i change…

HighlightsTwitter did not respond to requests for comment on a potential bankruptcy, the FTC warning or the departures.Elon Musk announced plans to cut half the company's workforce last week.In May, Twitter agreed to pay $228 million to settle allegations by the FTC.Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has raised the possibility…

Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter Inc. employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility if it doesn’t start generating more cash, according to a person familiar with the matter. The warning came amid a tumultuous start to Musk’s reign at the…

The Federal Trade Commission warned Thursday that it is watching Twitter with “deep concern” following Elon Musk’s purchase of the social media platform. In the day since Twitter’s monthly subscription verification service went live, trolls have already begun to flood the site with accounts that impersonated public figures—sometimes with hilarious…

There have been a few changes since Elon Musk took over Twitter, and Doja Cat is learning this the hard way. Since buying the site, Musk has attempted to clamp down on parody accounts after verified users changed their names to jokingly pretend to be him in viral tweets. Anyone…

Elon Musk sought to reassure big companies that advertise on Twitter on Wednesday that his chaotic takeover of the social media platform won’t harm their brands, acknowledging that some “dumb things” might happen on his way to creating what he says will be a better, safer user experience. The latest…

By Matt O'Brien, Mae Anderson and Barbara OrtutayNovember 10, 2022 — 7.21am Elon Musk sought to reassure big companies advertising on Twitter that his chaotic takeover of the social media platform won’t harm their brands, acknowledging that some “dumb things” might happen on his way to creating what he says…