Page 23 - Latest Updates on Elon Musk
Musk sells additional Tesla shares worth $3.4 bn towards Twitter deal
With this, he has offloaded almost $20 billion in Tesla shares this year. The world's richest man sold $8.4 billion in Tesla shares in April and another $6.9 billion in August.
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Twitter abruptly scraps gray 'Official' verification badge within hours
Musk said that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months
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Latest LIVE: Nirav Modi loses extradition appeal in UK; to return to India
From strong earthquake in Nepal to US Midterm elections, catch all the live updates from across the globe here
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Twitter turbulence puts focus on brand security in social media advertising
Focused approach to media targeting, using third-party verification tools among measures advertisers are adopting
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Mastodon struggles to keep up with recent flood of Twitter defectors
Searches for Mastodon spiked on Google following the Twitter acquisition, especially in Europe where the social network is based.
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Cryptoverse: Dogecoin's price doubled after Musk's Twitter acquisition
It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" to announce his ownership. Five days later, it was at $0.16.
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Musk's Twitter to introduce 'Official' label for some verified accounts
The lack of ID verification is likely to raise concerns about the possibility of people impersonating public figures
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Politics is war, truth is first casualty, says Musk as he attacks Democrats
Elon Musk on Tuesday said that politics is war and truth is first casualty, as he attacked Democrats and supported Republicans during the US mid-term election
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Twitter's $8 Blue service may not affect existing verified accounts
The original plan for the new Blue plan was that users who were already verified should also pay, or lose their Blue Badges after 90 days
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User growth at 'all-time highs' under Elon Musk, Twitter tells ad firms
Since the take-private deal closed, Twitter's so-called monetisable daily user (mDAU) growth accelerated to more than 20 per cent
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India's 'first' Twitter user undecided on whether to pay for blue tick
Naina Redhu says she joined social media platform in 2006 after getting an invitation email
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Cryptoverse: Dogecoin's price double abfter Elon Musk acquired Twitter
Dogecoin's price doubled after the Tesla tycoon completed the $44 billion deal. It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" to announce his ownership
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Mastodon: Know everything about the platform hailed as Twitter alternative
Before Musk completed the Twitter acquisition on Oct. 27, Mastodon's growth averaged 60-80 new users an hour, according to the widely-cited Mastodon Users account
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Twitter: Mastodon, Tumblr, other alternatives that users are turning to
Launched in 2016, Mastodon is an open source software for a decentralized social network, with several features that are similar to Twitter
Twitter tells advertisers its user growth at all-time high under Musk
Twitter last reported 237.8 million mDAUs and a 16.6 per cent annual growth for its second quarter
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I'm open to the idea of voting Democrat again in future: Elon Musk
'Hardcore Democrats or Republicans never vote for the other side, so independent voters are the ones who actually decide who's in charge!'
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Why Musk's takeover of Twitter and the layoffs will shrink free speech
Musk's vision for Twitter is not particularly complex. He views it as a software platform first, and only then as a social network
Elon Musk tells Twitter followers to vote for Republicans in US midterms
His tweets were slammed by many of his followers
Mass layoffs at Twitter: Pause ads, agencies in India advise clients
IPG, Dentsu have informally spoken to their advertisers
After firing half of Twitter's workers, Musk now asks some to return
Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the moves
