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Page 25 - Latest Updates on Elon Musk

Musk's Twitter updates app to start charging $8 for blue checkmark

The billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of electric car maker Tesla cut half the staff at Twitter and has vowed to start charging users more

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Updated On : 06 Nov 2022 | 6:34 AM IST

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey apologises to employees amidst layoffs

Former Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said he regrets growing the company too quickly as the social media platform downsizes following its recent sale to Elon Musk

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 10:14 PM IST

Why Elon Musk's first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

There's no doubt Musk is quite good at performative social media statements, but we're yet to see any actual changes made to content moderation let alone Musk's utopian vision of a digital town square

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 3:45 PM IST

'No choice', says Elon Musk as he justifies massive layoffs at Twitter

However, there is no clarity yet on the severance package to be paid to employees laid off in India

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 3:13 PM IST

Twitter says job cuts by Musk won't impact core content moderation

Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of safety and integrity, said that while the company said goodbye to incredibly talented friends and colleagues, "our core moderation capabilities remain in place''

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 2:15 PM IST

Musk threatens to name shame advertisers who are backing out from Twitter

In a series of tweets, Tesla CEO has blamed "activist groups pressuring advertisers" for a "massive drop in revenue" as the company engages in mass layoffs.

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 11:28 AM IST

Biden slams Musk's Twitter buy, says platform responsible for spewing lies

"There's no editors anymore," Biden added. "There's no editors. How do we expect kids to be able to understand what is at stake?"

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 10:30 AM IST

Human Rights to Accessibility Experience: Key Twitter teams axed by Musk

As per Tech Crunch, key Twitter teams including Human Rights, Accessibility, Al Ethics and Curation have been axed so far by the Tesla CEO.

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 10:42 AM IST

Top Headlines: FM likely to begin pre-Budget talks, Musk defends layoffs

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 9:17 AM IST

Lawyer suing Twitter over layoffs says Elon Musk trying to comply

Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan said she "will be monitoring the situation" at Twitter to ensure employees receive appropriate notice and compensation.

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 8:38 AM IST

Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for massive ad revenue drop

Tweets by the company staff said teams responsible for communications, content curation, human rights and machine learning ethics were among those gutted, as were some product and engineering teams

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 8:24 AM IST

Twitter layoffs likely set back the company's recent diversity gains

The firings of about half of the staff on Friday also may hit hard: The leaders of several of Twitter's diversity-focused groups were part of the job cuts, according to people familiar with the matter

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 8:03 AM IST

As job cuts begin at Twitter, Elon Musk decries 'massive' sales drop

The global workforce reductions are expected to affect 3,700 jobs - about half of the company.

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 8:42 AM IST

Job cuts at Twitter spur concerns about US midterms, human rights

Product and engineering teams were gutted by well over 50%, according to two sources, and other groups - like communications, marketing, human rights and diversity - were almost completely eliminated

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 8:44 AM IST

Elon Musk defends layoffs, says Twitter losing over $4 million a day

Twitter employees were notified in an email that the layoffs were set to begin. Musk is expected to cut roughly half of Twitter's roughly 7,500-person workforce.

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 7:49 AM IST

General Mills to Mondelez, top Twitter advertisers to hit the pause button

Some advertisers are concerned that Musk could scale back content moderation, which they worry would lead to an increase in objectionable content on the platform

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2022 | 12:03 AM IST

The Chief Twit takes over, but why should any of us care?

There's nothing in this deal to cause anyone who believed the world's richest man was an untalented amateur to change their mind

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Updated On : 04 Nov 2022 | 10:59 PM IST

A curious deal, with or without the blue tick

Musk's Twitter deal is problematic in many ways, not least because there's no apparent synergy between an automobile company, an aerospace-cum-internet service provider, and a social media platform

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Updated On : 04 Nov 2022 | 11:36 PM IST

LIVE: Wrestler Sushil Kumar gets interim bail till Nov 12 in murder case

From Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs to AAP announcing its CM candidate in Gujarat, catch all the live updates from across the globe here

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Updated On : 04 Nov 2022 | 10:29 PM IST

Tesla's former India policy chief to join e-scooter start-up Ather

Manuj Khurana, who quit his post as Tesla's local head of policy and business development in June, will start next week at Ather Energy

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Updated On : 04 Nov 2022 | 9:54 PM IST