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Twitter No Longer Exists, As X Corp Takes Over

Elon Musk's Twitter no longer exists as company, after a filing this week shows Twitter has been merged into X…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Axed 80 Percent Of Staff, Admits Painful Tenure

Musk tells BBC Twitter is now roughly breaking even and advertisers are returning, but admits running platform is “quite painful”

2 years ago

Former Twitter Executives Sue Over $1m In Unpaid Legal Bills

Former Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal and two other top executives sue over more than $1m in personal legal bills

2 years ago

BBC Protests ‘Government Funded’ Label On Twitter

BBC protests 'Government Funded Media' label on Twitter after NPR earlier labelled 'State-Affiliated' in row over editorial independence

2 years ago

Elon Musk’s Twitter Sued Again Over Unpaid Bills

Small businesses in US sue Twitter, alleging Elon Musk's firm failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid…

2 years ago

Google Staff In London Walkout Over Job Cuts

Some of Google's 5,000 staff in the UK walkout over dispute about job cuts, mirroring similar walkout in Zurich last…

2 years ago

ICO Fines TikTok £12.7m Over Children’s Data

ICO finds TikTok did not do enough to keep children aged under 13 off the platform, and that as a…

2 years ago

TikTok Owner ByteDance Sees Revenues Soar 30 Pct

TikTok owner ByteDance sees revenues soar 30 percent in 2022 over 2021 as it faces growing hostility outside of China

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Twitter Revokes New York Times Checkmark

Elon Musk revokes 'verified' checkmark on New York Times Twitter account after newspaper says it will not pay monthly fee

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Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker

Hunting the leaker. Twitter's request to identify GitHub user who uploaded its source code has been approved by a US…

2 years ago

Twitter To Demote Non-Paying Posts In Subscription Overhaul

Twitter says it will only promote Blue subscription users on 'For You' feed, after axing verification for non-paying individuals

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US Lawmakers Push TikTok Ban Bill After CEO Testimony

US lawmakers signal increased support for bill that could ban TikTok, after five-hour testimony by chief executive Chew Shou Zi

2 years ago

Twitter Says Source Code Posted Online

Twitter takes legal action to take down 'stolen' source code posted on GitHub and identify who uploaded it, amidst ongoing…

2 years ago

Key Takeaways From TikTok’s CEO Grilling In US Congress

Torrid time for TikTok CEO, as Shou Zi Chew endured brutal questioning by US lawmakers over national security concerns

2 years ago

TikTok CEO Says US Data Never Shared With Chinese Government

As he prepares to face US lawmakers, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says the app never shared US data with…

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BBC Bans TikTok From Corporate Devices

BBC joins multiple Western governments in banning TikTok over security fears, but continues to use it to promote content

2 years ago

YouTube Reinstates Donald Trump Account After Two-Year Ban

YouTube reinstates account of ex-US president Donald Trump after two-year ban, as Trump prepares new presidential campaign

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Crypto Investment ‘Scam’ Defrauds Thousands Of Users

Crypto trading app iEarn Bot appears to be massive scam drawing in thousands of investors in multiple countries, report finds

2 years ago

Meta To Layoff Another 10,000 Staff

Mark Zuckerberg's 'year of efficiency' continues after he makes “difficult decision” to axe 10,000 jobs, on top of November's 11,000…

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New Meta Layoffs ‘Could Match Those of Last Year’

Upcoming layoffs at Meta could reportedly cut same proportion of staff as those announced last November, as company reins in…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Apologises To Sacked Twitter Worker

Musk issues rare apology over sacking of Twitter worker who publicly asked whether he had been fired or not, as…

2 years ago

Meta Considering Twitter-Like Social Network

Facebook parent Meta considering launching Twitter-style stand-alone text-based social network amidst chaos at Elon Musk-owned platform

2 years ago

FTC Admits It Is Investigating Twitter

Federal agency FTC confirms it is investigating Twitter under new CEO Elon Musk for potential violations of 2011 agreement

2 years ago

WhatsApp Will Not Comply With UK Online Safety Bill

WhatApp becomes second major platform to indicate it will not comply with the UK's revised Online Safety Bill

2 years ago

Elon Musk Admits “Massive Decline” In Ad Revenue

Elon Musk says Twitter may be cash flow-positive next quarter, which may not surprise observers after all his cost-cutting

2 years ago

Musk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter Director

Haraldur Thorleifsson asked Elon Musk if he had been fired. Musk mocked him in his reply, but later backtracked and…

2 years ago

Major Twitter Outage Caused By Single Engineer – Report

Cost of conducting mass layoffs? Major Twitter outage this week triggered by just one engineer shutting down free access to…

2 years ago

Meta Planning Thousands More Job Cuts – Report

Zuckerberg's promise of “year of efficiency” at Meta likely to entail more job losses, according to media report

2 years ago

Meta Cuts Prices For VR Headsets

Struggling to sell? Meta has cut prices for two of its virtual reality headsets amid reduced consumer spending on tech

2 years ago

Meta Forms AI Team To Compete With ChatGPT

Facebook, Instagram parent Meta forms AI-focused team to develop text and visual tools across its products, following success of OpenAI's…

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