Category: Elon Musk

Musk to Relaunch Twitter’s Blue Check Subscription on Nov 29

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Twitter’s sought-after blue check subscription service will be relaunched on Nov. 29, a minor delay from his initial tentative timeline to bring back the service on the social media platform. “Punting relaunch of Blue Verified to November 29th to make sure that it is rock solid,” Musk said…


Court Told Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Wasn’t for Punching a Clock

WILMINGTON, Del—A Tesla Inc. director and a former executive took the stand on Monday and defended Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package against a shareholder’s claims that the entrepreneur dictated terms of the deal to finance his dream of traveling to Mars. Tesla shareholder Richard Tornetta hopes to prove that Musk used his dominance over…


Elon Musk’s SpaceX Buys Ad Campaign on Twitter for Starlink

SpaceX has bought an advertising package on Twitter for its satellite internet service Starlink, said Elon Musk, who owns the rocket company and the social media platform. “SpaceX Starlink bought a tiny—not large—ad package to test effectiveness of Twitter advertising in Australia & Spain. Did same for FB/Insta/Google,” Musk wrote on Twitter on Monday. Twitter,…


Elon Musk Reveals When Twitter Blue Will ‘Probably’ Be Back

Elon Musk said that Twitter Blue, the platform’s $8 blue check subscription service, will likely be back at the end of this week after the company put the service on ice last week after a wave of blue check accounts impersonating big brands posted controversial content. A number of users reported at the end of…


Elon Musk Says He’s Working ‘7 Days a Week’ After Taking Over Twitter

Elon Musk has spoken about his grueling work schedule as the new owner of Twitter and admitted to having “too much” on his plate. The billionaire businessman gave an insight into his workload during a session at the Business 20 conference in Indonesia on Monday. The conference is the official G-20 dialogue forum and is running alongside the…


Digital Culling: The End of Silicon Valley’s Golden Era?

Commentary When billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk cleaned out 3,700 superfluous Millennials from his company, the internet went crazy. “How dare!” shrieked the celebrities (who fancy themselves to be human rights lawyers). “Sue them!” demanded the Democrats, trampling over each other to profit from the social credit points on offer. The moral outrage was something…


Musk Says Twitter to Soon Enable Organizations to Identify Their Associated Accounts

Twitter’s billionaire owner Elon Musk on Sunday said that Twitter will soon enable organizations to identify twitter accounts associated with them as the new Twitter owner continues to find ways to limit fake accounts on the platform. “Rolling out soon,” Musk said in a tweet on Sunday. “Twitter will enable organizations to identify which other…


Elon Musk Is Right. Divided Government Is Best

Commentary There are no saviors or miracles in democracy, only a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. That is the enduring lesson of the 2022 midterms, as it is every election. And, though the results will be overinterpreted by pundits, and partisans will have all their priors confirmed, in the end, it is simply proof…


Laid-Off Twitter Employees Sue Musk Over Severance Pay

Recently fired Twitter employees are now suing the social media company after its new owner, Elon Musk, pulled their original severance benefit packages. Five of the former employees, who filed a Nov.1 class action suit against Twitter, are accusing Musk of breaking his promise to allow them to keep at least two months of severance, bonus…


Elon Musk’s Twitter: From Wokeplace To Workplace

Commentary Hyde Park Corner in London has for centuries been a mecca of free speech, dating back to the 12th century when it was the site of Tyburn Gallows and the condemned were allowed to criticize the government with their last words. Stroll about on a Sunday and you might find a Karl Marx doppelganger, replete…