Elon Musk $44 billion Twitter deal

Elon Musk's Not-so-Hidden Agenda

Why would the world’s richest man want to undermine the legitimacy of democracy itself?
4 December 2022, 06:12 AM

Elon Musk is a vigilante superhero. That’s terrible news for everyone

For technology to truly reshape the world, we must move away from worshipping the cult of personality
20 November 2022, 12:23 PM

Twitter employees wait to be laid off over email

Twitter will tell employees by email on Friday about whether they have been laid off, temporarily closing its offices and preventing staff access, following a week of uncertainty about the company's future under new owner Elon Musk.
4 November 2022, 04:35 AM

Elon Musk to fire half of Twitter workforce: reports

Elon Musk is planning to fire about 3,700 Twitter employees, as per a recent report by Bloomberg News.
3 November 2022, 10:12 AM

Musk seeks Twitter spam account info from ad tech companies

Elon Musk has opted to seek documents from advertising technology companies for more information on Twitter's bots and spam accounts.
20 August 2022, 10:22 AM

Elon Musk's Twitter countersuit due by Friday

Elon Musk and Twitter, who are suing each other over the world's richest person's effort to exit their $44 billion merger, couldn't even agree on how much to tell the public about their dispute.
3 August 2022, 23:30 PM

Elon Musk now countersues Twitter over $44 billion deal

Elon Musk countersued Twitter Inc on Friday, escalating his legal fight against the social media company over his bid to walk away from the $44 billion purchase, although the lawsuit was filed confidentially.
30 July 2022, 02:51 AM

Elon Musk asks court to delay his Twitter lawsuit trial

Elon Musk has asked a Delaware court to push back his $44 billion Twitter lawsuit trial until next year. The trial is scheduled to be held in September.
18 July 2022, 06:36 AM

Twitter appears to return one hour after outage

Twitter appears to be returning for some users after experiencing an hourlong outage that affected both its app and website on Thursday.
14 July 2022, 13:33 PM

Twitter globally down for thousands of users

Twitter was down for thousands of users across the globe recently, its first such outage since February, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
14 July 2022, 13:07 PM

Twitter's future unclear as it faces breakup with Musk

After discussions broke off with the world's richest man, Twitter looks well positioned to win a court battle against Elon Musk over a $1 billion breakup fee and more, but the company does not look to emerge unscathed.
10 July 2022, 21:54 PM

Musk and Twitter: From tense courtship to chaotic divorce

Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter was a melodrama from the beginning to the end, a volatile courtship between the world’s richest man and the massively influential social media platform.
9 July 2022, 22:20 PM

Twitter to sue Musk for terminating $44 billion deal

Twitter board plans on pursuing legal action to enforce the merger agreement made with Elon Musk in purchasing Twitter for $44 billion.
9 July 2022, 07:26 AM

Elon Musk cancels $44 billion Twitter deal

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc, saying that the social media company had failed to provide information about fake accounts on the platform.
8 July 2022, 21:32 PM

Addressing Twitter staff, Elon Musk muses on space aliens, company's future

Elon Musk addressed Twitter (TWTR.N) employees for the first time on Thursday, expressing his view that Twitter would need to cut its headcount, but offering few other new details about his $44 billion planned takeover of the social media company.
16 June 2022, 19:12 PM

Twitter to share raw daily tweet data with Musk: Reports

Twitter plans to share its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets with Elon Musk, in an effort to push forward the Tesla billionaire’s agreed-to $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, according to multiple news reports.
9 June 2022, 08:25 AM

Musk says will walk away from Twitter deal if not given info on fake accounts

Elon Musk is threatening to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts.
6 June 2022, 16:48 PM