Elon Musk speaks directly to Twitter employees about layoffs, remote work
Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time on Thursday, projecting a need for “rationalisation of headcount” but offering few other new details about his $44 billion takeover of the social media company.
16 June 2022, 18:33 PM
Elon Musk to address Twitter staff for first time
Elon Musk will speak to Twitter Inc employees this week for the first time at a company-wide meeting since launching his $44 billion bid in April, a source said on Monday, citing an email from Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal to staff.
14 June 2022, 02:47 AM
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
Twitter says US antitrust waiting period for Musk's acquisition has expired
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Friday that the U.S. antitrust waiting period for Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant had expired, indicating it had dodged a lengthy review of the proposed deal.
3 June 2022, 17:59 PM
Elon Musk to cut 10% Tesla jobs, has "super bad feeling" about economy
Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk has a "super bad feeling" about the economy and needs to cut about 10% of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives seen by Reuters.
3 June 2022, 10:41 AM
Want to lose weight like Taslima Nasreen?
Reactions amongst social media users are high after a post by author Taslima Nasreen, where she claimed to lose around 20 kgs of weight last Tuesday night. In her Twitter account, she also mentioned being overjoyed about wearing her favourite summer trousers, saris and casual shirts once again. Most of the comments that followed either expressed gratitude on her achievement or asked about the details of the accomplishment. While we don’t know how Taslima Nasrin reduced her weight so effectively, here’s a few pointers from Star Lifestyle.
2 June 2022, 09:25 AM
All social media needs “dislike” buttons
Dislike buttons should be ubiquitous on social media. Here’s why.
26 May 2022, 00:00 AM
Sri Lanka warns of food shortages as it battles economic crisis
Sri Lanka's prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season to boost productivity.
20 May 2022, 05:49 AM
$44-billion Twitter deal temporarily on hold: Musk
Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc was temporarily on hold, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts.
13 May 2022, 10:15 AM
Trump’s Truth Social ahead of TikTok and Twitter on Apple's App Store
Truth Social, former US President Donald Trump’s social media platform, has shot ahead of popular microblogging platform Twitter and short-video sharing platform TikTok on Apple’s App Store recently.
27 April 2022, 09:37 AM
What does Elon Musk plan to do with Twitter?
Elon Musk has said that he wants to see Twitter fulfil its “extraordinary potential”. Is that why he has been so interested in owning the social media platform?
26 April 2022, 07:23 AM
In a $44 billion cash deal, Elon Musk taking over Twitter
Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest person.
25 April 2022, 19:25 PM
Twitter begins negotiating Elon Musk’s $43b acquisition offer
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) kicked off deal negotiations with Elon Musk on Sunday after he wooed many of the social media company's shareholders with financing details on his $43 billion acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said.
25 April 2022, 03:06 AM
Twitter restricts ads that defy climate change science
Microblogging giant Twitter recently banned advertisements on its platform that deny the reality of climate change on Earth Day.
23 April 2022, 17:51 PM
Why I’m all for Elon Musk buying Twitter
If we are to have an inclusive society, we can’t simply “cancel” those who we don’t agree with.
17 April 2022, 17:21 PM
Latest trend on Facebook: 2011 vs 2021
If you are fairly active on Facebook, you might have noticed a new trend that goes by #Howmuchyouvechangedchallenge or 2011 vs 2021. The rules are very simple. You open your profile pics, choose your first solo profile pic, choose your last solo profile pic and post them side by side so everyone can see how much you have changed over the years.
26 September 2021, 09:37 AM
Twitter revamps website in bid to mimic mobile app
Twitter begins rolling out an overhauled version of its website, making it more similar to the mobile version of the one-to-many messaging platform.
16 July 2019, 05:20 AM
Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked
The Twitter account of veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been hacked allegedly by allegedly by a pro-Pakistan hacker group.
11 June 2019, 06:53 AM
Twitter apologises for blocked China accounts ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
Twitter Inc has apologised for suspending accounts critical of Chinese government policy days ahead of the 30th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, after an outcry among users.
2 June 2019, 11:46 AM
Twitter suspends 166,153 accounts for terrorism content in second half 2018
Twitter is making headway in tackling online terrorism content on its platform as it suspended over 166,000 accounts in the second half of last year, about a fifth less than in the previous period, the social media company says.
10 May 2019, 06:11 AM