Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket explodes on test flight
Source: BBC Elon Musk’s SpaceX company’s mammoth new rocket, Starship, has exploded on its maiden flight. No-one was hurt in the uncrewed test that lifted off from Texas’ east coast on Thursday morning local time. After around three minutes into the flight, the rocket – the biggest ever developed – started to tumble out of […]
Twitter’s verified legacy accounts to lose blue tick, April 20
By Seli Baisie Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced the final date for the removal of legacy blue ticks from its platform. In a tweet, Musk declared that the final day for the removal of the blue checkmarks would be April 20th. Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) […]
Twitter ends Covid misinformation policy under Musk
Twitter says it has stopped enforcing its policy on misleading information about coronavirus. According to the company’s website, it stopped taking action against tweets breaching its Covid rules, on Wednesday, 23 November. Twitter had previously reported suspending more than 11,000 accounts for Covid misinformation as of September this year. BBC News has approached Twitter for […]
Elon Musk tells Twitter staff to work long hours or leave
SOURCE: BBC NEWS Elon Musk has told Twitter staff that they must commit to working “long hours at high intensity” or else leave the company, according to reports. In an email to staff, the social media firm’s new owner said workers should agree to the pledge if they wanted to stay, the Washington Post reported. Those […]
Twitter sued for mass layoffs
Twitter is being sued for not giving employees advance notice of a mass layoff that began in earnest early Friday. The lawsuit alleges that Twitter violated worker protection laws, including the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act as well as the California WARN Act, both of which require 60 days of advance notice. The […]
Twitter staff say layoffs have started after Elon Musk takeover
Twitter staff have started to post online that they believe they have lost their jobs, ahead of an announcement by the company later on Friday. The social media giant says it will inform its staff whether they are still employed after Elon Musk’s takeover. Employees are tweeting using the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked and a saluting emoji […]
Elon Musk visits Twitter carrying sink as deal looms
Elon Musk has posted a video of himself walking into Twitter’s headquarters carrying a sink, raising speculation about the fate of his planned takeover. The billionaire faces a Friday deadline to complete the $44bn (£38bn) purchase, which he announced months ago but then tried to abandon. He agreed to move forward earlier this month, just […]
