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Google co-founder Sergey Brin divorced his wife over alleged affair with Elon Musk

Sep 17, 2023, at 02:44 am

New York: Google co-founder Sergey Brin has quietly divorced his wife, Nicole Shanahan, allegedly owing to her affair with billionaire Elon Musk, reported Page Six.

US Presidential polls: Billionaire Elon Musk endorses Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy, calls him a 'very promising candidate'

Aug 20, 2023, at 02:57 am

Billionaire Elon Musk recently praised Indian-origin US Presidential candidate  Vivek Ramaswamy as 'very promising'.

Elon Musk’s new 'X' logo after rebranding Twitter taken down from San Francisco headquarters after complaints

Aug 02, 2023, at 01:11 am

Washington: The giant, flashing "X" sign of Elon Musk's rebranded company, formerly known as Twitter, has to be taken down from atop its headquarters building in San Francisco after city officials said the sign was installed without a permit and posed safety threats, media reports said.

Twitter's new 'X' logo taken down from San Francisco headquarters after complaints

Aug 01, 2023, at 11:40 pm

Washington: The company formerly known as Twitter took the "X" logo down from atop its headquarters building in San Francisco after city officials said the sign was installed without a permit, NPR reported.

Elon Musk introduces new Twitter limits on reading posts to address 'extreme levels of data scraping'

Jul 02, 2023, at 02:12 pm

Washington/IBNS: Twitter owner Elon Musk has updated the number of tweets users can read per day to 10,000 for verified accounts.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk explores business expansion in China during meeting with Foreign Minister

May 31, 2023, at 05:39 am

Beijing/China: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, recently met with China's Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, during his visit to Beijing on Tuesday. 

Elon Musk officially names Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO

May 13, 2023, at 03:35 pm

Elon Musk on Friday officially named longtime media executive Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter, a crucial move announced by him since buying the micro-blogging site.

Elon Musk overtakes Barack Obama to become the most-followed individual on Twitter

Mar 31, 2023, at 05:37 am

Washington/IBNS: Following his controversial acquisition of Twitter five months ago, Elon Musk has now overtaken former US President Barack Obama to become the most followed account on the social media platform.

Twitter lost 80 pc of its workforce under Elon Musk: Reports

Jan 21, 2023, at 03:35 pm

Washington: The number of employees at Twitter has decreased by about 80% since US entrepreneur Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar acquisition, CNBC reports citing internal company records.

Silence on severance pay for laid-off Twitter employees can land Elon Musk in legal trouble: Report

Jan 07, 2023, at 07:14 am

Sacramento (California): Twitter employees who were laid off soon after Elon Musk took over the company are still awaiting the details of their severance packages, Bloomberg reported, adding that this could invite legal trouble for the new owner of the company.

US govt forced Twitter to suspend 250k accounts, including journalists': Report

Jan 05, 2023, at 07:11 pm

In a stunning revelation, Twitter boss Elon Musk Tuesday said that the US government demanded the suspension of 250 thousand accounts, including those of journalists and Canadian officials, Fox News reported.

Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO only after finding ‘someone foolish enough’ as successor

Dec 21, 2022, at 03:40 pm

Washington: Twitter chief Elon Musk said he will quit as the CEO of the micro-blogging site only if he identifies a 'foolish' successor.

Netizens ask Elon Musk to step down as Twitter chief in poll conducted by him

Dec 19, 2022, at 11:46 pm

Washignton: Netizens have asked Elon Musk to step down as the Twitter Chief in a poll conducted by him on the micro-blogging site.

Elon Musk to ‘immediately’ restore suspended Twitter handles of US journalists

Dec 17, 2022, at 11:13 pm

Washington/UNI: US billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he would immediately restore the suspended accounts of journalists from leading American news outlets on the social network after the majority of survey respondents voted for this option.

Twitter Blue getting relaunched on Monday

Dec 12, 2022, at 08:33 am

Washington: The Twitter Blue paid monthly subscription will be available starting next week, the social media platform has announced.

Twitter to increase number of characters in posts from 280 to 4,000

Dec 12, 2022, at 08:15 am

Twitter intends to increase the maximum allowed number of characters in posts from 280 to 4,000, US billionaire entrepreneur and newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Sunday.

US: Elon Musk polls Twitter users on exiled whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Julian Assange

Dec 04, 2022, at 05:10 pm

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has started a poll, asking the users whether whistle-blower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange should be pardoned.

Elon Musk to support Donald Trump's rival Ron DeSantis in 2024 US Prez race

Nov 27, 2022, at 04:39 pm

Billionaire Elon Musk has said he would back Florida governor Ron DeSantis of the Republican Party if he contested the 2024 US presidential elections, media reports said.

Donald Trump's Twitter handle restored after Elon Musk's poll

Nov 20, 2022, at 04:21 pm

San Francisco: Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was restored after a thin majority of Twitteraties supported his return in a poll launched by the microblogging site’s new owner Elon Musk on Saturday.

Twitter: Elon Musk proposes new policy amid resignation chaos

Nov 19, 2022, at 02:29 pm

San Francisco: Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Saturday announced his plan for content moderation on the popular microblogging app which will deal with freedom of speech and not freedom of reach.

Elon Musk's Twitter cutting contract workers following mass layoffs of employees

Nov 14, 2022, at 03:58 am

Washington: Social media company Twitter began firing contract workers as part of mass layoffs the platform has undertaken under its new owner, Elon Musk, Axios news website reported, citing sources.

UN urges Elon Musk to ensure human rights in Twitter management

Nov 06, 2022, at 03:13 pm

Geneva/UNI: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk issued an open letter to Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, saying "ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter".

Unfortunately there is no choice, tweets Elon Musk as he defends layoff

Nov 05, 2022, at 03:17 pm

Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Saturday defended the move of removing about half of Twitter's workforce by saying that he had 'no choice' as the company was losing more than $4m a day.

Elon Musk takeover: Twitter to announce job cuts

Nov 04, 2022, at 02:33 pm

San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday will inform staff whether they will be laid off following the firm's takeover by new chief Elon Musk, media reports said.

'Banned Twitter accounts to be restored only after setting up a clear process': Elon Musk

Nov 03, 2022, at 03:02 am

Banned Twitter users are not likely to be back on the platform soon, as the new Twitter owner Elon Musk has said it would take a few more weeks, AFP reported.

Elon Musk announces USD 8 monthly fee for blue tick on Twitter

Nov 02, 2022, at 02:48 pm

Washington: Twitter's new chief Elon Musk on Tuesday said users will be charged USD 8 per month  if they want a blue tick by their name.

Elon Musk says Twitter verification being 'revamped'

Oct 31, 2022, at 11:51 pm

San Francisco: Twitter chief Elon Musk is reportedly looking at charging some users a lot more for the privilege of maintaining the coveted blue check mark, media reports said.

After Musk's Twitter takeover, Jack Dorsey plans new app

Oct 30, 2022, at 09:23 pm

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is beta-testing a new social media application, as per People magazine.

Twitter in 'sane hands': Donald Trump after Elon Musk takeover

Oct 29, 2022, at 04:25 am

Washington/IBNS/UNI: Former US President Donald Trump welcomed Elon Musk’s official takeover of Twitter on Friday and said the social media platform was "now in sane hands."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk takes charge of Twitter, removes CEO Parag Agrawal: Reports

Oct 28, 2022, at 02:52 pm

San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally taken charge of popular micro-blogging site Twitter, media reports said on Friday, adding that Twitter's Indian origin chief executive Parag Agrawal has been fired.