As if Elon Musk didn’t have enough on his plate, the world’s richest man is headed to court next week to defend his $56 billion Tesla pay package. Richard Tornetta, a Tesla shareholder who filed suit in 2019 to rescind Musk’s 2018 pay deal, claims the package — “the largest compensation grant in human history” […]
Musk’s $56 billion Tesla pay deal goes to trial amid Twitter overhaul by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter is reaching out to some employees to come back after it engaged in a mass layoff last week, according to multiple reports. The company’s new owner Elon Musk laid off 3,700 people from Twitter — almost half of its staff — after he completed the takeover. A Bloomberg report cited sources saying that the […]
After laying off half of its staff, Twitter might be asking some employees to come back by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter is reportedly delaying the rollout of verification check marks to subscribers as the social network attempts to steer clear of possible impact to Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Elon Musk-owned social media company had planned to roll out the revamped version of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, on Monday. The firm started testing the new […]
Twitter to delay verification check mark rollout until after US midterm elections by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter may extend its subscription service to India in “less than a month,” its owner and chief executive Elon Musk said, offering a glimpse at just how aggressively he plans to roll out Twitter Blue to the larger world. Twitter launched Twitter Blue in four markets — US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — last […]
Twitter Blue subscription with verification may launch in India in ‘less than a month’ by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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Elon guts Twitter, Google shutters Hangouts, and the tech layoffs continue by Greg Kumparak originally published on TechCrunch
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Update: It appears that the launch might’ve been premature. According to a tweet by Esther Crawford, a product lead at Twitter, the new Twitter Blue plan isn’t live yet but some users are seeing notifications as part of a live test. Just days after newly minted Twitter CEO Elon Musk floated changes to Twitter’s system […]
Twitter begins rolling out $7.99 Twitter Blue plan with verification, fewer ads by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter CEO less than one year ago, finally addressed the layoffs that impacted approximately 50% of the company he co-founded in 2006. The workforce reduction, led by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk, impacted thousands of people – and key teams working on human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation. […]
Jack Dorsey breaks his silence, owns “responsibility for why everyone is in this situation” at Twitter by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
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Elon Musk is wasting no time making extremely deep cuts at Twitter, calving off many teams doing essential work at the company in the process. News of layoffs swept the platform on Friday, showing that Twitter’s billionaire owner is painting in broad strokes when it comes to trimming down the team by half. The same […]
Elon Musk just axed key Twitter teams like human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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So let’s say hypothetically, you’re an extremely online billionaire who just bought a social media platform for $44 billion, a purchase you presumably regret given the fact that you spent months in legal limbo trying and failing to get out of the deal. You’re probably wondering how you can turn a company that operated at […]
Should Twitter embrace porn and compete with OnlyFans? by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
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Twitter is being sued for not giving employees advanced written notice of a mass layoff, in violation of 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. Following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the company began […]
Twitter faces a class action lawsuit over mass employee layoffs with proper legal notice by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
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