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☆ Elon Musk had a 'hilarious' way of asking if an ex-Twitter exec wanted to work for him
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk had a strange way of phrasing a job offer to a former Twitter exec. Beykpour said Musk asked if he wanted to "swipe right" and "hang out and work on the product." During one of their conversations, Musk asked if Beykpour would be interested in continuing to work on product at Twitter. Musk asked Beykpour to "swipe right on whether you want to be here," the Periscope cofounder said. He used the swipe right, swipe left Tinder metaphor and I thought that was kind of hilarious coming from him," Beykpour said.

Persons: Elon Musk, Kayvon Beykpour, Musk's, Beykpour, Musk, —, Parag Agrawal, Elon Musk's, Getty, Noam Galai Beykpour, Walter Isaacson, Isaacson, Elon, I'm, I've Organizations: Twitter, Service Locations: Elon

SEATTLE (AP) — Inside the ballroom of a swanky downtown Seattle athletic club another small piece to the legacy of Pac-12 football ended Thursday. The Morris Trophy was never a name-brand award handed out following the college football season in part because it honored offensive and defensive linemen, players who sometimes don't get the recognition they deserve. If there’s any other awards like that in the country, we haven’t found one yet,” said Wayne Milner, chairman of the Morris Trophy board. Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Bruce Matthews, Randall McDaniel, Gary Zimmerman and Tony Boselli have won the award. There’s talk of trying to continue the award in some way, but if it does it won’t be the same.

Persons: it's, “, ”, Vince Goldsmith, Troy Fautanu, Laiatu Latu, Wayne Milner, Traci Morris Drake, Don James, ” Drake, Bruce Matthews, Randall McDaniel, Gary Zimmerman, Tony Boselli, Lincoln Kennedy, Steve Emtman, Terrell Suggs, DeForest Buckner, Vita Vea, Tedy, Kayvon, Tyron Smith, Alex Mack, Penei Sewell, ” Goldsmith, ___ Organizations: SEATTLE, Washington, UCLA, NFL, Trophy, Pro Football Hall of Fame, USC, ACC, Big, AP Locations: Seattle, West, Oregon, Washington, Southern California, Colorado, Washington , Oregon, California, Stanford, Utah , Arizona, Arizona State

☆ Punt, morass and kick: Jets edge Giants 13-10 in OT
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/104] Oct 29, 2023; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) on the field before the game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsOctober 30 - Greg Zuerlein converted the game-tying and game-winning field goals for the New York Jets to stun the host New York Giants 13-10 in overtime on Sunday in rain-soaked East Rutherford, N.J. Zach Wilson finished 17-for-36 passing for 240 yards and one touchdown. The Jets and Giants combined for 24 punts, the most in an NFL game in at least 20 years. On the Jets' opening drive, Thibodeaux stripped Zach Wilson of the ball and Jihad Ward recovered to set the Giants up at the Jets 19-yard line.

Persons: Aaron Rodgers, Vincent Carchietta, Greg Zuerlein, Zuerlein, Graham Gano, Zach Wilson, Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard, Jackson, Tommy DeVito, Tyrod Taylor, DeVito, Saquon Barkley, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Jihad Ward, Jermaine Johnson's, Gano Organizations: New York Jets, New York Giants, MetLife, The Jets, Giants, Jets, New, NFL, Jihad, Breece, Thomson Locations: East Rutherford , New Jersey, USA, East Rutherford, N.J, New Jersey

☆ Twitter is being sued for withholding pay and firing a cofounder of an app it acquired for $36 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Twitter acquired Squad, a screen sharing app, in 2020. Twitter acquired Squad at the end of 2020, in a cash and stock deal worth $36 million, Sutin said. The other founder of the app is Esther Crawford, who became a director at Twitter after the acquisition. Squad's rise in popularity "caught the attention" of Twitter, according to the lawsuit, and it was acquired not long after. As soon as Musk officially acquired Twitter, he ousted its entire C-suite including Agrawal.

Persons: Ethan Sutin, Esther Crawford, Sutin, he's, Elon Musk, Crawford, Musk, Parag Agrawal, Twitter's, Agrawal, Kayvon Keykpour, curt, Kali Hays Organizations: Twitter, Musk, Agrawal Locations: San Francisco, khays@insider.com, @hayskali

☆ Twitter is closing or getting kicked out of many international offices as Elon Musk skips rent and dramatically shrinks operations
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter is leaving at least a dozen international offices due to closures or not paying rent. Elon Musk is closing many of its international Twitter offices as he continues to cut costs and try to find ways the company can make money. Twitter previously had more than two dozen international offices spanning nearly all regions of the world. The Singapore office, which first opened in 2015, even expanded last year, with more office space and engineers brought on to grow in the region. As for other international offices, most were smaller outposts for business operations, including engineering and ad sales.

Millions of football fans held their breath for close to 20 long minutes Monday night when Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin had a cardiac arrest after making a routine tackle. In the largest study conducted on the subject, 99% of former NFL players showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a devastating neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head trauma. Another key study showed that 40% of retired NFL players have traumatic brain injury, with no correlation between the number of concussions and the severity of the injury. Seau’s death brought the issue of traumatic brain injury to a boiling point, and yet the league’s steps to address the issue appear to be little more than Band-Aids. He raised his hands in an unnatural movement that can be a sign of traumatic brain injury.

☆ Elon Musk scores a rare win in Twitter-acquisition lawsuit as the company is ordered to hand over documents from fired general manager
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-15 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Last week Musk's attorneys demanded that documents from 22 Twitter employees be handed over. Judge Kathleen St. Jude McCormick on Monday ordered Twitter to comply in part with a motion to compel from Musk's attorneys. They requested documents from 22 additional Twitter employees they said had information on the company's process of analyzing spam or "bot" accounts. Musk's motion to compel for the additional documentation was filed last week confidentially, which means it doesn't appear on the court's docket. While Musk's attorneys pushed for document production from many additional Twitter employees, McCormick relented only on Beykpour.

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