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☆ Emmett Shear's old tweet about interning at Microsoft has come back to haunt him
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Emmett Shear tweeted in July that he once interned at Microsoft, and likened it to selling his soul. The OpenAI CEO is a prolific tweeter who posts about anything from sexual fantasies to Nazis vs AI. AdvertisementAs he announced he was taking the CEO role on Sunday, Shear tweeted a tamer nod to Microsoft. Just days before he accepted the OpenAI CEO role, he opined that the CEO job is likely one that can be replaced by computers. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ X CEO Linda Yaccarino Tweets a Little Like the Way Your Aunt Texts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

X CEO Linda Yaccarino quoted Mariah Carey's latest video in yet another cringey tweet. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementX CEO Linda Yaccarino — who tweets like your aunt texts — has officially announced the beginning of the holiday season by quote-tweeting a video from Mariah Carey. Last week — to mark one year since Musk has owned the company — Yaccarino took to a blog post — not X — to declare that X's "future is bright."

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☆ Donald Trump has finally broken his silence on X, posting a picture of his mugshot and a defiant message about never surrendering
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump just posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the first time since January 2021. Trump had been silent on the platform since Musk reinstated his account, following his ban. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump has finally broken his silence on X, the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter, posting a picture of his mugshot and a message to his more than 85 million followers. "The bottom line is, no, I am not going back to Twitter," Trump told Fox News in April 2022 after Musk announced the acquisition. In his first post on X in more than 30 months, Trump shared his mugshot and a caption, which read: "Never surrender."

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☆ Donald Trump's mugshot post single-handedly shows X is still the place that moves the internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The former president broke his hiatus from the app formerly known as Twitter to post his mugshot. It's a tacit recognition that X is still the place that moves the internet. But Trump's decision to post his mugshot to X, there is a tacit recognition that X is still the place that moves the internet, despite all of its serious shortcomings. It's unclear if Trump will start posting more frequently to X or go back to posting as usual on Truth Social. Either way, it's clear that X remains the place that makes the internet go round.

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☆ San Francisco Twitter complaint: City says flashing 'X' sign put up without a permit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Jamiel Lynch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

San Francisco CNN —In a complaint, the city of San Francisco says they have visited Twitter headquarters twice since Friday regarding the new flashing “X” sign on top of the building. He tweeted video of the building with the new flashing “X” logo on Saturday saying, “Our HQ in San Francisco tonight.”“NOV issued for work without permit. I explained to all representatives that the NOV requires the structure to be remove with a building permit or legalize,” the complaint reads. An aerial view shows a newly constructed X sign on the roof of the headquarters of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 29, 2023. CNN has reached out to the City of San Francisco and X for comment.

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☆ Tweeters are pointing out that a neurosurgery role in London pays about the same as an Aldi store manager
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tweeters pointed out an apparently low salary range for a surgeon in London. An NHS Trust is advertising for a neuro-oncology fellow paying as little as £33,790 (about $43,000). One tweeter pointed out that an Aldi manager can make £50,000 (about $64,000) right out of college. The National Health Service (NHS) is hiring a neuro-oncology fellow at the Barts Health Trust in central London. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, neurologists in the US can expect an annual salary of about $255,000.

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☆ Elon Musk asks: 'If I'm so smart, why did I pay so much for Twitter?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said at a conference in Paris: "If I'm so smart then why did I pay so much for Twitter?" Musk also said he was worried Twitter was having a "corrosive" impact on society. That's what Elon Musk did on Friday at a conference in Paris, quipping: "If I'm so smart, why did I pay so much for Twitter then?" "I think if someone is a regular Twitter user, then most people would say their experience has improved," Musk said. In the case of Tesla the value of the company is primarily on the basis of autonomy."

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Elon Musk announced today that Linda Yaccarino would be the next Twitter CEO. With its revenue falling and its reputation falling faster, she may be the win Musk needs. Elon musk needs a win. The ad sales team generated more than $100 billion in ad revenue during her 12-year tenure, according to the company. That advertising revenue is just what Musk needs right now.

☆ Little would make sense about a drone attack on the Kremlin. Except this
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Jill Dougherty | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Kremlin was slow to react, eventually releasing a statement calling it a “planned terrorist attack,” a deliberate attempt by Ukraine to assassinate Putin, but presenting no evidence. Even more embarrassingly for the Kremlin, how did the drones get so close to the Kremlin? Ukraine officials said the attacks might be exploited by Russia to launch even more vicious attacks on Ukraine, including “terrorist” attacks. What about the possibility that Russians opposed to Putin launched a drone attack from within Russia? This year, with drones apparently attacking the Kremlin, it may be harder than usual to feel victorious.

☆ Elon Musk further teased his ambition to turn Twitter into an 'everything app' with a cryptic tweet a week after the company merged into X Corp
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk simply tweeted "X" a week after Twitter Inc merged into his X Corp Holdings. Musk has said X will be an "everything app," and has applied for financial licenses for Twitter. "Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app," the billionaire tweeted three weeks before his acquisition went through last October. The Twitter chief developed an affinity for the letter back in the 1990s, founding the company "X.com" which later became PayPal. That seems to include a payment service, as Twitter applied for regulatory licenses after his takeover, per the Financial Times.

☆ This chronically online writer believes he gamed Twitter's For You algorithm. Here's how he made his tweets go viral.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ryan Broderick noticed engagement on his tweets sharply dropped in recent months. There were a few things Broderick noticed about tweets on the For You page. Broderick also saw that Twitter's algorithm was prioritizing "already-viral" content, which he suspects might be the reason why everyone was seeing the same tweets. This Insider reporter saw Broderick's tweets about Marvel and his theory about Twitter's algorithm on the For You tab before following or interviewing Broderick. Broderick encourages the idea of other people using his method to try to game Twitter's algorithm and further highlight the problem.

☆ Elon Musk says he is 'deeply appreciative' of the jury that cleared him in the Tesla trial, tweeting 'Thank goodness'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk was cleared Friday by a federal jury over his "funding secured" 2018 tweet to take Tesla private. "Thank goodness" the billionaire tweeted late Friday night following the verdict by a federal jury of nine individuals in the civil trial. Musk's 2018 tweet, which pushed Tesla's shareholders to launch the costly legal battle against him, read: "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." Musk told jurors in January that he trusted Al-Rumayyan's verbal promises, which led to the "funding secured" tweet about taking Tesla private.

☆ Elon Musk was reportedly cleared by a federal jury's verdict that his 'funding secured' tweet in 2018 didn't harm Tesla investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A jury found investors failed to prove Elon Musk derailed them with his tweet that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private, per the WSJ. Tesla investors had alleged that his public statements resulted in billions of dollars in damages. Those verbal assurances in part led him to tweet that he had "funding secured" for a take-private deal for Tesla, he told jurors last month. Musk's tweet, which he posted in August 2018, read, "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Porritt, the Tesla investors' attorney, had framed the stakes of the case in sweeping, existential terms, arguing that it came down to a question of whether regular investors could trust the public markets.

☆ The Biggest Debates and Opinions in 2022 - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

Opinion The 22 Debates That Made Us Rage, Roll Our Eyes, and Change Our Minds in 2022Debating is what we do here at Times Opinion. To many, she was an icon: She ruled for 70 years, presided over the transition from empire to commonwealth and served as a living link to the generation that won World War II. (Though Ben Bernanke, a former Fed chairman himself, wrote in The Times that that wasn’t going to happen.) The United States and its European allies poured weapons and aid into Ukraine, but how was this going to end? As 2022 draws to a close, the fighting continues and peace talks look as distant as ever — which probably means that the debates will continue.

☆ Elon Musk is tweeting about basically everything — apart from the poll where users said he should give up control of Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk polled Twitter users on Sunday about whether he should give up control of the company. Musk, who has run the site since buying it in late October, said he'd abide by the results of the poll. "Should I step down as head of Twitter?," Musk had tweeted. Shortly after posting the poll, Musk tweeted: "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it." Some users and activist groups say there has been a rise in hate speech on the platform since Musk took over.

☆ Twitter users joked that Elon Musk should be banned for doxxing himself by tweeting his location at World Cup final
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk went to the World Cup final in Qatar on Sunday, and let the world know. Musk had banned – then unbanned – several journalists for tweeting about his private jet's location. Jordan, who runs a popular Formula 1 fan account, tweeted: "It appears Elon Musk has posted real time coordinates of the individuals shown in this video." And Lee Carter, a socialist and former Virginia delegate, said: "Looking forward to Elon Musk being banned for tweeting Elon Musk's real-time location." Argentina lifted the World Cup trophy after one of the tournament's most exciting finals, which saw two goals scored in extra time before Argentina won on penalties.

Vindman first joined Twitter while working in the Trump administration because it was often the way his then-boss, the president, made policy. His wife, liberal activist and podcaster Rachel Vindman, has almost 400,000 followers, making them a progressive Twitter power couple. In a clubby city obsessed with status and information, Twitter delivers both, all from the comfort of one’s mobile phone. No one wants to leave Twitter until everyone else does, but there’s no obvious place to go next. Some think Musk will kill Twitter regardless of whether there’s a mass exodus of its users.

☆ Elon Musk's latest update to Twitter verification says that figures like Obama, Trump, and even Musk himself 'may not be notable'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk has rolled out updated descriptions for verified Twitter accounts which haven't paid for Twitter Blue. Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and Musk himself come with a warning they "may or may not be notable." The change is part of Musk's alterations to the system of being verified on Twitter, which he has described as "lords and peasants." But this is now defined as "legacy verification." It means that public figures like Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and even Musk himself, all have warnings which suggest they "may not be notable."

☆ Elon Musk's Twitter purchase proved lucrative for one Texas congressman
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Pat Fallon recently called Elon Musk's Twitter takeover "the best $44 billion I've seen spent in recent history." Fallon invested at least $65,000 in Twitter stock in January 2022 and sold his shares when Musk bought the company. With Musk's purchase, Insider calculated Fallon could have earned as much as $35,000 in profit. While Fallon traded Twitter stock on and off in 2021, his annual financial disclosure notes he ended the year with no Twitter holdings. But Fallon has been an outspoken fan of Musk's Twitter takeover — on Saturday, for example, he told Newsmax that Musk's recent purchase of Twitter was the "best $44 billion I've seen spent in recent history."

☆ Japan's ZOZO founder Maezawa: to make ‘big announcement’ about space after meeting Elon Musk - tweet
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Japanese billionare Yusaku Maezawa, after meeting with Elon Musk, said on his tweeter on Monday he planned to make a "big announcement" related to space on Friday morning in Japan. Maezawa, a founder of online fashion site Zozo Inc (3092.T), returned to Earth on Dec. 20, 2021 after a 12-day journey into space, ending a practice run for his planned trip around the moon with Elon Musk's SpaceX in 2023. (This story has been corrected to fix the return date to Earth in paragraph 2)Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Andreessen Horowitz's buzzy tech publication Future is shutting down
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Rob Price | Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

A source familiar with Andreessen Horowitz's content strategy confirmed to Insider that Future is shutting down. An Andreessen Horowitz spokesperson declined to comment on the record. Joe LonsdaleIn this new climate, many tech and venture firms' media strategy has shifted from glorified marketing to a more full-fledged editorial operation. In 2021, an army of more than two dozen marketers at Andreessen Horowitz doubled down on this approach. Disclosure: Melia Russell's husband is a former employee of Andreessen Horowitz.

☆ Elon Musk claims Apple has ‘threatened to withhold’ Twitter from its app store
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN Business —Elon Musk on Monday claimed that Apple has “threatened” to pull Twitter from its iOS app store, a move that could be devastating to the company Musk just acquired for $44 billion. He also criticized Apple’s size, claimed it engages in “censorship,” and called out the 30% transaction fee Apple charges large app developers to be listed in its app store. Parler was returned to Apple’s app store three months later after updating its content moderation practices. “If you’re looking to shock and offend people, the App Store isn’t the right place for your app,” the guidelines state. Roth said the company’s failure to adhere to Google and Apple’s app store rules could be “catastrophic.”And last weekend, the head of Apple’s app store, Phil Schiller, deleted his Twitter account.

☆ Elon Musk predicts 'Twitter 2.0' will have 1 billion users a month by 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk said the number of users signing up to Twitter was at a record high. By 2024, he predicted that the social media platform would have a billion users a month. A leaked document showed Twitter was losing its most active "heavy tweeters," Reuters has reported. One of the graphs the Tesla and SpaceX CEO shared showed signups and active minutes were at a record high. Another slide that Musk shared stated that Twitter was now recruiting after mass layoffs and resignations.

☆ How a CoinDesk scoop led to the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and implosion of FTX
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Allison had obtained a financial document that showed 30-year-old SBF had engaged in shady behavior to use his crypto company, FTX, to prop up his separate investment firm, Alameda. That he didn’t say a thing.”That silence was likely because SBF knew CoinDesk had uncovered something big. After the scoop, SBF’s chief competitor, Binance, suggested it would rescue the company through an acquisition. But in a second major scoop that led to FTX’s implosion, Allison learned that the crucial deal would not happen. “It was definitely a cold hands [moment] — not because I thought [the scoop] was wrong, but because I knew it was right.

☆ Elon Musk says 'Hey stop defaming me' after coming under fire for letting Donald Trump back on Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said on Saturday night he would restore Donald Trump's Twitter account. "For @elonmusk to allow Donald Trump back on Twitter, ostensibly after a brief poll, shows he is not remotely serious about safeguarding the platform from hate, harassment and misinformation." Musk said in May it was "not correct to ban Donald Trump." It alienated the country and did not result in Donald Trump not having a voice. Twitter and a representative for Donald Trump didn't immediately respond to a request for comment by Insider.

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