By Armelle Vincent Published yesterday at 7:49 p.m., Update yesterday at 9:31 p.m. The Art Deco building that houses Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. David Odisho/AFP REPORTAGE – Between chaos, uncertainty and disappointment, the employees who survived the massive layoffs when Elon Musk arrived are working as best they can. Special Envoy to San Francisco … Read more
SpaceX boss Elon Musk announced on Saturday October 15 that he would continue to fund the Starlink internet network in Ukraine, returning to his calls the day before to the US government to take over. “Never mind… even if Starlink still loses money and other companies get billions of taxpayer dollars, we will continue to … Read more
As soon as he arrived, Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, imposed his style: authoritarian. He dissolves the board of directors, dismisses the managers and lays off half of the company’s employees. This mass dismissal could (almost) remain trivial if we did not look at the details of the functions of the people dismissed: … Read more
After opening all Twitter profiles to paid authentication without verification, the platform has seen the number of fake accounts explode and companies fall on the stock market. Between political attacks, warnings and lawsuits, the pressure is increasing on the American billionaire. For the 30 million Americans with diabetes, the news could have been good. “We … Read more
You can’t please everyone. Elon Musk hated the first episodes of the Amazon series The Rings of Power, and he makes it known on Twitter. The richest man in the world notably invoked the name of the author of the saga by tweeting: “Tolkien is turning in his grave. A direct attack on the new … Read more
Elon Musk warned that filing for bankruptcy was a possibility for Twitter, his newly acquired company, after laying off half of the staff, which numbered 7,500 people at the start of the year, and making changes to the platform that make users , brands and advertisers take to their heels. “Sorry this is my first … Read more
UNITED STATES Article reserved for subscribers Midterms: 2022 US Midterm Electionscase The holding of mid-term elections on Tuesday will be an opportunity to observe the effects of the dismissals in the moderation or transparency and ethics teams. It will have to be “really careful” on Twitter in the coming days, warned Kate Starbird, associate professor … Read more
The whimsical billionaire replied to the President of the Republic that Twitter “was going to take action in this regard”. Questioned by Emmanuel Macron, the new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, replied on Friday that “aabsolutely“, children were going to be protected online, while the French president launched a”laboratoryon the issue with international actors. Emmanuel … Read more
While he was still just a Twittos more or less like the others, the multi-billionaire managed to take over the social network. To do so, he benefited from the shadowy help of a weight advisor. If the above video is not showing, click here to launch it. Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of … Read more
The sorcerer’s apprentice is disillusioned. By selling Twitter certification badges, Elon Musk unwittingly triggered a spiral of creation of fake “certified” accounts and perhaps permanently damaged the business model of the microblogging site, which he bought on October 28. . For several days, smart guys have had fun creating fake profiles of celebrities, companies or … Read more