Musk: Media publishers can start charging for one-off articles shared on Twitter May 1, 2023 Twitter will roll out a new feature allowing media publishers to charge users on a per-article basis, the company’s chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday. Musk said this would allow users who did not want to sign up for monthly subscriptions to pay a higher per article price to read one article. In a [...]
SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk owned rocket – the biggest and most powerful ever – explodes minutes after take off April 20, 2023 SpaceX’s Starship – the biggest and most powerful space rocket ever developed – has exploded minutes after blasting off. The launch, which took place from SpaceX’s Starbase in the US state of Texas, came after a stuck valve forced a launch attempt on Monday to be aborted. While Thursday’s launch saw the rocket leave the [...]
Twitter: Elon Musk launches new long-form platform allowing 10,000 characters April 14, 2023 Twitter has launched a new platform to support writers move from micro-blogging to longer-form pieces, with posts of 10,000 characters permitted. The Elon Musk-owned social media giant announced the launch of Twitter Write on Friday, offering “improvements to the writing and reading experience” for users. “Starting today, Twitter now supports Tweets up to 10,000 characters [...]
Five things we learned from Elon Musk’s interview with the BBC April 12, 2023 Elon Musk plans to revoke a disputed “government funded media” label Twitter attributed to the BBC, claims advertisers are returning to the platform and admitted that he sometimes sleeps in the office. The billionaire chief executive — who is also at the head of electric car maker, Tesla, and spacecraft manufacturer, SpaceX — made the [...]
Elon Musk gives BBC rare tell-all interview after Twitter labelled broadcaster ‘government-funded media’ April 12, 2023 Twitter owner Elon Musk has said the social media site will update the BBC’s “government-funded media” tag after the broadcaster objected to the label. The BBC contacted Twitter last week after the designation was attached to the main @BBC account. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Musk said he has the “utmost respect” for [...]
Elon Musk drops DogeCoin logo, restores Twitter bird, plus the Blue Tick latest April 11, 2023 Twitter has restored its bird logo after Elon Musk, one of the world’s funniest richest men, had temporarily switched it for the meme dog best known as the logo of cryptocurrency DogeCoin. Internet sluths went into overdrive trying to work out the reason. Was it a hack? A disgruntled employee? No, it was of course [...]
Confusion on Twitter as Elon Musk fails to take blue ticks off site – despite saying they’d go on 1 April April 3, 2023 Twitter has failed to take legacy blue checkmarks off the social media platform after it committed to remove them on April 1. The business, led by billionaire owner Elon Musk, has also confused many people by making older verified users indistinguishable from those who have paid for the checkmark. It comes after Mr Musk said [...]
Twitter shakeup: What features will Elon Musk scrap for users who refuse to pay for a tick? March 28, 2023 Twitter is set to scrap features for users who do not pay a monthly fee for a blue tick verification, according to new rules shared by billionaire owner Elon Musk. Users of the social media platform who want to remain verified can pay up to 11 US dollars (£8.93) a month as part of Mr [...]
Musk says sorry to sacked Twitter worker after exchange claiming he does ‘no actual work’ went viral March 8, 2023 Twitter owner Elon Musk has apologised to a sacked worker after their exchange on the social media platform went viral. Icelandic entrepreneur Halli Thorleifsson had sent a direct public tweet to the billionaire after he was locked out of his work’s computer system, telling Musk he could not get HR to respond to him. Musk [...]
Twitter: Trolling, disinformation and exploitation rife since Musk takeover, BBC Panorama claims March 6, 2023 An explosive BBC Panorama documentary this evening will claim Twitter is failing to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation. The deep-dive programme at 8pm on Monday features a raft of insiders at the social media company, building on academic researched shared with the broadcaster. This comes after billionaire Tesla owner Elon [...]