Best of tech opinion in 2022 December 29, 2022 From Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to algorithms keeping us in with our daily dose of otters, some of the best tech opinion in City A.M.
Ex Russian leader: In 2023, UK to rejoin EU, Musk will be US president and France to fight Germany December 27, 2022 Britain is going to rejoin the EU and it will collapse, while France will go to war with Germany and Elon Musk will be the US President, according to former Russia PM and President. The ex Kremlin leader made a series of bold predictions on Twitter which also included Northern Ireland joining the Republic, and [...]
Twitter, Elon Musk – and what’s next for the bird-owning billionaire December 24, 2022 Elon Musk started the year as just a prominent Twitter user, but he ends it as its beleaguered owner set to step down as chief executive after a chaotic two months in charge. The Tesla and SpaceX owner launched his dramatic takeover bid in April after buying up enough shares to become the site’s biggest [...]
Elon Musk’s year in Tweets: Ukraine, buying Twitter, Trump, Bitcoin and blue ticks December 21, 2022 Elon Musk’s time as Twitter CEO has been controversial. Even before his purchase of the social media platform, the business magnate and investor was an avid Twitter user. After a turbulent year online – and off – we have done the painstaking task of trawling through the Tesla billionaire’s feed, for high (and low) points [...]
Explainer-in-brief: The infamous Twitter poll on Elon Musk December 21, 2022 This week started with Elon Musk creating a Twitter poll on whether he should step down as Twitter chief, following all the controversy of the past months. The poll closed with 57.5 per cent of users saying “yes”, and 42.5 per cent saying “no”. As one could have expected, Musk subsequently brought the poll into [...]
Elon Musk vows to step down as Twitter CEO if someone ‘foolish enough’ accepts role December 21, 2022 Elon Musk has vowed to officially step down as the CEO of Twitter, once he finds someone “foolish enough” to accept the top role. The eccentric billionaire, who bought Twitter for $44bn (£36bn) in a protracted deal which was finalised in October, has helmed the social media giant after his controversial firing spree. But a [...]
Tesla stock swings as Musk misbehaves December 20, 2022 Stock prices for Tesla have been unstable as CEO Elon Musk continues his streak of chaos on Twitter. Investors in Tesla have been critical of Musk’s new role in Twitter. His policies on the social media platform will backfire on the car brand, they claim. ““Customers don’t want their cars to be controversial. They want [...]
Elon Musk: Claim that poll about quitting was to catch bots is ‘interesting’ December 20, 2022 Elon Musk has called the idea that his poll on whether to remain Twitter’s chief executive was intended to catch bots “interesting”. Musk was replying to internet entrepreneur and political activist Kim Dotcom on Twitter who said: “I’m hoping that Elon did this poll as a honeypot to catch all the deep state bots.” Since [...]
Twitter embroiled in row with EU as Musk flip-flops over policy changes December 19, 2022 Elon Musk led Twitter into disagreements with the EU, other social media platforms and its users over the weekend. Twitter’s new CEO has continued his spree of rash decisions, and on Saturday suspended the accounts of journalists who had been covering the social media platform. This included accounts of journalists from BBC, The New York [...]
Musk should step down, says Twitter poll December 19, 2022 On Sunday, Elon Musk asked Twitter users if he should step down as CEO. The polls closed with per cent users voting yes. 17,502,391 people responded to the poll. Billionaire Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter following a $44b (£36b) deal and a court case forcing him to go forward with the purchase. Since [...]