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 [...]
Twitter’s top advertisers leave en masse following Musk entrance November 23, 2022 Twitter’s top advertisers are leaving the social media firm en masse, as Elon Musk’s grand plans scare away marketeers. More than a third of Twitter’s top 100 marketers have not advertised on the Elon Musk site in the last two weeks, according to analysis from the Washington Post. The analysis from Pathmatics data reckons that [...]
SpaceX snaps up Twitter advertising package in push from Musk November 14, 2022 Elon Musk owned SpaceX has snapped up a Twitter advertising package, as the new ‘Chief Twit’ continues to drive a greater focus on profitability and revenue for the social media firm. In a tweet this morning, SpaceX founder Musk said the firm’s satellite arm Starlink had “bought a tiny – not large – ad package” [...]
Crypto market volatility plunges amid widespread accumulation phase November 7, 2022 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin moved up slightly over the past week.
Is Elon Musk a free speech champion or a bombastic fool? Perhaps, he’s both October 31, 2022 Finally, it has happened. In a story with more drama and grandstanding than Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn. The man himself announced the success of his deal in a tweet – of course. He has also dubbed himself “Chief Twit”, with which some may agree for the wrong reasons. There [...]
Doge price up more than 50% and SHIBA INU 25% on back of Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition October 29, 2022 The price of Dogecoin has jumped 30 per cent in the 24 hours since Elon Musk bought social media platform Twitter.
Crash landing in sea: British space firm’s Iceland rocket launch ends in failure October 13, 2022 A British space company’s attempted rocket launch off the coast of Iceland ended in failure, with the projectile travelling just 500 metres before crashing into the sea. Rival to Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm, Skyrora held an unannounced launch of its Suborbital Skylark L rocket today, ahead of a full UK launch from next year. The [...]
BAE Systems muscles in on satellite space with defence cluster September 7, 2022 British aerospace and defence giant BAE Systems is set to unveil a satellite cluster later today. The cluster, made up of four satellites, will be focused on earth observation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and be rented out to businesses and allied governments alike. Much like the smartphone, the satellites will be able to download different [...]
NASA calls off plans for second attempt at Artemis 1 rocket launch September 3, 2022 NASA has scrapped plans for a second go at launching the Artemis 1 rocket following a hydrogen tank leak. The US space agency faced obstacles in the way of technical and weather issues on its first attempt to send the rocket to space last week. Now, engineers at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center have advised that [...]