The media reported that Twitter decided to change the price of the Blue subscription. It will cost $7, but you will have to pay $11 in the App Store right away to offset the 30% commission that Apple takes. Such a commission is valid for the first year, then it...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which develops brain implants, is under federal investigation for potential animal rights violations. The reason was complaints from staff that animal testing was carried out in a hurry, resulting in unnecessary suffering and death. The investigation is being conducted by the US Department of Agriculture at the...
At an event called “Show and Tell”, which took place yesterday in the US, Elon Musk announced that his company Neuralink could implant its chip in a person’s head within the next six months. Musk said at the event that the company has submitted much of the paperwork required for...
Twitter’s current owner and CEO, Elon Musk, appears to be done with layoffs and has already started hiring new ones. This follows from the slides he posted on his social media account. So, on the first slide there is the phrase “We are recruiting”, although there are no details yet....
Elon Musk tweeted slides from his Twitter 2.0 presentation, to which psychology author Jordan Peterson responded. He said “this is what failure looks like”. But Musk disagreed. The new head of Twitter did not enter into controversy, but was marked by a statement that attracts attention. “I think I see...
Elon Musk has changed his mind about Twitter ticks again. This time he plans not just to return them, but to increase the number. If he previously wanted to return the Twitter Blue subscription with blue checkmarks by November 29, now the deadline has been shifted to December 2. And...
Elon Musk continues to reshape Twitter. Now he has announced an “amnesty” on the social network: the previously blocked accounts will be restored next week. I must say that Musk made this decision after a survey conducted in advance, in which more than 70% of users were in favor of...
Elon Musk hired a hacker who created the world’s first iPhone jailbreak in 2007 and bypassed Sony consoles in 2010. We are talking about George Hotz (George Hotz), known under the nickname Geohot. He also founded the startup Comma.ai, where an autopilot system for cars is being developed. In 2015,...
After the scandalous global purge of Twitter staff, which left about 2,000 employees on the social network compared to 7,500 before the arrival of Elon Musk, the new head turned his attention to hardware: according to The New York Times, Musk thought about closing one of the three main data...
The Verge has obtained a recording of a staff meeting that took place on Monday at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. On it, Elon Musk announced to his subordinates that Twitter would implement end-to-end encryption of personal messages, as well as audio and video calls. With end-to-end encryption, only direct...
Elon Musk has previously said he will restore suspended Twitter accounts, and has already done so with Donald Trump’s account. However, the CEO and owner of the company said that fake accounts that imitate real ones will be blocked forever without the possibility of appeal. An exception may be those...
Elon Musk, according to Bloomberg, intends on Monday, November 21, to start new layoffs among the company’s employees. This time, layoffs will affect employees involved in sales and partnerships. Previously, Musk issued an ultimatum to the staff: either stay, but with an increase in working hours, or quit with a...
Elon Musk continues to create newsbreaks for the media. The current owner of the social network Twitter recently launched a vote to restore the account of former President Donald Trump (Donald Trump). The recovery option won by a small margin, so the account is now active. At the same time,...
Billionaire Elon Musk has repeatedly said that he supports unconditional freedom of speech on social networks and, in particular, on Twitter. However, he has now commented on his statements in this regard. According to Musk, he talked about freedom of speech, but not about “freedom of reach.” In other words,...
According to The New York Times, citing internal Twitter documents, after Musk’s ultimatum to employees of the social network a couple of days ago, 1,200 people decided to leave the company at once. Apparently, Musk did not expect so many unwilling to continue under his leadership – and that is...
Earlier this week, Elon Musk effectively gave Twitter employees an ultimatum: either they work hard or they quit. Many preferred the second option: several hundred workers applied for dismissal. So what does Musk do about it? He, according to The New York Times, persuades some of the employees to return!...
