He applauded Texas The Independent was able to confirm the bug in practice. That followed the resignations of three top Twitter executives responsible for security, privacy and compliance on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter and internal documents seen by The New York Times. Around 200 employees at Twitter lost their jobs. The changes to Twitters F.T.C. You don't argue with a 4-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. Twitter did not respond to a request for comment or further information on why Mr Musks Twitter page was not loading. Even so, Mr. Musk said Twitter remained over-staffed after mass layoffs of half of the companys 7,500 employees last week. The deal for Musk's takeover of Twitter was agreed to on Monday. French luxury giant LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault previously supplanted Musk from the No. Twitter has typically reviewed its products for privacy problems before rolling them out to users, to avoid additional fines from the F.T.C. Bloomberg pegged Arnaults net worth at $185.3 billion on Monday. On Wednesday, the microblogging site faced a massive outage for users globally. Its fertility rate, while below replacement level, is still higher than Italy, Spain or the current pop-culture haven of South Korea, the lowest in the world. But this can only be a start. The issue occurred after Musk abruptly fired 10 per cent of the workforce, which is around 200 people. You are now subscribed to our newsletters. On Thursday, more Twitter executives resigned. Research, innovation crucial to sustain growth of pharm BBC row: All entities must comply with relevant laws, I Indian CFOs optimism for operating margin 10-quarter lo Mint Explainer: What does the Windsor Framework mean fo Smart contracts can revolutionize the way we transact. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Its not like twitter employees have proudly flaunted on social media how they do fuck all. It's over. He trotted out a long-held goal of Japanese leaders to shift householdassets from cash to investments, but also offered plans to expand tax-freeaccounts. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 27, 2023. And yet, perhaps Tesla Inc. itself tells a tale. The popular comic strip, a staple in Explaining it took up 2,500 words of his Guildhall speech last week, his first real attempt to pitch the concept abroad. The social media company was running a negative cash flow of several billion dollars, Mr. Musk added, without specifying if that was an annual figure. His statements echoed messages he shared in two emails sent to workers late on Wednesday. Have your say in our news democracy. But his tweet triggereddebate in Japan because it adds to a narrative bothering the country: that ofa graying nation shrinking into irrelevance. WebCheddar / VideoElephant. There's a whole sound board. ", Adams went on to say he was using the Rasmussen poll as an "introduction to the topic," and even if the numbers portrayed in the study were not accurate, his "point would be the same, but my messaging would probably be better. Omg how is Twitter even up right now?! #TwitterDown is trending on the platform. "It was a bunch of well off white people who do not live around Black people and they decided to cancel me because I thought that what they're doing is a good strategy. But Mr Musk nonetheless chose to highlight the issue in a reply to an account that pointed out the issue. This is nothing new as the platform has faced multiple outages in the last few months. Musk, who has fretted before about the risks of global population collapse,"might be exaggerating for effect. He has responded by threatening a thermonuclear name & shame of advertisers who choose to halt their spending. While many larger companies already pay for access, it is unlikely some of the smaller developers of popular tools and accounts will be able or willing to pay. Many are looking to see if he will welcome back a number of influential conservative figures banned for violating Twitters rules speculation that is only heightened by upcoming elections in Brazil, the U.S. and elsewhere. Back in 2013, Abe was viewed with suspicion by manywary of hisdisastrous first term as leader and misplaced concerns about re-militarization. Around 200 employees at Twitter lost their jobs. marking a 37% increase from the same three-month period last year. If you have a better plan lined up, go for it. Musk who was taking a short break from posting terrible memes was co-hosting a Twitter Space livestream with inventor and podcaster Jason Calacanis in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday (February 28). It was weird before, and now it's even weirder. Copyright 2022 HT Digital Streams Ltd All Right Reserved, Moodys maintains stable outlook on Indian banks. Even Musk has said the $44 billion price tag for Twitter was too high but that the company had great potential. Mr. Musk has roiled Twitter since taking over the company in the technology industrys largest-ever leveraged buyout last month. Elon has shown that he cares only about recouping the losses hes incurring as a result of failing to get out of his binding obligation to buy Twitter, the employee wrote. Dilbert creator Scott Adams has been dropped by a number of US publishers of the long-running cartoon after a YouTube video emerged of him using racist comments. HR is not relevant for a site to run but you sure as hell want them on the company. WebUsually elite coders are in fact responsible to make sure the rest of of teams code is good enough and to solve hard technical problems. Adams, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, has appeared regularly on Alex Jones's Infowars show. "Well, I've gotta go to bed. Instead, they got 10 minutes of fart noises and sound effects, before the Tesla and Twitter CEO logged off and disappeared from the stream. I used their packing and moving service the first time and the second time I packed everything and they moved it. This is really hard right now.. Kishidas signature policy, which he calls his New Form of Capitalism," is tough even for localsto understand. His aims of increasing companies R&D and capex spending are on the right track. Keep taking good care of this place, Tweagle, he added, referring to the company name for Twitters legal department. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. Elon Musk recently fired 10 percent of the workforce. A post shared by Andrews McMeel (@andrewsmcmeel). The title of the wealthiest person in the world belongs to Tesla CEO Elon Musk again, according to Bloomberg. The API provides access to Twitter data, which can be used to create third-party apps, automated bots, customer service tools for brands, and enables researchers to report on trends or patterns on the site. Adams claimed he was trying to encourage people not to live near "a population of people that have been primed to have a bad opinion of you. Elon Musk sells $1M worth of new 'Burnt Hair' perfume. Last year, Dilbert was canceled in nearly 80 markets as Lee Enterprises stopped printing the comic strip. 2023 FOX Television Stations, Glendale I-43 bridge project; northbound lanes to shift March 1, Cashay Henderson Milwaukee's 3rd Black trans woman killed in 9 months, Milwaukee police chase, fatal crash; vehicle taken in armed robbery, Sheboygan pedestrian hit, driver arrested for OWI, Milwaukee County Jail death, woman's family voices concerns. You can invest in Japan with confidence," Fumio Kishida, the countrys prime minister, told an international audience at the City of London last week in a Japanese-language address, adding a three-word declaration in Englishalmost as an exclamation point: Invest in Kishida.". Much of In fact, hate wasn't even part of the conversation, was it?" Bankers have fled Hong Kong as its reputation as an international financial center has taken a bruising. 200, maybe 300 employees. The first hint Twitter would clamp down on use of the API was in mid-January when Twitter suddenly shut off access for Tweetbot, a third-party Twitter app optimised for Apple products. In a post on Thursday morning, Twitters developer account announced free access to its application program interface (API) would be cut off and replaced with a paid version from 9 February. I Musk now is rejoicing that Disney is about to lose exclusivity on one of its main characters: Mickey Mouse. He raised the price to $8 a month and said subscribers would receive a verification check mark, which Twitter has typically given to prominent users like celebrities and politicians. ", "This was hyperbole, meaning an exaggeration. Looks like you have exceeded the limit to bookmark the image. About 90% of Twitters revenue comes from advertising, but its far from being the biggest digital marketing platform. SAN FRANCISCO Two weeks after buying Twitter, Elon Musk painted an increasingly bleak financial picture for the company and outlined "It turns out that nearly half of that team doesn't think I'm okay to be white," he continued. Twitter was too heavily dependent on advertising and vulnerable to pullbacks in brand spending, he added, and will need to bolster the revenue it gets from subscriptions. Twitter earns about 90 percent of its revenue from advertisers, some of whom have shied away from the platform in recent days because of uncertainties over Mr. Musks commitment to removing toxic content from Twitter. Oh wait, they must have not been vital to the operation. Unless something changes to cause the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist," Elon Musk warned Sunday, tweeting a response to a story on Japans 11th straight year of population declines. Tears, blunders and chaos: inside Elon Musks Twitter, Elon Musk doesnt seem like right person to own Twitter, says co-founder, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Lori Baker - via Google. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Viewers tuning in to a recent live stream to hear Elon Musk were probably expecting to hear words of wisdom and business tips from one of the worlds richest men. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. If you are serious about changing your life, do something consistently for 6 months. He reclaimed the status on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index late Monday afternoon, having a fortune valued at an estimated $187.1 billion at that time, the outlet reported. Fantastic help. Viewers tuning in to a recent live stream to hear Elon Musk were probably expecting to hear words of wisdom and business tips from one of the worlds I'm @ThreadReaderApp a Twitter bot here to help you read threads more easily. The same day, Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde. That story didnt last as Abenomicsran out of gas. Mr. Musk has previously said the company is losing $4 million a day. He mentioned bankruptcy. Will your logo be here as well?. Heres a roundup of some popular tools and accounts that could disappear once the pay-for-access API comes into effect. Abe found a simple way to sell his visionwith his Three Arrows" of Abenomics. SAN FRANCISCO Two weeks after buying Twitter, Elon Musk painted an increasingly bleak financial picture for the company and outlined changes in a meeting with staff on Thursday and in his first companywide emails, amid an exodus of executives including the officials who oversaw content moderation and security. Anyone can read what you share. laura lehn - via Google, I highly recommend Mayflower. Buta comment by the worlds richest man just days after Kishidas shows why the prime minister needs more than just a catchphrase to persuade investors of Japans long-term growth prospects. Twitters work force had been remote since early in the pandemic, and in recent years, its employees have been allowed to choose where they want to live rather than remaining in cities where the company has offices. ", Meanwhile, the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said dropping Dilbert "was not a difficult decision. Our revised consent order gives us new tools to ensure compliance, and we are prepared to use them., In an email to employees on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Musk wrote, I cannot emphasize enough that Twitter will do whatever it takes to adhere to both the letter and the spirit of the F.T.C. The homepage currently displays "Welcome to Twitter. Adams's career took a hit elsewhere as Penguin Random House announced it will not publish his book Reframe Your Brain, a spokesperson for parent company Portfolio told Yahoo Entertainment. Other search results show that no there are "no results for Twitter Down". The latest set of changes to Twitter will likely spell the end of some of your favourite accounts, tools and features, as the platforms owner, Elon Musk, continues to Nov. 10, 2022. Weve all worked with them. GM described the pause as a normal step it takes when a media platform undergoes significant change.. Press J to jump to the feed. Join the news democracyWhere your votes decide the Top 100. And as for Musks population concerns, Japan is far from alone merely the front-runner. He has complained about restrictions on speech on the platform but then vowed he wouldnt let it become a hellscape. And for months it wasnt even clear if he wanted to control the company at all. In 2016, Musk launched his subterranean tunnel Whatever people think is happening is not working. Earthquake bots and other accounts set up to post automatic updates on the weather, environment or health issues such as Covid can be extremely useful. Never hear headlines about that. On Monday, Adams reacted to the news that Dilbert was canceled. The departing security executives were Lea Kissner, the chief information security officer; Damien Kieran, the chief privacy officer; and Marianne Fogarty, the chief compliance officer. Twitter is currently not showing the feed, which Musk said the team is working to improve and make it even more relevant for users. Elon Musk called the media racist after a number of newspapers dropped Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoons following Adams' comments calling Black people "a hate group." Elon Musk has suggested there is something strange happening with his Twitter account, after his posts failed to load. Follow APs coverage of Elon Musk: https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk, This story has been updated to correct the language in the tweet by Musk to the bird is freed, not the bird has been freed., Technology writer covering social media and the internet, Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. You save your energy for more important battles," he wrote in a now-deleted post. asked the Fintwit account Zerohedge when Kishida was elected leader last year, summing up the disdain many have for a country where returns have long been thought to go to die. Mr Musk has said that the takeover deal is on hold until he is given more detail on the estimated number of fake accounts on Twitter. Casey Moving Systems is family owned and has been servicing Northern California for over 20 years. A fourth confirmed his departure, in a tweet. Twitter no longer has a communications department to approach for comment, but questions were sent to the email address previously used by the organisation to field press enquiries. Although Adams told Fox News he believed it was part "of a larger overhaul," he said some newspapers voiced concerns after receiving complaints about recent content. 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