Tag: Elon Musk

Elon Musk Names New CEO of Twitter

Twitter and Tesla owner Elon Musk on Friday named NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino as the CEO of Twitter, coming just hours after she announced she would be leaving the corporate media outlet. “I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!” Musk wrote in a post on Friday. The billionaire…


Elon Musk Says He Has Found a New CEO for Twitter

Elon Musk announced on Thursday that he had found someone to take over as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter. Musk will continue to own the social media company and will play a technical role in the platform, but someone else will lead the day-to-day management of the company. “Excited to announce that I’ve…


Elon Musk Invites Don Lemon to Create Show on Twitter

In the wake of Tucker Carlson’s viral announcement saying he’ll be bringing his top-rated show to Twitter, the social media’s CEO, Elon Musk, called on former CNN host Don Lemon to consider doing the same. Musk, an industrialist who purchased the social media platform last year, commented Wednesday on Lemon’s weeks-old cryptic Twitter statement in…


Musk Launches Twitter’s New Encrypted Messaging, but With Big Caveat: ‘Don’t Trust It Yet’

Elon Musk on Thursday announced the official launch of Twitter’s new encrypted direct messaging (DM) function, urging users to give it a try, but warning that the encryption feature in the early version should not be trusted. “Early version of encrypted direct messages just launched,” Musk stated in a Thursday tweet. “Try it, but don’t…


Elon Musk Responds to Tucker Carlson Rumors

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday responded to claims that he came to a deal with Tucker Carlson as the former Fox News host released a viral video saying he will be bringing his top-rated show to Twitter. Like any other user on the platform, according to Musk, Carlson will be subject to the same rules…


CBC Resumes Some Twitter Activity Following 23-Day Hiatus Over ‘Government-Funded’ Label

The CBC has returned to posting content on some of its Twitter accounts following a more than three-week hiatus after the platform labelled the public broadcaster’s main account as a “Government-Funded Media” outlet. “Today, we will resume some activity on a handful of umbrella Twitter accounts, including @CBCNews, but we will significantly reduce our overall…


Musk Warns WhatsApp ‘Cannot Be Trusted,’ Says Twitter Will Soon Allow Voice Calls, Encrypted Messaging

Twitter will soon allow users to make video and voice calls and send encrypted messages, CEO Elon Musk has said. Musk took to the platform on May 9 to announce a string of new features that will be coming to Twitter soon. “With latest version of app [sic], you can DM [direct message] reply to any…


Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Removing Inactive Accounts, Freeing up Desired Usernames

Twitter owner Elon Musk said the platform is permanently removing inactive accounts to release desirable usernames back into rotation, a move that had long been promised but never delivered. While Twitter does have an inactive account policy in place, it hasn’t done much to enforce it. The platform encourages users to log in at least…


Elon Musk Says Censorship Enthusiasts Are ‘Less Than Thrilled’ With Twitter’s User-Sourced Fact-Checks

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has praised the platform’s Community Notes feature for “ending censorship in guise of virtue” and handing control of the “narrative” back to ordinary people. Musk made the comments in a tweet responding to Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, who wrote on the platform that Twitter was previously “a place where false narratives were…


Tesla Raises Prices in US, China, Japan, and Canada

Tesla Inc. has raised prices in a range of up to $290 in Canada, China, Japan, and the United States, its website showed on Monday, after the company slashed prices of its top-selling vehicles since the start of the year. The hike was the first on its two top-selling models at the same time in…