X owner Elon Musk has continued his tirade against major corporations who’ve suspended advertising on his social network, after growing concerns about hate speech on the platform. Musk last year asked whether Apple “hate[s] free speech in America” when the company paused advertising over previous concerns about the social network, and is now calling for Disney CEO Bob Iger to be fired … more ..read more

Since Elon Musk became Twitter’s CEO, he’s been pushing through a lot of changes to the social network. But perhaps none of them have been as controversial as Twitter’s recent rebranding to “X” (although the Twitter name is still everywhere). And now it seems another change is coming soon. According to Musk, Twitter will soon get rid of light mode. more… The post Musk says Twitter will no longer have a light mode, making dark mode the default option [U] appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

A number of Twitter employees have been fired in tweets by the company’s new owner, Elon Musk. The billionaire apparently wasn’t pleased at being publicly fact-checked by his own engineers … more… The post Twitter employees fired by tweet; others can get stock; ads high risk, says biggest agency appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

Another day, another Twitter roundup – ranging from an early investor describing Elon Musk as “alone and winging it” to the billionaire owner considering putting the entire Twitter platform behind a paywall. A former senior Twitter engineer has also told the story of how the company wanted him to comply with a carrier request to track individual user locations from leaving home in the morning to everywhere they went during the day … more… The post Twitter roundup: Elon Musk ‘alone’ as he considers paywalling the whole platform; more appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

Billionaire Elon Musk took over as owner and CEO of Twitter last week following a long saga between himself and the company. Now that he’s in charge of the social network, one of his first orders was to completely revamp the account verification program. On Tuesday, Musk confirmed that anyone will be able to get a “blue checkmark” plus some other benefits for $8 a month. more… The post Elon’s latest business innovation for Twitter is to charge $8/month for verification and other benefits appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

Twitter going private under Elon Musk’s ownership does have a number of advantages for the billionaire, including fewer regulatory requirements and no need for quarterly earnings reports. But the route is not without its challenges … more… The post Twitter going private under Musk’s ownership poses challenges, as fired execs get millions appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

Two reports claim that billionaire Elon Musk plans massive layoffs when he takes ownership of the company. They say that the planned cuts to Twitter jobs amount to 75% of the workforce … more… The post Twitter jobs to be slashed by 75% after Musk acquisition, claim reports appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

Season one of the Elon Musk Twitter saga drew to a close yesterday when the billionaire announced that he would proceed with his promised purchase, and the company accepted. But there’s much more to come, of course, even if there is no surprise twist. The latest fun begins with banks starting to sweat over the terms of their own involvement… more… The post Elon Musk Twitter saga: Banks sweating, employees resigned, likely implications appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

Both Spotify and Elon Musk have previously spoken out against Apple’s App Store guidelines in the past. In a new exchange on Twitter this weekend, Musk and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek again questioned Apple’s guidelines, with Ek referring to them as “absurd” and Musk saying they present a “serious scaling problem.” more… The post Elon Musk and Spotify’s CEO team up against Apple’s ‘absurd’ App Store rules appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook is known for being an excellent communicator, and that was on full display this week as he navigated Elon Musk’s flurry of accusations against Apple. A new report from the Financial Times this weekend offers a deeper look at how former Apple executives view Cook’s skills, with the caveat that there’s one issue he hasn’t yet resolved… more… The post How Tim Cook placated Elon Musk, according to three former Apple executives appeared first on 9to5Mac ..read more