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However, the first flight depends on licence approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Starship is ready for launch. Awaiting regulatory approval," he tweeted. The FAA has reportedly listed the rocket's orbital test flight on April 17. Starship is the world's most powerful rocket and will be used to send.

Independent journalist and author Matt Taibbi, famous for releasing Twitter Files and belonging to the Musk camp, blamed Twitter for blocking sharing links to his articles on Substack. "I was given the option of posting articles on Twitter instead. I'm obviously staying at Substack, and will be moving to Substack Notes next.

Twitter has restricted promotion and visibility for tweets with links to Substack posts -- a move that has not gone well with people. "We're disappointed that Twitter has chosen to restrict writers' ability to share their work. Writers deserve the freedom to share links to Substack or anywhere else," said Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie and Jairaj Seth, the founders of Substack.

The micro-blogging platform has implemented the new tool on both 'For You' and 'Following' tabs. "As you scroll, you will see approximately twice as many organic or non-promoted Tweets placed in between promoted Tweets or ads. There may be times when there are more or fewer non-promoted Tweets between promoted Tweets," according to the company.

The Post was launched in November 2022 with a beta version that grew to 650,000 people on its waitlist, reports TechCrunch. Of those, 430,000 people actually created an account on the platform.

Musk tweeted, "As promised" and attached a screenshot of his tweet conversation of last year with a user in which they had asked him to buy Twitter and change the bird logo to a doge. Several users expressed their thoughts on Musk's announcement. While one user commented, "Promises made, promises kept, another said.

Almost all legacy Blue check marks were intact on Monday, two days after the Musk deadline. A new verified tagline for legacy Blue users now reads: "This account is verified because it is subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account". Twitter CEO on Sunday said that verification of accounts will help a lot.

Musk now wants everyone to pay $8 a month (Rs 900 in India a month) for verified Blue check marks, and all legacy Blue badges are set to go away any moment. The White House and The New York Times have already refused to pay for verified Blue with subscription service.

Musk commented after American business columnist and author Ashlee Vance said that what the city has become is "unconscionable." "Had a 20-minute walk down Market Street with a friend who remarked, 'I've never seen anything like this,' as his head was on a swivel the entire time. I love SF. What the city has become is unconscionable," Vance posted in a tweet.

The top 500 advertisers on the microblogging platform will also allegedly not have to pay $1000 a month for the privilege of retaining their verified status and checkmarks, reports The Verge. The decision comes as Twitter prepares to make significant changes to how verification functions on the platform.