Musk may appoint Boring Company CEO Steve Davis as new Twitter head
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction services company founded by Musk. According to Platformer, Davis came to Twitter as part of Musk's transition team last year. Musk had tasked Davis with cutting $500 million in costs but he ended up cutting nearly $1 billion. His success in bringing costs down by any means necessary has led to growing speculation.
Twitter employees to soon receive stock awards: Musk
"This past week, we completed a difficult organisational overhaul focused on improving future execution, using as much feedback as we could gather from the entire company," Musk wrote in an internal memo on Monday obtained by The Verge. "Those who remain are highly regarded by those around them," he added. The memo, titled "Performance Awards", was Musk's first message.
Musk feels AI existential anxiety
In a tweet on Sunday, Musk said: "Having a bit of AI existential angst today." "But, all things considered with regard to AGI existential angst, I would prefer to be alive now to witness AGI than be alive in the past and not." He later posted: "AI+human vs AI+human is the next phase, but the human part will decrease in relevance over time, except perhaps as will.
Twitter lays off product manager who led Blue subscription project
Crawford led various projects at Twitter, including the company's Blue with verification subscription and its forthcoming payments platform. More than 50 employees were impacted by the layoffs, which were spread across several departments. Martijn de Kuijper, the creator of the now-shuttered Revue newsletter platform that Twitter acquired in 2021, was also among them.
Twitter shuts off internal Slack, employees say didn't pay bills
The move left employees baffled and no one worked throughout the day on Friday as they were suddenly unable to communicate, reports Platformer. Employees also lost access to Jira, a tracking software that allows engineers to ship code and monitor progress on new features. While some employees communicated over email, some decided to just take.
Musk continues to sack Twitter employees despite promise not to do so
It means that the new Twitter CEO has done at least three rounds of layoffs, according to The Verge. This is happening despite his promise not to sack more employees after his brutal layoff exercise in November that affected two-thirds of the micro-blogging platform's 7,500 employees. At a meeting with employees, Musk had claimed that Twitter is now actively hiring.
Twitter to open source its algorithm next week: Musk
When Musk tweeted, "Say what you want about me, but I acquired the world's largest non-profit for $44B lol." One user commented, "Right. Now open source it, then we'll be truly impressed.""Prepare to be disappointed at first when our algorithm is made open source next week, but it will improve rapidly!" Twitter CEO replied. Last week, Musk had said that the micro-blogging platform.
Meta Verified: This is what you get in return after shelling out money
With Meta Verified, you'll get a verified badge, confirming you're the real you and that your account has been authenticated with a government ID. According to the social network, it will offer more protection from impersonation with proactive account monitoring for impersonators who might target people with growing online audiences.
Musk says 'inevitable' as Meta unveils paid verification on FB, Insta
The news website Disclose.tv tweeted, "JUST IN - Zuckerberg copies Twitter: $12 bucks per month to get verified and receive a blue badge." Musk replied: "Inevitable." Meta on Sunday announced it is testing paid verification for Instagram and Facebook for $11.99 per month for the web and $14.99 per month for mobile.
In a tweet, Sriram Krishnan, a former Twitter executive.
After Twitter, Meta announces paid verification for FB, Instagram
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that a "Meta Verified" account will grant users a verified badge, increased visibility on the platforms, prioritised customer support, and more. The company is first rolling out the feature to Australia and New Zealand and it will arrive in more countries "soon."
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