Musk gives ultimatum to Twitter staff to do 'extremely hardcore' work or leave
According to a copy of an email sent by Musk and seen by CNN, the new Twitter CEO said any employee who did not commit to the ultimatum by Thursday evening will receive three months' severance. "Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore," Musk wrote in the memo.
Twitter starts working on end-to-end encryption for direct messages
App researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted: "Twitter is bringing back end-to-end encrypted DMs." A picture of the code strings highlighting references to encryption keys was attached to Wong's post. Elon Musk replied to Wong's tweet with a winked emoji, which indicates that the feature is in development.
Elon Musk posts picture with 2 men who faked being fired from Twitter
He shared the picture on Twitter late Tuesday night with Rahul Ligma and Daniel Johnson and wrote: "Welcoming back Ligma & Johnson!" In a following tweet, Musk said: "Important to admit when I'm wrong & firing them was truly one of my biggest mistakes." On Musk's post, a user commented "three meme legends in one picture", while another said: "Ligma & Johnson will go down as the greatest trolls in history."
Blue service back on Nov 29, legacy accounts to pay or go: Musk
He also said that with the new release, "changing your verified name will cause loss of checkmark until name is confirmed by Twitter to meet Terms of Service". Musk had earlier paused Blue service after several fake accounts came up on Twitter, impersonating brands and celebrities. After facing a barrage of criticism, Twitter stopped the Blue service.
Indian firms must create own models to avoid massive layoffs: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu
According to Vembu, who has built a billion-dollar product company in India, told IANS that Silicon Valley has always faced big booms and huge busts in the past and this is the first time it has hit employees in India to such a large extent.
Twitter now lays off 4,400 contractual workers: Report
According to reports from Platformer and Axios, the micro-blogging platform is now laying off employees those are on contract. "Contractors aren't being notified at all, they're just losing access to Slack and email. Managers figured it out when their workers just disappeared from the system," tweeted Platformer's Casey Newton. "They heard nothing from their leaders," he posted.
Controversial Blue service with verification to return next week: Musk
Twitter paused its Blue service with verification after facing a slew of criticism last week as people bought the verified badge with Blue service, created fake accounts imitating big brands like Eli Lilly and Mario, and posted false tweets that left several brands embarrassed and had to issue statements. When a follower asked Musk when can we expect Blue service to be back, he replied: "Probably end of next week".
Alternatives like Tumblr, Mastodon see meteoric rise amid shakeup at Twitter
According to latest data provided by Season Tower, Twitter installs climbed 21 per cent, while alternatives like Mastodon grew 657 per cent in the 12 days -- from October 27 through November 7 -- after the Twitter acquisition was finalised. Mastodon saw approximately 322,000 installs from US app stores in the 12 days, more than 100 times the 3,000 it saw in the prior period (October 15 through October 26).
Elon Musk's lawyer tells Twitter employees they won't go to jail
Elon Musk's lawyer Alex Spiro sent an email to employees, seen by TechCrunch, that said it is "Twitter itself (not individual employees) who is a party and therefore only Twitter the company that could be liable".
Elon Musk hits out at mainstream media, hails citizen journalism on Twitter
The new Twitter CEO, facing the upheaval as fake accounts with Blue tick continue to flourish on the platform via the $8 Blue subscription service, said that as Twitter pursues the goal of elevating citizen journalism, "media elite will try everything to stop that from happening".
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