acquisition of twitter by elon musk
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Elon Musk Says He’ll Force Dark Mode on Twitter Users, Quickly Changes His Mind
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, rebranded as X, announced on Thursday that he would be eliminating light mode on the social platform’s app, plunging users into permanent darkness. But following an outcry from users, Musk quickly decided on a compromise. In a follow-up tweet, Musk said dark mode will now be the default setting on…
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Twitter Faces $US500 Million Lawsuit for Allegedly Not Paying Employee Severance
Twitter’s former head of HR filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company on Wednesday, demanding Elon Musk pay out $US500 million to former employees for allegedly not paying severance fees to laid-off staff. Courtney McMillan, the head of total rewards for the company’s benefits programs before she was laid off in January, claimed…
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Viral Hoax Claims Elon Musk Was Banned From Twitter After Pulling Out of Takeover Deal
Hours after Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed Twitter that he wanted to terminate their $US44 ($61) billion acquisition deal, prompting the social media network to sue, a rumour started spreading on Twitter. It goes like this: Twitter felt so betrayed that Musk was backing out of the deal that it had suspended his account. While…
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Elon Musk to Take Questions From Twitter Workers at Potentially Explosive Town Hall
Tesla CEO Elon Musk may as well be the living tech embodiment of Katy Perry’s 2008 hit song, “Hot N Cold,” given that it perfectly describes his state of mind with its insightful prose: “Cause you’re hot then you’re cold. You’re yes then you’re no.” In fact, that might be a good song to play…