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A curious deal, with or without the blue tick

Musk's Twitter deal is problematic in many ways, not least because there's no apparent synergy between an automobile company, an aerospace-cum-internet service provider, and a social media platform

Twitter fires majority of employees in India as part of global layoffs

The lay-offs in India were across segments such as policy, communication, engineering and development, said sources in the know

The Chief Twit takes over, but why should any of us care?

There's nothing in this deal to cause anyone who believed the world's richest man was an untalented amateur to change their mind

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Black Friday for Twitter employees as Elon Musk begins en masse layoffs

The day Twitter employees dreaded since Elon Musk took control of the company is here. Thousands of employees have been fired from the social media giant. Watch the video to know more >

Twitter starts laying off employees in India as part of global job cuts

Twitter has started laying off employees in India as part of a global job cut ordered by the social media platform's new owner Elon Musk to attain economies of scale and make the USD 44 billion acquisition viable. World's richest businessman Musk began his innings at Twitter last week by firing the CEO Parag Agrawal as well as the CFO and some other top executives. This was followed by an exodus of top management. Musk has now started a massive exercise to downsize the company's global workforce. "Lay-off has started. Some of my colleagues have received email notification regarding this," a Twitter India employee told PTI on condition of anonymity. Another source said the lay-offs have affected a "significant chunk" of the India team. The full details of the job cuts were not immediately available. Twitter India did not respond to email queries. The US-based social media platform, in an internal email to employees earlier, had said, "In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy pa

Crypto wrap: Market remains largely resilient despite Fed's 75 bps hike

At 1 PM (IST) on Friday, Bitcoin was trading at $20,591, up 2 per cent in the past seven days, and Ethereum was at $1,579, showing a jump of 5 per cent in the same period

Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Elon Musk without enough notice

Twitter intends to start cutting staff Friday, the company said in an email to employees. Musk plans to get rid of half the workforce

Twitter back after suffering brief outage for some Indian users: Reports

Twitter on mobile was working fine but users on the desktop version had some troubles logging into the platform

Twitter down for some users across globe, including India: Details here

The outage is limited to Twitter's website for PCs and not the app, according to outage-tracker Downdetector

Fear and anxiety rampant at Twitter India as Musk starts downsizing

People in the know described the mood within the India development centres and across all segments as "very fearful", with people not sure if they will have a job or not

'Return home': Twitter to start laying off employees today, shuts office

Twitter told its employees through an email that they would receive an alert on staff cuts on their official or personal IDs on Friday

Elon Musk to commence job cuts at Twitter today as advertisers hit pause

"In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday," Twitter management said in an email reviewed by Bloomberg

Elon Musk plans to eliminate 3,700 jobs at Twitter to cut costs: Reports

Musk also intends to reverse the company's existing work-from-anywhere policy, asking remaining employees to report to offices -- though some exceptions could be made, the people said

Twitter can allow users to see global content with ease: Musk to Ali Zafar

The Tesla CEO is in a hurry to change Twitter, announcing product changes every day via his Twitter account that now has 113.5 million followers

Elon Musk may enable Twitter Edit button for everyone, says report

Twitter boss Elon Musk might enable the micro-blogging platform's Edit button for all the users very soon

Twitter drops flagship developer event 'Chirp' as CEO Musk trims workforce

In June this year, then CEO Parag Agarwal had announced that the company was bringing back the Chirp conference in November

Elon Musk aims to start charging for Twitter verification from next week

The badges will be part of an $8-a-month subscription that could go live as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the plans.

Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet: Elon Musk

A day after announcing plans to charge a monthly fee for Twitter's blue tick verification, the social media company's new owner Elon Musk said you get what you pay for and that Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet. Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet. That's why you're reading this tweet right now, Musk tweeted on Wednesday. Earlier he tweeted: Being attacked by both right and left simultaneously is a good sign and you get what you pay for. Musk has announced that the verification blue tick in front of a user's name that authenticates the account will be charged eight dollars per month, prompting outrage and disbelief among some longtime users. Musk, the world's richest person, acquired Twitter in a whopping USD 44 billion deal on October 27. He also fired the social media company's four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde. Power to the people! Blue for USD 8 per month, he tweeted on Tuesday,

People banned from Twitter won't be restored for weeks: Elon Musk

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks. That would mean people banned from the site for violating Twitter's rules for harassment, violence, or election and COVID-related misinformation will not be able to return before next Tuesday's US midterm elections. The pledge came after Musk, who took control of the social-media site last week after buying it for USD 44 billion, said in a tweet that he had met with a handful of civil-society leaders about how Twitter will continue to combat hate and harassment and enforce its election integrity policies." Those attending the meeting on Tuesday asked Musk not to restore the banned users ahead of the midterms, said Jessica Gonzlez, an attorney and co-CEO of the advocacy group Free Press who attended the meeting. The attendees including leaders from the NAACP, Anti-Defamation League and