Economy Dec 18 Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rival platforms Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company described Sunday as “prohibited platforms” Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.
Nation Dec 16 Journalists who wrote about owner Elon Musk suspended from Twitter Accounts of reporters with The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other publications, went dark Thursday.
Nation Dec 13 Musk’s Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety advisory group The advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations was formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform.
Economy Dec 08 FTC sues to block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard $69 billion merger The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft's planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to its Xbox game consoles and its growing games subscription business.
Politics Dec 07 Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud computer network contract between 4 firms Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon's $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network.
Arts Dec 07 As the video game industry evolves, making ‘indie’ video games gets trickier How long these “indie” studios can flourish is up for debate as the gaming industry undergoes increasing consolidation.
Nation Nov 18 Twitter workers continue to resign after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum Hundreds of employees signaled they were leaving ahead of a Thursday deadline set by Musk, posting a salute emoji or other symbols familiar to Twitter workers on the company’s internal Slack messaging board.
Economy Nov 13 Outsourced content moderators lose Twitter jobs in Musk’s latest round of cuts Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is further gutting the teams that battle misinformation on the social media platform as outsourced moderators learned over the weekend they were out of a job.
Nation Nov 09 Twitter rolls out new ‘official’ tag for some users then takes it back Twitter began adding gray "official" labels to some high-profile accounts to indicate that they are authentic, then they started disappearing. It's the latest twist in new owner Elon Musk's chaotic overhaul of the platform and its verification system.
Economy Nov 04 Widespread Twitter layoffs begin a week after Musk takeover Twitter's roughly 7,500 employees have been expecting layoffs since Musk took helm of the company. Already, Musk has fired top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal.