Their time is waisted writing boiler plate code and align a div. Twitter has restored its suicide prevention feature after it was reportedly removed under orders from current CEO and new owner Elon Musk. Find some people and topics to follow now" message. The question now is what the billionaire Tesla CEO will actually do with the social media platform. OUR MISSION. Trump was banned two days after the Jan. 6 attacks for a pair of tweets that the company said continued to cast doubts on the legitimacy of the presidential election and raised risks for the presidential inauguration that Trump said he would not be attending. Just another episode in the life of Elon Musk. Elon Musk says Japan will one day disappear. Elon has shown that he cares only about recouping the losses hes incurring as a result of failing to get out of his binding obligation to buy Twitter, the employee wrote. Its a company. When asked what time it was in California, Musk said: "Uhm, I'm in in Austin here, it's 2am., He added: Wait. Around 200 employees at Twitter lost their jobs. "The problem is that people see that even though it's a workplace-related joke, but it's more about how they implement it. "I don't want to have anything to do with them. His aims of increasing companies R&D and capex spending are on the right track. An obvious question for those who canceled me is do they disagree with my point. The social media company was running a negative cash flow of several billion dollars, Mr. Musk added, without specifying if that was an annual figure. This will put huge amount of personal, professional and legal risk onto engineers: I anticipate that all of you will be pressured by management into pushing out changes that will likely lead to major incidents, the employee wrote. I David McCabe contributed reporting from Washington. On Twitters Slack during Mr. Musks meeting with employees on Thursday, people discussed the merits of resigning or being laid off. Dont resign, be fired, one worker wrote in a companywide channel, in a message viewed by The Times. Bloomberg pegged Arnaults net worth at $185.3 billion on Monday. Oops! He raised the price to $8 a month and said subscribers would receive a verification check mark, which Twitter has typically given to prominent users like celebrities and politicians. The issue occurred after Musk abruptly fired 10 per cent of the workforce, which is around 200 people. Twitter did not respond to a request for comment or further information on why Mr Musks Twitter page was not loading. Copyright 2023 Living Media India Limited. I see 30 teslas on the road every day. "I was concerned somebody hated me discrimination was the other thing I was trying to avoid.". You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. "It turns out that nearly half of that team doesn't think I'm okay to be white," he continued. (The Anti-Defamation League characterizes the phrase "It's OK to be white" as a hate slogan due to its links to to white supremacist websites.) Barney's makeover has dinosaur experts scratching their heads: 'I don't even know where to start with it', Jena Malone was sexually assaulted by someone she worked with on 'Hunger Games': 'I've worked very hard to heal', Dave Grohl's good deed: Rocker barbecues for hundreds at L.A. homeless shelter, 'There were no filmmakers of color': How Robert Townsend changed the game with self-financed 1987 comedy 'Hollywood Shuffle', Emma Willis 'grateful' to work with dementia specialist after Bruce Willis's FTD diagnosis. Trading of its shares was suspended Friday, and they will be pulled from the New York Stock Exchange next month. Even some not so major ones. #TwitterDown is trending on the platform. A Delaware judge had ordered that the deal be finalized by Friday. Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates. In crypto, code is open source. Adams ruffled feathers by introducing a new character named "Dave," who is Black but identifies as white. Money is still cheap. That story didnt last as Abenomicsran out of gas. Invest in Kishida" could bea hard sell. But Mr Musk nonetheless chose to highlight the issue in a reply to an account that pointed out the issue. Without significant subscription revenue, there is a good chance Twitter will not survive the upcoming economic downturn, he wrote. Although Adams told Fox News he believed it was part "of a larger overhaul," he said some newspapers voiced concerns after receiving complaints about recent content. French luxury giant LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault previously supplanted Musk from the No. Outage tracking website DownDetector also shows hundreds of complaints. Musk gave one indication of where hes headed in a tweet Friday, saying no decisions on content or reinstating of accounts will be made until a content moderation council is put in place. Dont resign, be fired, one worker wrote in a companywide channel, in a message viewed by The Times. Very strange indeed! Mr Musk wrote in response to a fan who posted a tweet about the problem. At some of Mr. Musks other companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, he has also said employees must go into the office to work 40 hours a week. Because enough people hate him and will click on these dumb articles because of it. Its fertility rate, while below replacement level, is still higher than Italy, Spain or the current pop-culture haven of South Korea, the lowest in the world. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. They have a great system for tracking your belongings and a system for checking to make sure you got all of your belongings once you arrive at your destination. or company is above the law, and companies must follow our consent decrees. the bird is freed. Twitter has typically reviewed its products for privacy problems before rolling them out to users, to avoid additional fines from the F.T.C. Major personnel shakeups are widely expected, with Musk ousting several top Twitter executives on Thursday. Prompt and friendly service as well! spent months deriding Twitters spam bots. Easy to offer complacency when its not happening to you. Musk, who has fretted before about the risks of global population collapse,"might be exaggerating for effect. Unless something changes to cause the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist," Elon Musk warned Sunday, tweeting a response to a story on Japans 11th straight year of population declines. https://t.co/tF7tN9SrXc, clevelanddotcom (@clevelanddotcom) February 24, 2023. ", "If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with White people that's a hate group," he declared. In the controversial video, Adams launched into an attack on Black Foreign money flowed induringthe early years of his premiership as investors bought into his narrative that Japan was back. Instead, they got 10 minutes of fart noises and sound effects, before the Tesla and Twitter CEO logged off and disappeared from the stream. Talk to you later," Musk said before leaving. To be fair all major tech companies have been making news when layoffs happen. The latest set of changes to Twitter will likely spell the end of some of your favourite accounts, tools and features, as the platforms owner, Elon Musk, continues to look for ways to increase revenue. Shocking the news is not accurate. Economic Picture Ahead Is Dire, Elon Musk Tells Twitter Employees, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/technology/elon-musk-twitter-employees.html. The council, he wrote, would have diverse viewpoints. It's just easier this way for everyone. Corporate governance reforms triggered by Abe have made M&Aeasier. Around 200 employees at Twitter lost their jobs. No C.E.O. If you think its time to delete tweets, we are here for you: https://t.co/Znwc7AQSpl. But thats going to take more than a speech and a so-socatchphrase. marking a 37% increase from the same three-month period last year. If you are serious about changing your life, do something consistently for 6 months. Many of them charge, which suggests they might already pay Twitter for API access, but the changes could spell doom for others. Earthquake bots and other accounts set up to post automatic updates on the weather, environment or health issues such as Covid can be extremely useful. Adams is actively tweeting as the drama unfolds. Twitter has not said what it will charge for basic API access, nor has it indicated whether the charge will apply to all users of the API, including researchers. They generally work by scraping data from other sites and automatically tweeting it using the Twitter API. While the feed was not visible, there was no significant delay in posting tweets and it went smoothly for us. "Now, just to be clear, the syndication company really didn't have any choice," he laughed on his YouTube channel, "because their clients were hopping mad, the other cartoonists were mad, their staff was mad, basically everybody was mad. Adams, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, has appeared regularly on Alex Jones's Infowars show. It makes no sense to help Black Americans if you're white. I know the answer there's not even a small chance," he spouted, saying his cancelation was "purely racial." The payment will go down as one of the most overpaid tech acquisitions in the history of M&A deals on the Street, in our opinion, Ives wrote in a note to investors. He applauded Texas Arun Mukherjee on Twitter: "Elon Musk once said, "Give yourself 6 months. In 2016, Musk launched his subterranean tunnel Twitters move to charge for API access is the latest in a string of changes Elon Musk has made since he took over the company in an effort to make it profitable. In fact, hate wasn't even part of the conversation, was it?" Follow APs coverage of Elon Musk: https://apnews.com/hub/elon-musk, This story has been updated to correct the language in the tweet by Musk to the bird is freed, not the bird has been freed., Technology writer covering social media and the internet, Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. There is no indication that the problem is intentional, rather than a bug on Twitters side. October 12, 2022 | 12:52pm. Private equity isbullish on the nations prospects. His predecessor Yoshihide Suga, lasted just a year before becoming the latestof Japans short-lived leaders. Its Digital Services Act threatens big tech companies with billions in fines if they dont police platforms more strictly for illegal or harmful content such as hate speech and disinformation. Musk's crown jewel has ultimately turned into an overpriced ride. "Recent discriminatory comments by the creator, Scott Adams, have influenced our decision to discontinue publishing his comic," Gannett said in a statement. "Further, in the last nine months The Times has on four occasions printed a rerun of the comic when the new daily strip did not meet our standards," the Los Angeles Times stated in a post announcing its decision. That's the only outcome. He mentioned bankruptcy. he exclaimed. Only the headline has been changed. Everyone took really good care of our things. The same message is seen on both desktop as well as the mobile app. Elon Musk has suggested there is something strange happening with his Twitter account, after his posts failed to load. Mr Musk has said that the takeover deal is on hold until he is given more detail on the estimated number of fake accounts on Twitter. Elon Musk recently fired 10 percent of the workforce. It comes after Musk recently admitted to making no money on Twitter, calling the platform the "world's largest non-profit". Back in 2013, Abe was viewed with suspicion by manywary of hisdisastrous first term as leader and misplaced concerns about re-militarization. Associated Press writers Jill Colvin and Mae Anderson contributed to this story from New York. The companys profits saw a roughly 59% jump from 2021s Q4 to $3.7 billion, while its earnings per share came in at $1.19. On Twitters Slack during Mr. Musks meeting with employees on Thursday, people discussed the merits of resigning or being laid off. Some of them said that Musk must have removed all engineers and hence the platform is not functioning properly. This is the best place to see whats happening in your world. Anyone can read what you share. The homepage currently displays "Welcome to Twitter. On that list, Musk is about $8.6 billion below Arnaults $206.3 billion net worth, coming in at an estimated $197.7 billion. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 27, 2023. Elon Musk Reclaims Title of Richest Person in the World, Elon Musk held a 2am livestream and spent 10 minutes playing fart sounds. ", Meanwhile, the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said dropping Dilbert "was not a difficult decision. The API provides access to Twitter data, which can be used to create third-party apps, automated bots, customer service tools for brands, and enables researchers to report on trends or patterns on the site. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives estimated that Musk and his investors overpaid. Adams said he did not "espouse racism," and simply said people "should try to get away from it, which is apparently racist in itself." Bankers have fled Hong Kong as its reputation as an international financial center has taken a bruising. Heres a roundup of some popular tools and accounts that could disappear once the pay-for-access API comes into effect. ", "Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on a racist rant this week on his Coffee with Scott Adams online video show, and we will no longer carry his comic strip in The Plain Dealer," writes Chris Quinn. Resignation is cheap and easy for the employer, the employee wrote. Updated: 11 May 2022, 08:55 AM IST Gearoid Reidy, Bloomberg Much of Musks wealth is tied to Tesla, the electric vehicle and clean energy company where he is the largest individual shareholder. Elon Musk is once again the richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a personal net worth of US$187 billion. By Saturday, major newspapers like the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post followed suit. Adams said he used "hyperbole" when he called Black people a "hate group" but didn't take any of the statements back. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. He said the powerful people who canceled him just proved his whole point. Adams, who has publicly embraced right-wing ideology in recent years, said he's no longer helping Black Americans. Elon has made himself the face of Twitter (no judgement here) so from a headline perspective it makes sense to include his name in it. And even trending hashtags were visible. So, it is safe to assume that there's some issue with just the feed. While Kishida didnt invoke China in his speech directly, repeated references to Japans stability" and its being open to the world" made the contrast clear. Calacanis joked: "Dude, you can't go on Twitter Spaces when you're in the bathroom.. 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Twitter employees who lost jobs included many product managers, engineers, and people in the data science department. Even after the glory years of Abenomics faded, profits continued to rise along with shareholder payouts. Breton and Musk met in May and appeared in a video together in which Musk said he agreed with the 27-nation blocs strict new online regulations. The title of the wealthiest person in the world belongs to Tesla CEO Elon Musk again, according to Bloomberg. Elon Musk called the media racist after a number of newspapers dropped Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoons following Adams' comments calling Black people "a hate group." Copyright 2022 HT Digital Streams Ltd All Right Reserved, Moodys maintains stable outlook on Indian banks. What you think Twitter needs is to overwork 200 programmers so they can cover for one who got fired. This is nothing By India Today Tech: Twitter is down once again. Kishida, nonetheless, made some of the right noises. Bloomberg earlier reported Mr. Musks emails. Download the Mint app and read premium stories. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings. On October 27, Musk finalized his Twitter purchase. Providing global relocations solutions, storage and warehousing platforms and destruction plans. Remaining workers needed to be more hard core, Mr. Musk said. Currently, Twitter is not showing tweets from friends or contacts, but we were able to post a tweet. When I said Black people were like a hate group it wasn't because I hated anybody. Abe found a simple way to sell his visionwith his Three Arrows" of Abenomics. It's over. Those promises then need to be backed up. Hi All, I regret to announce you all that this bot will stop working on 9th of February (Next week) due to new Twitter's API policy. Twitter was just 1% of global digital ad spending in 2022, according to an Insider Intelligence projection. 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