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Few unresolved matters still remain with Twitter: Elon Musk
Twitter losses $270 million, blames Elon Musk

Twitter's ad revenue totaled $1.08 billion, and subscription and other revenue totalled $101 million.

  • Friday, 22 July 2022
Twitter can also be made liable for fraudulent disclosure on bots, thinks Musk
Twitter can also be made liable for fraudulent disclosure on bots, thinks Musk

In a tweet to Musk, a follower wrote to Musk that under the SEC Rule 10b-5, Twitter "can be liable for omissions of or misleading material facts. Waiving due diligence does not mean you have to accept a fraudulent disclosure (understated bots)".

  • Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Musk's Twitter takeover trial set to begin in October
Musk's Twitter takeover trial set to begin in October

The trial will be five days -- longer than Twitter asked for but shorter than Musk did. The exact dates have not yet been scheduled.

  • Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Musk texted Parag Agrawal before terminating $44 bn Twitter deal
Musk texted Parag Agrawal before terminating $44 bn Twitter deal

Recently, Musk's lawyers have said that Twitter officials are unfairly pushing for a "warp speed" trial.

  • Sunday, 17 July 2022
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Tesla to protect life, SpaceX to extend it beyond Earth: Musk

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that the electric vehicle company is to protect life on Earth and his space company to extend it beyond Earth.

  • Saturday, 16 July 2022
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Musk seeks Twitter trial in early 2023, Agrawal wants 4 days to prove him wrong

In a new court filing first reported by Bloomberg, Musk's lawyers have said that Twitter officials are unfairly pushing for a "warp speed" trial.

  • Saturday, 16 July 2022
Tesla fires staff
Tesla shuts office, fires 229 employees from Autopilot team

The remaining 47 employees may be sent to work in Tesla's Buffalo Autopilot office, according to the report.

  • Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Elon Musk to pay $1 bn as deal termination fee to Twitter
Elon Musk to pay $1 bn as deal termination fee to Twitter

Musk was expected to provide equity financing of approximately $21 billion on his own.

  • Saturday, 09 July 2022
Twitter to sue Musk for terminating $44 bn takeover deal
Twitter to sue Musk for terminating $44 bn takeover deal

In a surprising move, Musk's legal team said in a US Securities and Exchange (SEC) filing that he is terminating the deal because Twitter was in "material breach" of their agreement and had made "false and misleading" statements during negotiations.

  • Saturday, 09 July 2022
Musk says he's terminating $44 bn Twitter deal: Report
Musk says he's terminating $44 bn Twitter deal: Report

In a filing on Friday afternoon with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk's team claimed he is terminating the deal because Twitter was in "material breach" of their agreement and had made "false and misleading" statements during negotiations.

  • Saturday, 09 July 2022
Twitter claims it suspends 1 mn spam users a day
Twitter claims it suspends 1 mn spam users a day

The one million figure will include accounts that are weeded out as they attempt to join the platform and therefore are never counted as daily users.

  • Friday, 08 July 2022
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Twitter fires 30% employees from its talent acquisition team

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal in May fired consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour and head of revenue product Bruce Falck, saying there is a hiring freeze now and Twitter will also pause spending in most areas.

  • Friday, 08 July 2022
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Elon Musk had twins with Neuralink executive in 2021: Report

Zilis, who was born in Ontario, Canada, met Musk through OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) research-and-deployment nonprofit Musk cofounded in 2015.

  • Thursday, 07 July 2022
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Elon Musk is on his longest-ever Twitter break amid challenges

Musk, a serial Tweeter, last posted on June 22 on the battle between SpaceX and the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over broadband usage.

  • Friday, 01 July 2022
Few 'unresolved matters' still remain with Twitter: Elon Musk
Few 'unresolved matters' still remain with Twitter: Elon Musk

Musk said he does not believe in Twitter findings, which claim that false or spam accounts represent fewer than 5 per cent of its monetisable daily active users (229 million).

  • Tuesday, 21 June 2022
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