Twitter fate in doubt as employees defy Musk’s ultimatum

Twitter fate in doubt as employees defy Musk’s ultimatum

Elon Musk, also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has come under fire for radical changes at the California-based firm, which he bought less than a month ago for $44 billion. | Photo Credit: Reuters The future of Twitter seemed to hang in the balance Friday after its offices were locked down and key employees […]

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Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work

Musk’s first email to Twitter staff ends remote work

New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for “difficult times ahead” and ban remote work unless he personally approved it. Musk said there was “no way to sugarcoat the message” about the economic outlook and how it will affect an advertising-dependent company like Twitter, […]

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Elon Musk plans to cut half of Twitter jobs: Report

Elon Musk plans to cut half of Twitter jobs: Report

The report also said that Mr. Musk intends to reverse Twitter’s existing work from anywhere policy and will require employees to work from office The report also said that Mr. Musk intends to reverse Twitter’s existing work from anywhere policy and will require employees to work from office Elon Musk plans to cut about 3,700 […]

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Elon Musk plans to eliminate half of Twitter jobs to cut costs

Elon Musk plans to eliminate half of Twitter jobs to cut costs

Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company’s workforce, in a bid to drive down costs following his $44 billion acquisition, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Twitter’s new owner aims to inform affected staffers Friday, said the people, who requested anonymity discussing […]

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‘Foreign agents’ went undetected till flagged by someone outside: Zatko

‘Foreign agents’ went undetected till flagged by someone outside: Zatko

Twitter’s lack of internal security controls meant that the social media company could not track employees who may have been acting as government agents due to inadequate logging activity, Twitter ex-security lead turned whistleblower Peiter Zatko said. He had previously claimed that he believed “with high confidence” that the Indian government had placed its agents […]

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Twitter workers brace for more ‘circus’ after Elon Musk torpedoes deal

Twitter workers brace for more ‘circus’ after Elon Musk torpedoes deal

Musk said Twitter breached multiple provisions of a $44 billion merger agreement struck in April Musk said Twitter breached multiple provisions of a $44 billion merger agreement struck in April Twitter Inc employees expressed disbelief and exhaustion on Friday after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said he was terminating a deal to buy the social media […]

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