I underestimated Musk’s lust for tormenting himself, and us. Jon Schwarz October 27 2023, 6:00 a.m. (TheIntercept.com) Elon Musk speaks to members of the media following the Senate AI Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 13, 2023. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images AFTER ELON MUSK finalized his… Continue reading
27 OCTOBER 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Whatever Elon Musk’s ultimate vision for the platform he and almost no one else calls X may be, it is still slow to take shape, and one year into his tenure at the company, the results of his leadership aren’t great. A New York… Continue reading
This video grab taken from a video posted on the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 26, 2022 shows himself carrying a sink as he enters the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. (Photo by Twitter account of Elon Musk/AFP via Getty Images) In Musk’s distorted world… Continue reading
21 AUGUST 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Elon Musk threatened to jettison the “block” feature on Twitter/X, which led to plenty of drama on the platform over the weekend, and meanwhile, something went awry with all photos and links from pre-December 2014. It’s honestly getting a bit exhausting both having… Continue reading
New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors The illuminated X logo sign beaming out from the roof of Twitter’s offices in San Francisco. Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters Guardian staff and agencies Mon 31 Jul 2023 02.56 BST (TheGuardian.com) A giant glowing… Continue reading
Paris Marx Jul 23, 2023, 3:04 AM PDT (BusinessInsider.com) Threads, the newest social-media app from Meta, rocketed past 100 million users less than a week after it went live. The explosive start from Mark Zuckerberg’s latest brainchild made it the fastest-growing app in history and took a significant bite out of Twitter’s traffic,… Continue reading
Linda Yaccarino pictured at the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES, Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas on January 8, 2020. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images) Unless Linda Yaccarino has the authority to reverse Musk’s many harmful policy decisions and reinvest in content moderation and enforcement, the social-media… Continue reading
In explosive lawsuit, ex-employees say severance wasn’t paid, building codes violated Roland Li May 18, 2023 Updated: May 19, 2023 2:12 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) San Francisco officials are opening a new investigation aimed at Twitter’s Mid-Market headquarters after an explosive lawsuit from former senior employees alleged numerous instances where members of owner… Continue reading
1 MAY 2023/BUSINESS & TECH/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has changed his tune quite a bit since this time last year, when he seemed to fully endorse the sale of the company to fellow billionaire Elon Musk. And it may not be coincidental that his… Continue reading
