Yaccarino’s appointment renewed questions about the ‘glass cliff,’ a theory that women are more likely to be hired for leadership jobs when there’s a crisis, which sets them up for failure
Musk cannot back out of a settlement reached with the SEC after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private caused the electric vehicle maker’s share price to jump, a Manhattan court said
According to experts, data is the new oil; a boundless source of profit. The only avenue of resistance is to patiently click on the ‘reject cookies’ button, again and again
Despite the shift in leadership, experts note that Musk is unlikely to step back from making decisions about Twitter’s technology and policies. Still, some say this new leadership could help restore advertisers’ faith in Twitter
A study by academics in the U.S., France and Spain has found that Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse was preceded by a spike in social media chatter
The Tesla billionaire said in a tweet Thursday that his role will transition to being executive chairman and chief technology officer. Musk, though, has made announcements in the past that he did not follow through on
Discord users have long been free to choose any name they wanted, even ones already in use. Gamers warn that the move could create a black market in desirable names or even spark dangerous threats to force the surrender of in-demand names
Impostor accounts on social media are among many concerns election security experts have heading into next year’s presidential election
In a chaotic move worthy of study in business schools everywhere, Elon Musk has turned his flagship product into the new scarlet letter, a badge of dishonor that no one wants to wear
Under new owner Elon Musk, Twitter recently ended its policy of labeling foreign propaganda agencies like RT or Sputnik. Researchers say the site has also ended its policy of making those accounts ineligible for promotion or recommendation
The social media platform removed the blue marks last week from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee
High-profile users who lost their blue checks included Beyoncé, Pope Francis, Oprah Winfrey and former President Donald Trump. But it also included accounts for major transit systems, national parks and official weather trackers
After several false starts, Twitter began making good on its promise Thursday to remove the blue checks from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee to keep them
A Twitter group of Spanish film lovers known as TopFilmTuiter evaluated pre-1920 films and chose D.W. Griffith’s ‘Intolerance’ as their favorite
‘NPR’s organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,’ the news organization said
The four-week moving average of claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week fluctuations, rose by 2,000 to 198,250, remaining below the 200,000 threshold
Twitter, based in San Francisco, noted in a legal filing on Sunday that the postings infringe copyrights held by Twitter.
Cases such as those of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse show how the sector is facing new risks, such as the speed of fund outflows or the viral spread of bad news and rumors
The French Minister for Transformation and Public Administration said in a statement that ‘recreational’ apps aren’t secure enough to be used in state administrative services
Fans on the street corner chanted “Messi, Messi” and sang the words to “Muchachos,” which became the unofficial anthem for the Argentina squad
He posted the same clip on YouTube, which announced Friday that it, too, was welcoming him back
Lineker was reinstated by the BBC on Monday after the public broadcaster backed down and reversed its suspension of the former soccer great
Two males were shot Friday night, and one person was detained at the scene, the Miami Beach Police Department tweeted
The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill
T-Mobile’s purchase of Ka’ena Corp. will give it access the budget wireless provider Mint, along with Ultra Mobile and wholesaler Plum
After laying off 11,000 employees in November, Facebook’s parent company will cut its workforce even further and, in addition, will not fill 5,000 vacancies
The same jury convicted Saipov in January of 28 charges including murder in aid of racketeering and supporting a terrorist organization
