Twitter co-founder's new social network launched to all users
Bluesky, the decentralised social network that was hatched by former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, is expanding its app to all interested users, abandoning an invite-only system that the service used to help regulate...
Twitter co-founder's alternative social media app launches on Android
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's Bluesky social media app is now available on Android after rolling out to iOS in February 2023.
Accessing the app on either platform still requires an invite code, and the current user base...
Twitter no longer exists
Twitter Inc. has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X Corp., driving speculation about what Elon Musk intends for the social media platform.
Twitter “no longer exists” after being merged with X Corp., according to an...
Linus Tech Tips main YouTube channel hacked
Well-known technology YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hijacked by a malicious actor and is using it to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
Linus Tech Tips has over 15 million subscribers.
Twitter co-founder pledges $1 million every year to Signal chat app
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey says he will give open source chat app Signal $1 million per year as one of several grants to accelerate open Internet and protocol work.
The co-founder and former CEO of Twitter...
Musk asks Twitter users to vote on amnesty for suspended accounts
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has asked the platform's users to vote on whether it should offer general amnesty to suspended accounts.
However, Musk specified that it would only be granted provided they have not broken any laws or...
Jack Dorsey wanted Elon Musk on Twitter board long before buyout deal
Former Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey tried to get Elon Musk onto the social network’s board of directors long before the current drama around whether Musk will buy the company.
Dorsey pushed to add Musk...
Jack Dorsey taking the stand in Musk's Twitter buyout case
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter Inc., will be questioned under oath Tuesday in the social media company’s lawsuit against his longtime friend Elon Musk, according to court filings.
Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter’s chief...
Twitter discouraged whistleblower from raising security concerns — Investor lawsuit
Twitter Inc. executives should be held accountable for concealing operational problems at the popular social-media platform and firing a whistleblower who sought to address the issues, according to an investor’s...
Musk wants Jack Dorsey to testify in defence against Twitter deal backout
Elon Musk subpoenaed Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter Inc. and his longtime friend, in his defence against the social media company’s lawsuit to make him complete his proposed $44 billion buyout.
Dorsey, who stepped...
Big Twitter mystery — Elon Musk needs to raise R330 billion in cash
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc. reached an agreement for the world’s richest man to buy the social networking platform for $44 billion, resolving the pressing question of whether the company’s board would consent to the leveraged...
Jack Dorsey praises Elon Musk after Twitter buyout
Twitter Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey said that the only solution he trusts for the platform is world’s richest man Elon Musk, after the Tesla Inc. chief reached a deal to buy the social media company for roughly $44 billion.
Dorsey, who took the...
Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet going on sale again for R706 million
A copy of the first-ever tweet — by Twitter Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey — has been offered for almost $48 million on nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea, 16 times what the owner paid for it a year ago.
Sina Estavi, the chief...
Payments company Block working on Bitcoin mining system
Block Inc., the payments company formerly known as Square, is building a Bitcoin mining system and hiring a team for the effort, an executive said Thursday.
“We want to make mining more distributed and efficient in every way, from buying...
Twitter's new CEO beats Zuckerberg to be youngest in S&P 500 companies
Twitter Inc.’s new Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal is now the youngest CEO in the S&P 500, but apparently just barely.
Agrawal, who was appointed Monday to succeed Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, is 37, the same...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to step down — Report
Jack Dorsey is expected to retire from his role as CEO of Twitter, according to a CNBC report.
According to CNBC, Twitter stock rose by more than 5% on the news. It is not yet clear who will succeed Dorsey.
Curiously, his latest tweet said, "I...
Millions join Telegram and Signal during six-hour WhatsApp outage
Signal and Telegram, two private messenger apps, saw downloads and user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc.’s network of apps and services.
Millions of new users joined the Edward Snowden-endorsed Signal...