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&#39;Today We Say Goodbye to This Great Blue Bird&#39;
Twitter's Switch to X
Called 'Brand Suicide'
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 24, 2023 3:26 PM CDT

Twitter's Switch to X Called 'Brand Suicide'

Designer says goodbye to iconic logo

(Newser) - Twitter is getting rid of its bird logo as part of its rebrand to X, and designer Martin Grasser is saying a fond farewell. "Today we say goodbye to this great blue bird," Grasser tweeted Monday, describing how he created the logo with co-designers Angy Che and Todd...

Twitter Ditches Iconic Bird, Begins Rebrand to 'X'

Elon Musk's new X logo for the company is already showing up

(Newser) - He wasn't joking : Elon Musk has replaced Twitter's iconic bird logo with the letter X, reports TechCrunch . But it's no mere cosmetic change: Twitter itself has begun rebranding to be known as X, per the Washington Post . "X.com now points to twitter.com," Musk...

Elon Musk: We're Ditching Twitter's Bird Logo

He says he wants an X theme

(Newser) - Twitter's bird logo is known the world over, but its days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk tweeted overnight that he intends to ditch the bird for some kind of X-themed logo, reports CNN . "And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the...

Accused of 'Unrelenting' Greed, Tesla Board Relents

12 directors, including Elon Musk's brother, will return a total of $735M

(Newser) - It pays to be on the board of Tesla, but one shareholder has successfully made the case that it paid way too much. The company's 12 directors have agreed to settle a lawsuit by returning $735 million to the company, reports Quartz . It's one of the largest shareholder...

Musk: Twitter's Cash Flow Is Negative Over Lost Ads

He cites a 50% drop in advertising

(Newser) - Elon Musk says Twitter is still losing cash because advertising has dropped by half, per the AP . In a reply to a tweet offering business advice on Saturday, Musk wrote , "We're still negative cash flow, due to (about a) 50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load....

Musk Forms New Company to 'Understand Reality'

Creation of xAI follows criticism of OpenAI

(Newser) - Elon Musk has brought xAI into the world—and that's the name of a new company, not a new child. Musk announced the formation of the artificial intelligence company Wednesday, though it's not entirely clear what its objectives are, the BBC reports. Musk tweeted that it had been...

Musk Issues NSFW Challenge as Threads Hits 100M Signups

'Someone, please, make it stop' is the plea of one writer

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter rival Threads had a strong weekend, with the Verge reporting that the platform has now surpassed 100 million signups. At the same time, Twitter's own traffic is "sinking," according to the head of internet services company Cloudfare, notes the Guardian . Cloudfare's Matthew...

Reward for the Super Rich: $14M a Day

That's how much the billionaires on Bloomberg's richest list made in the first half of the year

(Newser) - The stock market had a strong first half of the year, with the benchmark S&P rising 16% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq up an even stronger 39%. All of which translates into some hard-to-fathom profits for the richest of the rich. According to Bloomberg , the 500 people on its Billionaires...

Zuckerberg's 'Twitter Killer,' Threads, Goes Live

Meta boss announces launch with a dig at the competition

(Newser) - Threads, Meta's text-based messaging app that looks a lot like Twitter and is intended to challenge that platform, went live Wednesday. Mark Zuckerberg made the announcment in a post to his Threads account, including a shot at Twitter. He said his intention is for Threads to remain "friendly...

Musk-Zuckerberg Cage Fight Is a Goof, Right? Maybe Not

'NYT' reports that it is surprisingly close to becoming reality

(Newser) - Last month, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agreed on social media to fight a "cage match." And if you're thinking this strange idea is just a PR exercise that will never come to pass, the New York Times has a story that might convince you otherwise. The...

Twitter Limits Number of Posts People Can Read

New rules cause much confusion on Saturday

(Newser) - Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day—restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site. The crackdown began to have ripple effects early Saturday,...

Twitter Users Report Problems
Musk Puts Limits on Twitter Use
updated
Jul 1, 2023 3:00 PM CDT

Musk Puts Limits on Twitter Use

Announcement follows access problems for users

(Newser) - Hours after reports began pouring in of access problems on his platform, Elon Musk announced new limits on the number of tweets users can read each day. Verified accounts will be capped at 6,000 posts a day and unverified at 600 posts. New unverified users will have a daily...

New Twitter CEO Starts Paying the Bills: Report

Linda Yaccarino is clearing up social media's unpaid bills to Google for cloud services, per 'WSJ'

(Newser) - The "Velvet Hammer" is already getting it done at Twitter. Linda Yaccarino, the "hard-charging executive" enticed by Elon Musk from overseeing ads at NBCUniversal to become Twitter's new CEO , is paying the social media company's bills again—specifically, to Google, reports the Wall Street Journal . Platformer...

Musk Says This Word Is a 'Slur' on Twitter. Except It's Not

Platform's owner threatens suspension if people use 'cisgender' in 'repeated, targeted harassment'

(Newser) - A complaint on Twitter about a word has led to Elon Musk declaring it a "slur." The word is "cisgender" (or "cis," for short), which per Merriam-Webster , signifies "a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as...

Musk, Zuckerberg Agree to Cage Fight

'Send me location,' Meta CEO says in response to Twitter owner's challenge

(Newser) - Two of the most high-profile tech billionaires have just agreed to a cage fight. Twitter's executive chairman Elon Musk initially challenged Mark Zuckerberg, tweeting that he was "up for a cage match" with the Meta CEO, who's been training in jiu jitsu. Zuckerberg then shared a screenshot...

Rogan, Musk, RFK Jr. Zero In on One Vaccine Scientist
Rogan, Musk, RFK Jr. Zero In
on One Vaccine Scientist
the rundown
Jun 19, 2023 11:11 AM CDT

Rogan, Musk, RFK Jr. Zero In on One Vaccine Scientist

Dr. Peter Hotez of Houston says he's being 'stalked'

(Newser) - Anthony Fauci has long been public enemy No. 1 in the eyes of vaccine opponents. With Fauci retired, it appears that a vaccine scientist in Houston might be assuming the unwanted role. The scientist is Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of...

Tesla Autopilot Crashes Way More Common Than Thought
Tesla Autopilot
Crashes Way
More Common
Than Thought
investigation
Jun 11, 2023 9:35 AM CDT

Tesla Autopilot Crashes Way More Common Than Thought

'Washington Post' counts 736, including at least 17 fatalities

(Newser) - Tesla's Autopilot technology, intended to enhance driver safety and convenience, is under scrutiny due to growing concerns about the interaction between the system and drivers. In the last four years, there have been 736 car accidents in which one of the vehicles was a Tesla on Autopilot, reports the...

Ben & Jerry's Ditches Twitter Over 'Hate Speech.' It's Not Alone

'NYT' reports company has seen 59% drop in ad sales from previous year

(Newser) - Elon Musk seemed cautiously optimistic in April about Twitter's finances, telling the BBC that most of the social media platform's advertisers had returned and that it was "roughly breaking even." New stats tell a somewhat different story, with an internal presentation seen by the New York ...

New Hurdle for Elon Musk: His Texas Neighbors

Locals living near his business sites are raising a stink about massive construction projects

(Newser) - It's a snapshot of a challenging crossroads in the ambitious (non-Twitter) business plans of Elon Musk. The Washington Post reports that residents of rural Bastrop County, Texas, home to growing facilities for both SpaceX and the Boring Co., are concerned about the impact on the environment. And this in...

More Twitter Safety Execs Flee Twitter
More Safety Execs
Flee Twitter
Jun 3, 2023 11:30 AM CDT

More Safety Execs Flee Twitter

AJ Brown, platform's head of brand safety and ad quality, steps down right after Ella Irwin

(Newser) - First Ella Irwin, Twitter's second head of trust and safety under Elon Musk, resigned earlier this week. Now, two more safety executives at the company are stepping away as well, leaving many wondering what this means for the platform's future with advertisers. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal ...

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