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Ex-Twitter Engineer Blows The Whistle On Elon Musk's Chaotic Reign

A former Twitter engineer has accused Elon Musk of wrongly firing him based on false accusations that he leaked information about the social media site.

International Business Times UK

TechScape: Why big tech could learn big lessons from the Post Office Horizon scandal

In this week’s newsletter: To see where an IT flaw became a crisis, you have to look past the technology altogether. Plus, Substack’s biggest names jump ship

The Guardian - UK

Leading tech journalist quits Substack over platform’s Nazi newsletters

Reporter Casey Newton takes more than 170,000 subscribers elsewhere over company’s failure to police extremist content

The Guardian - US

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Substack faces user revolt over anti-censorship stance on neo-Nazis

Newsletter writers with thousands of subscribers threaten to leave platform, which says banning extremists makes things worse

The Guardian - UK

How Elon Musk’s antisemitic comments pushed X advertisers over the edge

The social network once known as Twitter is facing a new exodus thanks to the behaviour of its mercurial owner – and it may not recover, reports Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s Twitter launches company-wide mole hunt

Employees have been told to report to superiors anyone they have reason to believe may be passing on damaging information.

Fortune

Twitter is refusing to pay Google for cloud services. Here’s why it matters, and what the fallout could be for users

Amid an ongoing cost-cutting effort, Twitter has now refused to pay the bills to renew its multi-year contract with Google Cloud, Platformer has reported.

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Twitter Gets on Google's Bad Side After Its Latest Move

Elon Musk's Twitter might lose out on crucial services.

The Street

Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills, and might ditch it entirely

Google Cloud contract left hanging as Twitter tries to handle hosting in-house.

TechRadar

LeBron James takes aim at Twitter owner Elon Musk over billionaire's plans

LeBron James momentarily took his eyes off the NBA playoff race to take aim at Elon Musk as Twitter moves ahead with removing checkmarks to push its paid subscription service

Daily Mirror

Tech giants are cutting back on AI ethics research as Elon Musk calls for a cautious approach

Technologists are calling for a more cautious approach to AI, but some companies are still pushing forward at all costs.

Fortune

Musk pushes subscriptions as Twitter's ship takes on more water

Twitter's financial needs are driving plans to limit recommendations and verification to paying users.

Axios

Twitter is secretly boosting 35 users including LeBron James and Marc Andreessen, according to a new report

The list, which has reportedly operated for months, was made to test if some accounts gained more engagement than others, according to Platformer.

Fortune

Twitter employees woke up to a 2:30 a.m. email from Elon Musk. 'The office is not optional'

The billionaire is upset that Twitter's San Francisco offices were a ghost town on Wednesday, despite rolling out a return-to-office mandate last November.

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The Street

Microsoft's Latest Change Seems Like a Bad Idea

Microsoft is throwing at least some of its ethics out the door.

The Street

Elon Musk’s New Twitter Feature Doesn’t Line Up With His Actions

Some users are taking on Twitter's Community Notes initiative.

Fortune

Microsoft’s A.I. ethics layoffs send a worrying signal

Experts warn disbanding the A.I. ethics and society team could damage Microsoft’s ethical drive.

Axios

Microsoft, Google race to bring generative AI to the office

The software giants want to be first with the latest, but are raising questions about responsibility.

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Fortune

Musk dismisses Twitter employee question on layoffs with Office Space clip

Twitter's CEO dismissed Haraldur Thorleifsson's attempt to explain what he did at the company with "Pics or it didn't happen."

The Street

Twitter Executive Who Coined Controversial #SleepWhereYouWork Is Out

Esther Crawford is part of a new wave of layoffs announced this weekend according to the media.

Fortune

Elon Musk says Twitter will sue a ‘disgruntled employee’ who planted a ‘bogus article’ about his tweets being boosted

Musk tweeted Friday, “The ‘source’ of the bogus Platformer article is a disgruntled employee who had been on paid time off for months..."

The Street

Elon Musk Blasts The Washington Post: 'Your Article Is False'

Tesla's famous CEO is not too happy today.

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk reportedly forced Twitter algorithm to boost his tweets after Super Bowl flop

A tweet from Joe Biden garnered triple the impressions than Musk’s game time post, sending Twitter engineers scrambling to boost their boss

Salon

Musk forced change to boost own tweets

Frustrated about his engagement on Twitter, Musk forced his team of engineers to overflow the feed with his tweets

The Street

Twitter Users Launch #BlockElon Campaign

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is losing popularity on the social media network because of his tweets and other actions.

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