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Twitter shares surge after Elon Musk takeover

May 3, 2022

Elon Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter has spurred investors to purchase 30 times more shares in a 24-hour window, according to new data from Saxo Markets. Traders bought 3,186% more…

Elon Musk to acquire Twitter for $44bn

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April 26, 2022

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Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 bn. Upon completion of the transaction, Twitter will become a privately held company. The Tesla CEO has said…

Snap misses sales and profit estimates in ‘challenging’ quarter

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April 22, 2022

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Snap has missed sales and profit estimates in a ‘challenging’ quarter, in its first quarter results on Thursday. Despite missing its profit and sales estimates, the photo-sharing company recorded an…

Elon Musk offers to purchase Twitter at a $43bn valuation

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April 14, 2022

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Elon Musk has made an offer to purchase social media site Twitter, days after he became the largest shareholder in the company, the Financial Times has reported. The Tesla CEO…

Elon Musk reverses plan to join twitter board

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April 11, 2022

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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk will no longer be joining the board of Twitter, the social media giant has announced. In a statement posted to Twitter, the company’s chief executive…

Pinterest to ban all climate change misinformation

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April 6, 2022

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Pinterest is banning all climate misinformation in a bid to limit the spread of false claims and conspiracy theories, the first and only major digital platform to do so. The…

Twitter to begin letting users edit tweets

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April 6, 2022

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Twitter is finally letting its users edit tweets in the coming months, with a trial expected to launch soon. The long awaited feature was called “the most requested Twitter feature…

Analysis: Has the Facebook bubble burst?

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April 6, 2022

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At the beginning of February, Facebook’s parent company Meta’s share price tumbled by more than 20% after it revealed it had lost users for the first time in its history.…

TikTok used large quantities of content from Instagram and Snapchat to train its algorithm

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April 5, 2022

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TikTok’s algorithm is based on vast quantities of content which was taken from Instagram and Snapchat without their knowledge or consent. The videos were then published via fake accounts on…

Amazon ponders internal messaging app which blocks certain words

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April 5, 2022

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Amazon is pondering an internal messaging app that blocks certain words including “union,” “grievance,” and “living wage”. The app is being considered as a way to boost worker morale, according…

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