A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the Twitter alternative that’s on 🔥
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business If you’ve heard the word “mastodon” a lot since Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October,…
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iPhone factory workers in China offered bonuses to return to work
By Diksha Madhok, Irene Nasser, Arnaud Siad and CNN’s Beijing Bureau One of Apple’s largest suppliers is trying to strike a delicate…
Continue Reading Why Apple may be working on a ‘hey Siri’ change
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple reportedly wants to put an end to “Hey.” The company is said to be training its voice…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Meta is planning significant layoffs
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Facebook-parent Meta is planning the first significant layoffs in its history as the company grapples with a…
Continue Reading Airbnb to make prices clearer after user complaints of hidden fees
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Airbnb on Monday said it plans to make the total cost of rental properties, including all fees, clearer to customers…
Continue Reading Twitter could be a new wild card for the midterms
By Brian Fung, CNN Business For years, Twitter has been a leader in countering misinformation and protecting elections. It was often ahead of its…
Continue Reading Elon Musk delays $8 ‘blue check’ Twitter verification plan until after the midterms
By Jennifer Korn and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Twitter is delaying the rollout of account verifications for its paid Twitter Blue…
Continue Reading With Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the number of people signing up for a small social network called…
Continue Reading Elon Musk said Twitter has seen a ‘massive drop in revenue’ as more brands pause ads
By Clare Duffy and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter has seen a “massive drop in revenue,” as a growing number…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s Twitter lays off employees across the company
By Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Friday laid off thousands of employees in departments across the company, in a severe round…
Continue Reading Elon Musk wants Twitter users to pay to be verified. It could create a new set of headaches for the company
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business In 2009, after Twitter was sued by then-St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa for being impersonated on the…
Continue Reading Amazon will pause corporate hiring for months
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon is pressing pause on corporate hiring and expects to keep the policy in place for months, in the latest…
Continue Reading Lyft to lay off 13% of staff
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Lyft on Thursday said it will lay off 13% of its staff, or nearly 700 employees, as it rethinks staffing amid…
Continue Reading TikTok makes clear European data can be accessed by China-based employees
By Brian Fung, CNN TikTok updated its privacy policies for European users on Tuesday, adding explicit disclosures that personal data from the app may…
Continue Reading FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban
By Brian Fung, CNN The US government should ban TikTok rather than come to a national security agreement with the social media app that might allow…
Continue Reading Twitter’s C-suite clears out as Musk cements power over the company
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business On October 27, the same day Elon Musk completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, the company’s chief customer…
Continue Reading Elon Musk hints that Donald Trump will not be back on Twitter before the midterms
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk indicated on Wednesday that the Twitter account of former President Donald Trump will not be restored ahead of…
Continue Reading Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to remain invested in the company under Elon Musk
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from the company’s board earlier this year, but…
Continue Reading Musk says Twitter will charge $8 a month for account verification after criticism for $19.99 plan
By Jennifer Korn After facing criticism for his plan to charge Twitter users $19.99 a month to get or keep a verified account, Elon Musk has a…
Continue Reading After Elon Musk’s antics on Twitter, advertisers may think twice for now
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Hours before news broke on Thursday that he had completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk wrote an…
Continue Reading Uber revenue jumps 72% on strong demand for rides
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business If a recession is looming, you wouldn’t know it from looking at Uber’s business. Uber on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Workers flee China’s biggest iPhone factory over Covid outbreak
By Diksha Madhok, Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is wrestling with major disruption at…
Continue Reading Senate Democrat wants national security investigation of Saudi Arabia’s role in Elon Musk-Twitter deal
By Matt Egan Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is calling on the federal government to investigate national security concerns raised by Saudi…
Continue Reading Instagram goes down for some users
By Catherine Thorbecke Thousands of Instagram users reported issues with accessing the platform on Monday morning. Approximately 7,000 users reported…
Continue Reading Want a blue check mark on Twitter? It may soon cost you $19.99 a month
By Donie O’Sullivan and Jennifer Korn, CNN Twitter is considering offering verified accounts to users who are willing to pay $19.99 a month for…
Continue Reading Elon Musk disbands Twitter’s board, cementing control over company
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s board of directors was dissolved on Thursday following Elon Musk’s takeover of the company,…
Continue Reading GM pauses advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk takeover
By Chris Isidore and Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN General Motors is pausing its advertising on Twitter now that the social media platform is owned by…
Continue Reading Anxious Twitter users find few alternatives to platform after Musk deal closes
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business In the hours after Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter late Thursday, many avid users began voicing their…
Continue Reading Elon Musk will have to pay three fired Twitter executives nearly $200 million
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The three top Twitter executives whom Elon Musk fired Thursday will walk out the door with about $187 million of…
Continue Reading Twitter confirms completion of Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition deal
By Clare Duffy and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Elon Musk has completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the company confirmed in a securities…
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