Twitter, Musk

Trump's government-worker buyouts are feeling a lot like Musk's Twitter in 2022
The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.
Trump’s Federal Buyout Memo Has Echoes of Musk’s 2022 Twitter Purge
A new memo offering "deferred resignation" to all federal employees seems to be taking its strategy from Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover.
Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government
Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter playbook to manage its spending and personnel.
Trump cribs Musk’s “fork in the road” Twitter memo to slash gov’t workforce
Echoing Elon Musk's approach to thinning out Twitter's staff in 2022, Donald Trump's plan to significantly slash the government workforce now, for a limited time only, includes offering resignation buyouts.
Trump administration offers federal workers payouts for resignations in move mirroring Elon Musk's memo at Twitter
The Trump administration offered an ultimatum to some federal employees asking them to choose if they want to resign in a pitch that echoes Elon Musk's moves at Twitter.
Trump Offers Federal Workers a Buyout to Quit. Why It Echoes Musk’s Twitter Playbook.
President Donald Trump has told federal workers to either return to the office or quit. It looks like Elon Musk’s strategy when he bought Twitter. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management made all federal employees a deferred resignation offer Tuesday as it ramps up its return-to-office push.
Déjà Vu: Elon Musk Takes His Twitter Takeover Tactics to Washington
Federal agencies have offered exits to millions of employees and tested the prowess of engineers — just like when Elon Musk ...
Random guy on Twitter asks Marvel star Simu Liu about a Sleeping Dogs movie, Simu Liu says he's working on it
Like today, when a guy on Twitter asked the star of Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Simu Liu, if a ...
Twitter leak shows of Powerbeats Pro 2 latest feature — a heart rate monitor
There's more revealed in the leak. There are two new colors shown off. There's a lovely-looking lilac, and a very fetching orange. They also appear smaller in the hand than the older Powerbeats Pro ...
Swara Bhasker's Twitter account permanently suspended
Swara Bhasker, known for her bold views, had her X (formerly Twitter) account permanently suspended due to alleged copyright infringement linked to her Republic Day posts. The actress has strongly ...
Reddit sites with millions of followers ban links to X, Twitter after Elon Musk inauguration salute
In reaction to hand gestures Elon Musk made at a post-inauguration rally that many said resembled a Nazi salute, Reddit ...
Andreessen: Substack And Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover Broke The Social Media Censorship Dynamic
Tech founder Marc Andreessen explained how the U.S. government's social media censorship scheme came to an end during an appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast. You can watch the full interview below ...
Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon apologises for old tweets
Karla Sofia Gascon - who is the first transgender performer to be nominated for an Oscar for best actress - said she knew the ...
OpenAI cites US roots to avoid Indian courts, but lawyers say case holds
Six other lawyers, and submissions of two court-appointed experts in the OpenAI lawsuit, Arul George Scaria and Adarsh ...