Twitter

We blew too much money hiring like crazy so we gave you the boot – Amazon

Meanwhile, layoffs continue at Twitter, Meta, WeWork, many others

On-Prem20 Jan 2023 | 13

As if Elon didn't have enough problems – Twitter sued over leaky servers

Damages and security improvements? Or maybe settle for a neon bird light

Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 5

Twitter 2.0 signal boosts Taliban 2.0 through Blue subscriptions

Comment Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of your actions

Networks17 Jan 2023 | 131

Twitter starts auction to flip the bird, furniture, pizza ovens, gadgets galore

Am I bid $50 for a ten-foot neon logo? Or $25 for an @ symbol planter box?

Offbeat16 Jan 2023 | 50

Third-party Twitter apps stopped dead with no explanation from El Musko

Sorry, when exactly are you going to sod off to Mars, mate?

Software14 Jan 2023 | 123

Ex-Twitter Brits launch legal challenge against dismissal

How to conduct a UK redundancy process: Not the way the US social media company is doing it, say sacked employees

Legal13 Jan 2023 | 38

Twitter's Singapore landlord says avian network still a tenant, despite eviction reports

This time last year the plan was for lots more hires. Then came Elon

Off-Prem13 Jan 2023 | 10

Russian meddling in 2016 US presidential election was weak sauce

Boffins find Twitter foreign influence campaign didn't have much pull

Security10 Jan 2023 | 59

Twitter data dump: 200m+ account database now free to download

Updated No passwords, but plenty of stuff for social engineering and doxxing

Security05 Jan 2023 | 48

More pre-Musk Twitter 1.0 execs leave the building

Last one out turn off the lights

Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 25

Twitter whistleblower Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko lands new gig at Rapid7

Updated A long way from password crackers for Windows NT for former L0pht legend

Security05 Jan 2023 | 8

Elon Musk's cost-cutting campaign at Twitter extended to not paying rent, claims landlord

Owner of our SF digs sues for $140,000

Offbeat03 Jan 2023 | 122

With Mastodon, decentralization strikes back

Systems Approach ActivityPub isn't just what we've been doing over the Christmas break

Software01 Jan 2023 | 63

Stolen info on 400m+ Twitter accounts seemingly up for sale

Updated Plus: Cracked Piers Morgan spews offensive tweets, not the usual kind

Security27 Dec 2022 | 64

Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO: Help us pick his replacement

Poll Will stay on as boss of servers and software – the fun bits, in other words

Personal Tech21 Dec 2022 | 205

Elon Musk starts poll with one question: Should I step down as head of Twitter?

Updated The ayes have it: You said 'YES'

Personal Tech19 Dec 2022 | 134

Twitter staffer turned Saudi spy jailed for 3.5 years

Tweeter, tailor, soldier, bye

Cyber-crime16 Dec 2022 | 42

Musk bans private-plane-tracking @Elonjet on Twitter, threatens legal action

Updated Say what you want – until Elon decides it affects him, too

Offbeat15 Dec 2022 | 189

SEC charges crew of social media influencers with $100m fraud

Defendants allegedly 'discussed their scheme’ in recorded chats on Discord and Twitter that ‘they believed were private’

Cyber-crime15 Dec 2022 | 19

Twitter will lose 32 million users by end of 2024, Insider Intelligence predicts

'Technical issues and proliferation of hateful content' blamed

Personal Tech14 Dec 2022 | 110

Twitter dismantles its Trust and Safety Council moments before meeting

Comment Plus: Elon Musk is now a number 2

Personal Tech13 Dec 2022 | 109

Musk roundly booed on-stage at Dave Chappelle gig

Are they booing me, Smithers? No, Mr SpaceX, they're saying boo, boo-ster, booster!

Personal Tech12 Dec 2022 | 96

OK, we know iPhones are expensive but... $11 a month for Twitter Blue on iOS?

Comment Elon Musk's meeting with Tim Cook at Apple HQ went well, we see

Offbeat12 Dec 2022 | 81

San Francisco investigates Hotel Twitter, Musk might pack up and leave

In a $3,000/month for a bedsit city, how many seconds do you think it took locals to call building inspector?

Offbeat09 Dec 2022 | 199

Guess which Fortune 500 brands and govt agencies share data with Twitter?

Spoiler alert: just about all of them, all across the planet

Security09 Dec 2022 | 14

Microsoft reportedly mulls a does-everything 'super app' to expand mobile search

Trojan horse could bring more users to Teams, grow advertising, because Windows users just looooove MS ads

Software07 Dec 2022 | 66

Musk's Hotel California erected at Twitter HQ, as some offices converted into bedrooms

You can check out any time you like, and you can eventually leave. Right? Right?

Offbeat07 Dec 2022 | 107

How do you solve the problem that is Twitter?

Opinion Technically and leadership-wise what site needs is stability

Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 156

Twitter tries to lure brands back with spend-matching scheme

Spend $500k and we'll double your money, but please ignore the trolls

Networks02 Dec 2022 | 60

Blockchain needs a reason to exist, Boris Johnson tells roomful of blockchain pros

As for Twitter, politicians need to grow thick skins and stop mistaking it for advertisement

Software02 Dec 2022 | 110

Musk says spat with Apple over App Store ejection threat for Twitter was 'misunderstanding'

Lovely visit to meet Tim Cook at Apple Park HQ forces big change in tone from world's richest man

Offbeat01 Dec 2022 | 80

Twitter gives up fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Ex-moderation lead says he does not feel the platform is 'safe' under Musk

Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 211

Elon Musk picks fight with Apple for slashing advertising spend on Twitter

CEO claims platform threatened with expulsion from App Store, asks if device maker hates free speech

Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 79

Twitter search spam campaign hides China riots, researchers say

Elon Musk meanwhile muses whether Apple 'hate[s] free speech in America' because the company mostly stopped advertising on Twitter

Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 28

Musk: Twitter will have 1 billion monthly users inside 18 months

Meanwhile reports say more ad buyers are staying away

Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 216

Elon Musk to abused Twitter users: Your tormentors are coming back

Promises restoration of suspended accounts, despite previous pledge to do no such thing

Security25 Nov 2022 | 457

DraftKings gamblers lose $300,000 to credential stuffing attack

Users of the sports betting site rolled the dice on reusing passwords and lost

Security22 Nov 2022 | 15

Twitter set for more layoffs as Musk mulls next move

Plus: He ran a poll 51.8% in favor of overturning Donald Trump's ban... but some must be bots, right Elon?

Networks21 Nov 2022 | 135

World's richest man posts memes as $44b Twitter acquisition veers off course

Staff locked out as hundreds appear to say no to Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum

Offbeat18 Nov 2022 | 210

Multi-tasker Musk expects to reduce time at Twitter, seek another leader

Comment comes as CEO testifies in suit questioning $56b Tesla pay

Personal Tech17 Nov 2022 | 133

Twitter refugees seek asylum in an unusual place: The Matt Hancock app

Move over, Mastodon – bungling UK politician's platform finds thousands of new users amid Elon Musk chaos

Bootnotes17 Nov 2022 | 32

Elon Musk issues ultimatum to Twitter staff: Go hardcore or go home

Comment Divisive CEO becomes a prisoner of his own device

Personal Tech16 Nov 2022 | 384

Investor tells Google: Cut costs now and stop paying staff so much

Also wants Alphabet to slash losses in Waymo division, buy back shares, lots of them

Off-Prem16 Nov 2022 | 70

Starlink purchases 'Twitter takeover' ad package, Musk dismisses it as 'tiny'

Well, which one is it, then?

Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 33

Amazon reportedly considers laying off 10k employees

Updated Alexa, do I have a job? Staff in corporate and technology positions in line of fire

Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 12

Twitter engineer calls out Elon Musk for technical BS in unusual career move

Updated Bro do u even GraphQL?

Offbeat14 Nov 2022 | 349

Twitter is suffering from mad bro disease. Open thinking can build it back better

Opinion We must immunize the Mastodon

Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 199

Twitter, Musk, and a week of bad decisions

Lost among the chaos? We'll try to sort it out for you, so far

Personal Tech11 Nov 2022 | 106

KFC bot urges Germans to mark Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken

Tasteless food chain claims 'semi-automated' process skipped internal review process

Bootnotes11 Nov 2022 | 87

Twitter CISO flies the coop

As social media giant grapples with Musk takeover, a safe pair of hands reaches for the door

Security10 Nov 2022 | 47

I'm happy paying Twitter eight bucks a month because price isn't the same as value

Opinion Addressing social media's baked-in flaws starts with users realizing its true worth

Software10 Nov 2022 | 145

Musk sows more Twitter chaos, now with Official policy snafu

Today's messes: a possible crypto venture; blue tick blackflips; advertiser assurances; and a promise to try dumb things

Personal Tech10 Nov 2022 | 31

Musk sells $3.95 billion in Tesla shares, paid eleven times more for Twitter

Meanwhile, more advertisers pause spending on loss-making social media platform and user base said to be declining

Personal Tech09 Nov 2022 | 62

Twitter begs some staff to come back, says they were laid off accidentally

Meanwhile, India workers in reported 90% purge

Personal Tech07 Nov 2022 | 91

Parody Elon Musk Twitter accounts will be suspended immediately, says Elon Musk

This is no laughing matter, says very stable genius, as Kathy Griffin forced to tweet from dead mom's account

Offbeat07 Nov 2022 | 127

Twitter employees sue over lack of 60-day layoff notice

Musk-owned companies have now faced 3 WARN Act lawsuits alleging the same thing

Personal Tech04 Nov 2022 | 123