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Tinder or LinkedIn? Man shares class 10th, 12th marks, JEE rank on dating profile
- A man on Tinder listed all of his academic achievements, including his grades and rankings on JEE mains and advanced.
- Reactions on Twitter varied from amused to sceptical, with some people assuming the profile was a joke.
- The man's academic achievements included scoring 94% in Class 10, 99.5% in Class 12, and an all-India rank of 42 on JEE Advanced.
- Some Twitter users joked that the man had turned Tinder into LinkedIn or Bharat Matrimony, while others questioned the authenticity of the profile.
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Elon Musk says 'I shouldn't tweet after 3 am'
- Elon Musk admits to shooting himself in the foot with tweets in interview with BBC: "Have I shot myself in the foot with tweets multiple times? Yes."
- Elon Musk reveals in BBC interview he will "refrain from tweeting after 3 am" to avoid controversies.
- Investors sued Elon Musk over 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 per share, Musk confirms in BBC interview.
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Twitter's workforce reduced from 8,000 to 1,500: Elon Musk
- Twitter's current employee count has significantly decreased since Elon Musk took over, going from just under 8,000 staff members to around 1,500 employees.
- Musk stated that Twitter is now "roughly breaking even" and that advertisers are returning, which is helping the company's financial situation.
- According to Musk, Twitter is on track to become cashflow positive in the near future, possibly within a matter of months.
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Owning Twitter 'extremely painful', will sell it if the right person comes along: Elon Musk
- Elon Musk has described his experience of owning Twitter as "extremely painful" and not a party. This statement was made in an interview with BBC.
- Musk's comment came after he was asked about the recent controversies surrounding Twitter and its role in spreading misinformation and hate speech.
- Musk also revealed that he would consider selling the company if the right person came along, despite purchasing it for $44 billion in October 2022.
- This has led to speculation about who might be interested in buying the social media giant.
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'Twitter no longer exists': Musk may have already ended Twitter Inc.
- Twitter Inc. no longer exists and has been absorbed by Elon Musk's company X Corp, according to a court filing.
- X Holdings Corp. is identified as the parent company, and the successor to Twitter Inc.
- The move is expected to create a super-conglomerate with Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company and Twitter all part of the same entity.
- There has been no official statement from the company or Elon Musk about the merger, but Twitter operations seem to be unaffected.
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Ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, other ousted executives sue Twitter for $1 mn
- Three former top executives of Twitter, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, have filed a lawsuit against the company seeking reimbursements for costs of litigation, investigations, and congressional inquiries after their ouster from the company.
- They claim Twitter owes them over $1M for investigation costs by SEC and DOJ.
- Testimony given by Ned Segal and Parag Agrawal to SEC in 2022, Vijaya Gadde called for Congressional hearing on big tech and free speech.
- Executives fired by Elon Musk after Twitter takeover; layoffs raise concerns over company stability in combating misinformation and abuse.
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Elon Musk now follows PM Modi on Twitter
- Elon Musk, the tech billionaire, has added Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the list of people he follows on Twitter.
- PM Modi is the fourth world leader Musk has followed on the microblogging site, after UK PM Rishi Sunak, former US President Barack Obama, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
- Musk only follows 194 people on Twitter, despite having a massive following of 134.3 million on the platform.
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Musk paints over ‘W’ on Twitter sign at San Francisco headquarters
- Elon Musk shared a photo of Twitter's signboard outside the company's headquarters in San Francisco on his Twitter account.
- The photo showed that the letter 'w' on the signboard was covered, leading to speculation about why it was hidden.
- Musk later revealed that the landlord had told them they were legally required to keep the sign as "Twitter" and could not remove the 'w', which was then painted the same color as the background.
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Putin called me a war criminal, so he's not exactly my best friend: Musk
- Elon Musk claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin called him a war criminal for allegedly helping Ukraine.
- "I’m told Putin called me a war criminal for helping Ukraine, so he’s not exactly my best friend." he tweets.
- Musk believes that all news is propaganda and people should be allowed to decide for themselves what to believe.
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As Twitter bird returns, Elon Musk removes ‘w’ from company name on HQ
- Twitter's iconic bird logo was temporarily replaced by the Doge meme, boosting the token's market value by up to $4 billion.
- Now Twitter's San Francisco headquarters saw staffers covering up the 'w' in Twitter's name, leading to online criticism of the move as 'childish'.
- Elon Musk, who has been playing with the idea of renaming Twitter for some time, was behind the logo change and name transformation.
- In April 2022, Musk ran a poll asking if the 'w' in Twitter should be deleted, hinting at his intentions to rename the platform.
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Affiliate badges on Twitter will be great for reducing impersonation risk: Elon Musk
- Twitter is phasing out legacy blue check marks and introducing affiliate badges, which will appear alongside a verified checkmark to indicate the parent account of the user.
- The purpose of the new badges is to reduce impersonation risk, according to a tweet by Elon Musk in response to the rollout.
- The deadline for individuals and companies to pay for verification check marks was April 1, and Twitter is expected to remove blue check marks for accounts that have not paid.
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Woman asked 'if 80 LPA is enough' to survive in Gurugram? Twitter reacts
- A Twitter user asked if a salary of ₹80.2 Lakhs per annum would be enough to survive in Gurugram, India.
- Twitter users responded with sarcastic comments, joking that the salary was not enough to afford basic expenses like rent and clothes.
- Reports suggest that living costs and rents in Delhi and NCR region have increased significantly in the past year.
- Another Twitter user joked about the high cost of living in Bengaluru, where rents have reportedly doubled.
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Twitter faces legal action for laying off employees without prior notice
- Elon Musk's Twitter is facing a new lawsuit that accuses the social media giant of illegally firing contract workers without prior notice.
- The lawsuit claims that Twitter fired several workers without giving a 60-day notice in advance which is mandatory by US and California law.
- The plaintiffs' attorney, Shannon Liss-Riordan, who also represents workers who accused Twitter of similar legal violations, plans to show Elon Musk that not meeting his responsibilities can be more costly.
- The layoffs were carried out after Elon Musk took over Twitter last year, and he has been criticized for avoiding legal obligations by not giving proper notice to terminated employees.
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