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Musk's legal battles pile up as Twitter's ex-CMO becomes the latest to sue him
- Elon Musk is facing another lawsuit from a former Twitter executive, Leslie Berland, who claims she is owed $20 million in severance.
- Berland alleges that she was fired in 'petty retribution' over an incident involving Twitter's advertisers shortly after Musk acquired the social media platform.
- Under Twitter's Change of Control and Involuntary Termination Protection Policy, Berland claims she had not been fired 'for Cause' and was wrongly denied her benefits.
- Musk is currently facing multiple lawsuits from former Twitter executives over severance payments, with a total claim of $128 million.
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Hypertextual Writing and Social Media
- Social media platforms like Twitter, Mastodon, and Instagram do not effectively enable hypertextual writing.
- The only clickable links on social media are @username mentions, while other URLs are pasted as plain text.
- Social media networks have introduced preview cards for URLs, but this decreases information density.
- Hyperlinks on the web allow for a more expansive and interconnected experience in writing and reading.
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What mattered more to Trump: Musk's money, or Musk's platform?
- Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022.
- Since then, Musk has turned Twitter into a Donald Trump campaign tool.
- It is still uncertain how much Musk's support mattered, whether through Twitter or financial contributions.
- However, Trump values Musk's support and considers it important.
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Musk’s Influence on X Fuels Election Misinformation
- Elon Musk’s acquisition of X, formerly Twitter, is causing concern as it spreads election-related misinformation.
- Musk has posted at least 87 misleading or false claims about the 2024 U.S. presidential election, with over 2 billion views.
- Musk is a major financial backer of Trump's campaign, donating over $118 million to a super PAC supporting Trump's reelection.
- X's lenient content moderation policies under Musk's leadership have amplified the spread of misinformation.
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What is Elon Musk's net worth? Find out the wealth of the Tesla, SpaceX CEO
- Elon Musk's net worth is currently estimated to be $264 billion and is largely dependent on the performance of Tesla shares. He often vies for the title of the world's richest person with other billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Musk became a millionaire before he was 30, after selling his startup Zip2 for over $300 million. He later co-founded online bank X.com, which became PayPal and was acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion. Musk took home around $165 million in the sale. Musk's fortunes have fluctuated over the years, and his estimated net worth reached a peak of $340 billion in November 2021. Musk also owns Twitter and The Boring Company, among other things.
- Tesla is the largest source of Musk's wealth and takes no salary there. Instead, Musk is awarded stock options when the car manufacturer meets challenging performance metrics. Close to half of his wealth is estimated to come from Tesla shares, with over 20% coming from SpaceX stock.
- Musk's 2020 wealth increased rapidly due to Tesla's soaring stock prices during the pandemic. His fortunes were also aided by the rocketing prices of other shares he owns. Musk's wealth, however, has been changeable, primarily related to the ups and downs of Tesla stocks.
- Musk's estimated net worth at the outset of 2020 was almost $30 billion, but just a year later, in early 2021, it had risen to around $170 billion, a five-fold increase in a year.
- Musk's net worth is closely tied to Tesla shares. He has a 100% at-risk performance reward in place, and as a result, he is only compensated when Tesla and all its shareholders do exceptionally well. This helped Musk climb Forbes' Billionaires List in 2012 with an estimated wealth of $2 billion.
- Musk also co-founded SpaceX, a space-exploration firm, and served as its chairman. Musk's net worth reportedly plummeted by $15 billion following the unveiling of Tesla's robotaxi lineup during the 'We, Robot' day on October 10, 2022. In contrast, when Tesla's stock surged by 22% after its earnings beat in November 2022, his net worth increased by around $30 billion.
- Musk's other ventures include tunnel-digging business, The Boring Company, and neurotechnology startup, Neuralink. Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October 2022 but stepped down from the CEO position in June 2023.
- Musk is dependent on only compensation such as the 100% at-risk performance reward model for Tesla. Around 20% of his net worth comes from SpaceX stock while the rest is made up of miscellaneous liabilities along with shares of Twitter and The Boring Company.
- Musk's net worth has been on the rise since 2020 and reached its peak of around $340 billion in November 2021. However, the fortunes of his companies, especially Tesla, may impact his overall wealth in the future.
- In 2018, a 10-year performance award for Musk was announced by Tesla, which meant that he would receive no guaranteed compensation of any kind. Instead, his only compensation will be a 100% at-risk performance award.
- Musk has often been vying for the world's richest person position with Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, with Musk being currently in the pole position. However, since Musk's net worth is closely tied to Tesla's share price performance, his claim to the title for the long term will depend on Tesla's future shareholder performance.
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5 hilarious and brutal Community Notes you’d have probably never seen before Elon bought Twitter
- Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has brought about hilarious and brutal Community Notes.
- Community Notes aim to crowdsource information and have become viral.
- The system covers various topics, not just politics.
- Five recent entertaining Community Notes are highlighted, including instances of incorrect descriptions and confusion.
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Bluesky gears up for Election Day as X goes pro-Trump
- Bluesky, a social networking startup, aims to provide a trusted, fact-checked alternative to X, a platform dominated by Elon Musk's support for the Trump campaign.
- Bluesky leans left and has attracted disgruntled former Twitter users who are dissatisfied with the platform's new direction.
- As the U.S. elections approach, Bluesky is preparing to handle potential misinformation and posts that may disrupt the voting process.
- Bluesky has hired former Twitter leader Aaron Rodericks to manage election safety and indicated plans to remove content that encourages disruption in voting.
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Meta's Threads has 275 million users. It sure doesn't feel that way.
- Meta's Threads, a service owned by Meta, has reached 275 million monthly users according to Mark Zuckerberg.
- Compared to other social media platforms, Threads has shown significant growth, increasing by 83% since April 2023.
- However, despite the reported numbers, some users feel that Threads doesn't feel as lively or populated as Twitter did back in 2019.
- Meta attributes Threads' growth to its integration with Instagram, as well as attracting users from Japan and Taiwan.
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Elon Musk Faces Legal Setback as Parag Agrawal and Former Executives Pursue Claims
- Elon Musk faced a setback in a legal battle over the dismissal of Twitter's senior executives.
- Former CEO Parag Agrawal and other officials can pursue their claims regarding termination.
- Musk allegedly terminated their employment to deny them severance pay before they could resign.
- Musk has been contesting legal claims for unpaid wages from thousands of former Twitter employees.
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Twitter and TikTok users' election projections are completely warped. Here's why.
- X and TikTok users are making extreme assumptions about who could win the presidential election, based on extreme political views and rumors on fringe polls and purported campaign insider quotes.
- Experts say that people are more likely to believe extreme posts. Social media algorithms also perpetuate extreme content that creates extreme reactions.
- Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are attempting to lessen the influence of political speech, but X and TikTok are rapidly growing political influence ahead of the 2024 election.
- Political content on X is often pro-Trump, and its algorithms favor followers of Republican leaders, while half of 18-to-29-year-olds use TikTok to watch political content.
- Overconfident rhetoric on these apps about who may win the election could have dangerous implications .
- Posts that overstate the certainty of a blowout in one candidate's favor could lay the groundwork for broad support for challenging election results if the other side wins.
- An Election Integrity Community has been launched on X to report voter fraud and irregularities, an action that supporters of Trump have already been exploiting.
- Even Trump himself is encouraging people to vote early on the same app, a shift from last year, when he demonized mail-in voting.
- For those seeking an escape from the high-anxiety environment surrounding the election season, it may be best to limit social media consumption until it all blows over.
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Some Democratic political advertisers are still betting on X, despite Elon Musk's allegiance with Donald Trump
- Despite Elon Musk's allegiance with Donald Trump, some Democratic campaigns still advertise on Twitter, formerly known as Twitter.
- Democratic campaigns, including that Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, have stopped spending on Twitter altogether.
- Representative Colin Allred has spent almost $322,000 on Twitter ads this year, in the pursuit of defeating Sen. Ted Cruz in the Texas Senate race.
- Sen. Jon Tester of Montana has run an ad in the iPhone Notes app style seeking donations for Tester's reelection campaign.
- Twitter remains an essential platform for reaching voters in the tightly fought election period.
- Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted in August that 37 million Democrats, 32 million Republicans, and 34 million swing voters use X (Twitter).
- X (Twitter) has made a dedicated effort to bring in political campaign ad buyers.
- X (Twitter) generated under $3 million in political ad spend for the 2018 US midterms.
- Political ad spending in the US is predicted to top $12 billion this year with TV advertising accounting for $7 billion.
- X (Twitter) has been banking on the US election season to recoup revenue lost after several major brands dialed down their spending on the site or exited altogether.
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Israeli AI security startup Noma launches with $32M to secure the ‘Data and AI Lifecycle’
- Israeli AI security startup Noma Security Inc. has raised $32 million in funding to enhance its end-to-end AI security platform and grow its customer base.
- Noma offers end-to-end security solutions tailored to the 'Data and AI Lifecycle,' focusing on protecting every stage of the AI supply chain.
- The company's platform provides AI discovery, security, protection, and compliance services, addressing risks and vulnerabilities in data science and machine learning workflows.
- Noma's offering includes AI Security Posture Management and AI Runtime Protection to ensure secure development, deployment, and operation of AI-driven applications.
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X makes its basic API tier more costly, launches annual subscriptions
- X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, has increased the pricing of its basic API tier from $100 to $200 per month.
- The company has also introduced annual subscription plans at discounted rates, with a Basic annual plan costing $2,100 and a Pro annual plan costing $54,000.
- The API limits for the basic and pro tiers have been unchanged, possibly due to an error on X's API comparison and plan purchase pages.
- X has reduced the post limits for the free tier from 1,500 to 500, and the read API for the free tier will only allow 100 requests.
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Elon Musk is backing Trump. Is Musk's Twitter backing Trump, too?
- Elon Musk has become a huge Trump supporter.
- Reports suggest that Twitter is more likely to show content from Republican or right-wing accounts.
- The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal conducted deep dives to analyze Twitter's behavior.
- There are theories that Twitter may show users what they want to see or what Elon Musk wants them to see.
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How to Fix ‘Something Went Wrong’ Error on Twitter
- The 'Oops, something went wrong. Please try again later' error message can appear for various reasons on Twitter. If you're seeing the error message, the first thing you should do is check your internet connection to ensure it's stable. You might also try a hard refresh of the page to clear the Twitter cache data and rebuild it. Another issue that might lead to the error message is that Twitter's servers are experiencing an outage - you can check this on the Twitter server status page at downdetector for confirmation.
- One reason why you might be getting the message is that you've hit the rate limit for posts allowed on new or unverified Twitter accounts. If you think this might be the issue, wait a day and then try again. When all else fails, you can try force stopping the Twitter app, uninstalling and then reinstalling it, or clearing the Twitter app cache from your Android or Apple device.
- If you're using a VPN or proxy service with Twitter, this could be creating issues leading to the message. Turning off VPN or proxy services might fix the issue. Whether you use Twitter frequently or were simply drawn to the platform for the first time by the latest Elon Musk tweet, you don't want to be stuck with that frustrating error message when you're trying to interact with the site.
- When you try to check the retweets, comments, etc. It can also appear while sharing a Tweet. There are many reasons for the error message, from server outages to issues with your internet connectivity or your device. Fortunately, there are a variety of methods you can use to fix the error and get back to using Twitter with ease.
- One of the simplest of these is to use a hard refresh of the site when the error message appears. You can do this by pressing CTRL+F5 on your Chrome desktop or Shift + F5 on Firefox. On Microsoft Edge, the command is CTRL + Shift + F5. On a Mac, use Command + Shift + R key to refresh Twitter on Chrome or Firefox.
- If you don't have any luck after a hard refresh or two, you might want to check out Downdetector to see if Twitter is experiencing any server outages. If the problem is with Twitter, simply wait a while until it's fixed.
- One issue that might be the source of the error message is that you've hit Twitter's rate limit. New or unverified Twitter accounts are usually limited to 500 posts, while verified accounts can make up to 10,000. If you think you've hit the limit, take a break and try again tomorrow.
- If you're using Twitter on an Android or Apple device, there are a few other methods you can try to fix the error message when it arises. These options include force stopping the Twitter app, updating the app, and clearing the Twitter app cache.
- Across the board, when the 'Oops, something went wrong. Please try again later' error message arises on Twitter, there's almost always a way to fix the problem. By following the tips we've outlined above, you can make sure you're using Twitter to your full advantage.
- If you use Twitter frequently, it's important to know how to fix the error message. Whether it's related to your internet connection, a rate limit issue, or something else, there's always a solution to the problem. With a little troubleshooting, you can return to using the social media platform quickly and easily.
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