Elon Musk Says He’s Hired a New CEO – but Won’t Say Who She Is

Elon Musk’s Twitter platform could potentially be banned in Europe if it doesn’t follow the disinformation rules. The threat comes from France’s Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot who recently talked about the importance of following guidelines to combat fake news on social media.

owned by Twitter after a false claim he made about Ron DeSantis got slapped with a community note explaining just how wrong he was. Whoops.Early Friday, CBS reported that in the 24 hours after the absolute fiasco that was the launch of his presidential campaign on Twitter’s audio-only platform Spaces, DeSantis raised approximately $8.2 million. Hours later, Musk quote-tweeted that and spun the fundraising haul as evidence that actually, the debacle was a roaring success.

A question comes up part of the way through Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar” that the film can’t find an answer for: Is this a Sad Dad Gerard Butler action picture or a Gritty Dad Gerard Butler action picture? Either way, he’s a dad, but in Sad Dad Butler films, that’s a feature; in Gritty Dad Butler films, it’s window dressing. “Kandahar” isn’t quite one or the other.

devolved into an utter fiasco almost immediately.Hayes compared it to a similar public failure Musk experienced in 2019, and declared that the DeSantis event was really just “the world’s most embarrassing 404 error.” You can see for yourself in the clip above right now.“Do you remember that time billionaire Elon Musk unveiled the new Tesla Cybertruck, and when he went to demonstrate the vehicle’s supposedly ‘bulletproof glass,’ they smashed two of its windows even though they weren’t supposed to break? Today’s Twitter rollout of the Ron DeSantis campaign went kinda like that,” Hayes said.In case you didn’t have a chance to see for yourself, the homophobic and censorious Florida governor decided to formally announce his campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination on Twitter Spaces, Twitter’s audio-only streaming platform. In the event, which took place earlier on Wednesday, DeSantis was to be interviewed by Musk in a conversation moderated by one of his donors, David Sacks, and that did eventually happen.

an interview with Ron DeSantis with promoting its own DeSantis interview — while simultaneously still mocking Musk. On the homepage of the Fox News website, Musk’s event was deemed “amateur hour,” and a “disaster.” Directly below that, the conservative network dug the knife deeper with a bright red banner bearing this promotional message: “PROGRAMMING ALERT: Want to actually see and hear Ron DeSantis? Tune into Fox News at 8 p.m.

(Updated with more details) Ron DeSantis is running for President.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has officially launched his battle with Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. On Wednesday, the conservative politician filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission declaring his candidacy. That came ahead of DeDantis’ scheduled interview with Twitter owner Elon Musk on the social media platform’s Spaces live-audio feature, set for 6 p.m. ET. DeSantis, 44, has gained national prominence for pursuing an “anti-woke” agenda as governor of the Sunshine State. That has included his very public fight with Disney, ignited by the media conglomerate’s opposition to Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay law.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will reportedly announce plans to run for president in 2024 during a live conversation with Elon Musk Wednesday evening on Twitter Spaces.

Reuters reported.Heresniak had claimed in the suit, which had sought class action status, that by delaying disclosure of his purchases of Twitter stock, Musk cost him and other shareholders $156 million. It was filed in May 2022, about a month after the company had accepted Musk’s buyout offer.

Elon Musk‘s new feature for Twitter Blue subscribers — the ability to upload two-hour videos — has been used for film piracy.On Thursday (May 8), the owner of the social media platform announced that Twitter Blue subscribers would now be able to post 120-minute-long (8GB) videos.Shortly after the announcement, one verified user took advantage of the new feature and uploaded Shrek The Third in its entirety.The post currently sits at the top of the replies to Musk’s initial tweet. However, the video upload has since been disabled “in response to a report by the copyright owner.”Other users have since been taking advantage of the feature to share more copyright-infringed videos, such as movies, full sports matches and concert events.fuck it.

Elon Musk defended his propensity to step into divisive debate and even in advancing conspiracy theories, telling CNBC, “I’ll say what I want to say, and if the consequences of that is losing money, I’ll say it.”

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk, after dramatically slashing Twitter’s headcount following his takeover of the social platform, said the company will try to rehire some of them — acknowledging that the job cuts were too deep. Musk has slashed Twitter’s headcount by about 80%, from 7,800 to about 1,500, as he has attempted to cut costs and get the company in the black. “Some people who were let go probably shouldn’t have been,” Musk said during an interview with CNBC anchor David Faber following the 2023 Tesla annual shareholder meeting Tuesday at the car maker’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. “Desperate times call for desperate measures… Unfortunately, if you do it fast, there are some babies who will be thrown out,” Musk said. Twitter now will probably try to rehire some of the Twitter employees that were let go, he said.

Reba McEntire has just the right actress in mind to play her.

Elon Musk named Linda Yaccarino as the new Twitter CEO and the former NBCUniversal advertising executive is finally breaking her silence on the social media platform.

Yaccarino, a graduate of Penn State University, served as the chair of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, acting as «the strategic and operational bridge across the entirety of NBCUniversal's global networks, properties, and business units,» according to her profile on LinkedIn. Her role involved monetizing the company's networks, digital and streaming platforms, distribution and commerce partnerships, and client relationships.

Yaccarino is leaving the company amid widespread speculation that she will take the helm at the social media platform. Twitter owner and current CEO Musk on Thursday posted that he hired a new leader for the company he renamed X Corp.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk claims he’s hired someone to replace him as CEO of Twitter. But for now, the tech tycoon isn’t revealing who that is. “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter,” the mega-billionaire tweeted Thursday. “She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.” Back in December, Musk said he would step aside as Twitter’s chief executive once he found “someone foolish enough” to take over the role. Even then, however, the billionaire will retain control of the social network and remain closely involved in running it. Musk closed a $44 billion deal for Twitter in October 2022, but he’s since said he now values the company at less than half that — at $20 billion.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Documentary Films has pre-bought North American streaming and TV rights to Musk, Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about lightning rod entrepreneur and businessman Elon Musk.

Scooch bandmates Russ Spencer and Caroline Barnes represented the UK with their camp cabin crew anthem Flying The Flag (For You) in 2007. Now, they tell us how they found romance as well as fame after their Eurovision performance in Helsinki. Chatting about their lasting love, Caroline says, “We both had other partners during Eurovision, but I think we eventually just came to the realisation we were in love with each other.