Tech News

Musk apologises after publicly mocking fired Twitter worker online

Thousands of Twitter employees have been laid off without warning since Elon Musk’s takeover of the company. One high profile layoff led to a surreal exchange on the platform.

8 March 2023

Tech News

Parts of Twitter down (again) for users after 'internal change'

The issue - the latest in a string of recent outages on the platform - was resolved after an hour, the company said.

6 March 2023

Tech News

Twitter lays off more staff, including ‘hardcore’ Elon Musk loyalists

Elon Musk has slashed Twitter’s workforce by nearly three-quarters since he took over the social media platform last year.

27 February 2023

France

Paris 2024 Olympics: Which previous Olympics had the cheapest tickets?

Facing a massive amount of criticism on social media, the president of the Organising Committee claimed the Paris tickets prices "aren't more expensive than the 2012 London Games."

27 February 2023

Tech News

A new paid subscription service is coming to Facebook and Instagram

Meta Verified for Facebook and Instagram will require users to submit a government ID to get a blue verification badge.

20 February 2023

Tech News

Elon Musk gave €1.82 billion of Tesla stock to charity last year

The world’s second-richest man and CEO of Twitter has pledged to give away at least half of his wealth by the time he dies.

15 February 2023

Tech News

How Twitter has helped rescue trapped earthquake survivors in Turkey

Earthquake victims took to Twitter to share their locations. A group of online volunteers mapped their addresses to help search and rescue teams.

10 February 2023

The Cube

Why is Elon Musk's Twitter being sued in Germany?

The organisations behind the lawsuit are hoping this will set an international legal precedent that will help communities around the world keep Twitter accountable

27 January 2023

Culture news

Australia looking to deny Ye entry over antisemitism remarks

The US rapper intends to visit the family of new Australian partner Bianca Censori in Melbourne next week.

25 January 2023

Tech News

Twitter logo statue auctioned off for $100,000 as Musk cuts costs

New owner Elon Musk continues to try cutting costs at the company he acquired for $44 billion (€40.6 billion) last year.

19 January 2023

Tech News

'Time of the Wild West is over,' EU’s Jourová warns Musk from Davos

The EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency discussed the Twitter takeover with Euronews Next at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

19 January 2023

USA

Prospective jurors share various opinions of Elon Musk ahead of trial

A nine-person jury was selected Tuesday to hear a trial that will determine whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk cheated investors with tweets in 2018 saying that he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private.

18 January 2023

Tech News

Tate and the Taliban: The most controversial verified Twitter accounts

Even senior Taliban officials got hold of the Twitter blue tick after Elon Musk took over the social media platform.

18 January 2023

Culture news

Romanian authorities seize luxury cars and assets in Andrew Tate case

Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Romania last month on a number of charges including human trafficking.

15 January 2023

Tech News

Elon Musk breaks record for largest loss of personal fortune

Elon Musk has set a Guinness World Record for the "largest loss of personal fortune in history” following his takeover of Twitter.

13 January 2023

Tech News

Were Twitter moderators too close to the intelligence community?

Some have questioned whether Twitter users were being unnecessarily censored and whether twitter’s content moderation policy was its own, or whether it was effectively outsourced to the US intelligence community

4 January 2023

Tech News

Meta set to make decision on Trump’s return to Facebook - FT reports

The development comes after Elon Musk, Twitter's new owner, revoked a permanent ban on Trump in November last year on the social media platform after polling users.

2 January 2023

Climate

Trolling for the climate: Greta Thunberg’s best Twitter comebacks

After environmental activist Greta Thunberg blew up Twitter with her clapback against Andrew Tate, here are 5 other times she broke the internet.

30 December 2022

Culture news

Euroviews. Best of Culture 2022: Day 30 - Highs & Lows of the Year

From blue tick impersonators to reinstating Trump, Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter takeover has sent the social media platform into chaos this year.

30 December 2022

Tech News

Twitter back online after global outage has thousands complaining

Musk tweeted that "significant backend server architecture changes" had been rolled out and that "Twitter should feel faster".

29 December 2022