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Musk says Tesla looking at significant investment in India, after meeting Modi

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pushing the car maker to make a...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 09:34am

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After Adani, Hindenburg targets Dorsey’s Block

NEW YORK: Two months after accusing India’s Adani Enterprises of fraud, US investment group Hindenburg Research...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

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Twitter to ban users from promoting rival social platforms

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter announced Sunday it would no longer allow users to promote their accounts on a host of social...

Published 19 Dec, 2022 01:25am

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Twitter suspends account tracking Elon Musk’s plane

SAN FRANCISCO: A Twitter account that tracked flights of Elon Musk’s private jet was grounded on Wednesday despite...

Published 15 Dec, 2022 12:38pm

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Former Twitter CEO apologizes to staff after massive layoffs

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey on Saturday apologized to company staff for growing the...

Published 06 Nov, 2022 12:42am

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Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has served former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey with a subpoena in a hunt for material to help...

Published 23 Aug, 2022 10:15am

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Twitter was already Musk’s playground. What will he do with it now?

Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk – founder of electric car maker Tesla and aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, ...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 07:24pm

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Twitter has long been more talk than money

Billionaire Elon Musk is capturing a social media prize with his deal to buy Twitter, which has become a global ...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am

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Twitter co-founder Dorsey takes aim at board in series of tweets

Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey took aim at the social media company’s board in a series of tweets late on Monday...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 08:07pm

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Marketplace suspends most NFT sales, citing 'rampant' fakes and plagiarism

LONDON: The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey's first tweet for $2.9 million has halted most transactions...

Published 13 Feb, 2022 02:23pm

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Marketplace suspends most NFT sales, citing ‘rampant’ fakes and plagiarism

LONDON: The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet for $2.9 million has halted most transactions...

Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am

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Dorsey fintech firm Block wants bitcoin mining for all

SAN FRANCISCO: Jack Dorsey on Thursday announced that his digital payments firm Block is building a system to make ...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 10:01am

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Payments firm Square gets new corporate name: Block

SAN FRANCISCO: Digital payments firm Square, which was co-founded and is still led by former Twitter chief Jack...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to step down

NEW YORK: Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey will step down from his role and a successor has been ...

Published 30 Nov, 2021 05:23am

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to step down, Parag Agrawal to be successor

Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey will step down from his role and Chief Technology Officer Parag...

Updated 29 Nov, 2021 10:23pm

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Twitter’s Dorsey leads $29bn buyout of lending pioneer Afterpay

SYDNEY: Square Inc, the payments firm of Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey, will purchase buy now, pay later ...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am

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Digital payment platform Square to buy Afterpay for $29bn

Cash App has a user base of 70 million per year

Published 02 Aug, 2021 10:47am

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Asian markets mostly up but China, Delta fears temper optimism

The bill includes huge spending on roads and bridges, the electric grid, transit, broadband and drinking water

Published 02 Aug, 2021 10:27am

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Miami, looking to be next crypto hotspot, hosts huge bitcoin event

Thousands of people have descended on Miami for a massive two-day bitcoin conference that opened Friday — a sign...

Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am

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'Yes or no?' U.S. lawmakers fume over Big Tech's answers on misinformation

Only Twitter Inc CEO Jack Dorsey replied “yes” to the question, but said the “broader ecosystem” had to be taken into account.

Published 26 Mar, 2021 12:25pm

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First ever tweet turns 15 years old

SAN FRANCISCO: Fifteen years ago Jack Dorsey typed out a banal message -- "just setting up my twttr" -- which became...

Updated 22 Mar, 2021 09:46am

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Twitter founder's auction of a tweet draws $2 million bid

Top Shot has generated more than $200 million in transactions this year, according to Dapper Labs, which partnered with the NBA to create Top Shot.

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:25pm

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Twitter’s Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia

NEW YORK: “just setting up my twttr” - the first ever tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

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Twitter explores 'undo send' feature for paying users

App researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who discovers unannounced social media features by looking at the sites’ code, tweeted an animation showing a tweet with a spelling error where an ‘undo’ button was available before a short timer ran out.

Published 06 Mar, 2021 10:21am

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Twitter CEO Dorsey's Square firm invests $170 million in Bitcoin

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's credit and payments firm Square has invested $170 million in Bitcoin, tripling his previous investment in the cryptocurrency giant.
The announcement came as Bitcoin's value surged past $50,000, setting a new record.

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 03:28pm

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Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs will testify about misinformation before U.S. Congress

This will be the seventh time Zuckerberg has testified before Congress since 2018.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 10:30am

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Bitcoin surges past $50,000 for first time

LONDON: Bitcoin soared above $50,000 for the first time Tuesday as corporate heavyweights increasingly back the...

Updated 17 Feb, 2021 09:34am

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Twitter chief Dorsey teams with Jay-Z to back bitcoin

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter chief Jack Dorsey on Friday put out word that he and rap mogul Jay-Z are creating a fund...

Published 14 Feb, 2021 03:49am

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Facebook, Twitter CEOs in talks to testify at House hearing as early as March: Politico

Facebook has discussed making its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, available to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the report added, citing two people. Twitter and its chief, Jack Dorsey, have discussed the same, Politico said, citing one person.

Published 13 Feb, 2021 12:11pm

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Twitter sees jump in user base

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said Tuesday its user base jumped to 192 million in the quarter marked by US presidential...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am