Keyword "Jack Dorsey" - List of latest news (56 results)

17/04 What if Mark Zuckerberg had not bought Instagram and WhatsApp?

The big ticket deals were derided at the time, but the apps are now two of the most important parts of Meta’s business

14/04 AI over Humans: Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk Want to 'Delete' Intellectual Property Laws

Twitter co-founder and free speech failure Jack Dorsey took to X on Friday declaring, "Delete all IP law," to which Elon Musk replied, "I agree." Tech lords are eager to relax copyright and intellectual property laws in favor of AI system vacuuming up the work of humans.

06/04 Millions flock to the new platform! Cem Yılmaz also joined the movement

Following the concern of the popular micro blog site X (Twitter) on freedom of expression, Jack Persey, one of the former founders of millions of platforms, started to switch to the Bluesky platform initiated in 2019. Already the number of users of the number of users who have already exceeded Bluesky'a the most remarkable of the famous comedian Cem Yılmaz, who closed the X account today.

30/03 TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight

March 30th-April 4th: including Twitter: Breaking the Bird, Cheap European Homes, Austin, and Dying for Sex

26/02 Block's Bitkey rolls out bitcoin inheritance fix for 'multibillion-dollar problem waiting to happen'

After announcing its bitcoin inheritance product in November, Block's Bitkey is rolling out the offering on Wednesday.

21/02 Block shares plunge 17%, head for worst day in 5 years after earnings miss

Block was on pace for its worst day on the stock market since 2020 after the company reported an earnings miss.

20/02 Block shares fall on profit, revenue miss

Block, formerly known as Square, got off to a sluggish start on Wall Street this year after underperforming the Nasdaq in 2024.

22/01 How Bluesky, Twitter's one-time side project, is challenging Elon Musk's X

Bluesky attracted many X users following the U.S. election in November. The decentralized social media platform has now grown to over 28 million users.

28/11 Who is Jay Graber, the young 33-year-old engineer who leads Bluesky to challenge Elon Musk's X

Under the direction of Jay Graber, Bluesky has conquered almost 20 million users thanks to its proposal that prioritizes freedom and empowers both users and programmers.

18/11 Bluesky: How a new alternative to X and Facebook is handling explosive growth

Network, which grew from an off-shoot of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter, experiencing ‘growing pains’ of popularity as membership passes 15m

14/11 Bluesky adds 1 million users since US presidential election

The social media site Bluesky has seen many new users join since the US election.

13/11 Everything we know about Bluesky, the app that just gained 1,000,000 users

The project aims to address Twitter's hate speech problem.

08/11 Jack Dorsey dramatically scales back crypto ambitions for Block

Block said Thursday that it was "winding down" its TBD division, which had sought to create an open-source crypto development platform.

31/10 Jack Dorsey's payments company Block expands corporate card service to the UK

Block, the payments company owned by tech billionaire Jack Dorsey, has launched its corporate card service in the U.K.

26/09 As X declines, the social media echo chamber is back in vogue

The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo at Bluesky

10/05 Why Jack Dorsey quit Bluesky board: It was ‘literally repeating all the mistakes’ Twitter made

The 47-year-old tech mogul had envisioned that Twitter could be an open-source software that wasn’t controlled by any single person or entity.

07/05 Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk’s X

Twitter co-founder’s decision to leave rival social network he helped start was apparently unexpected

06/05 Jack Dorsey leaves board of fledgling social network Bluesky, calls Elon Musk’s X ‘freedom technology’

Jack Dorsey resigned from the board of his social networking startup, Bluesky — even as he gave an impromptu endorsement Elon Musk’s X, calling it “freedom technology”. Dors…

06/05 Jack Dorsey leaves Bluesky board, calls Musk’s X a ‘freedom platform’

How and why he left the board remains a mystery.

01/05 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey backs anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University

The Twitter co-founder posted and shared several messages on X that were critical of law enforcement’s response to the protesters.

08/02 What is Bluesky, the new social media platform taking on X?

The social media platform is championed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.

07/02 Bluesky: Jack Dorsey's new social platform open for anyone to sign up

Bluesky, a Twitter-like social network championed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, now allows anyone to create an account and join the service.

23/11 Twitter founder Jack Dorsey plans to cut workforce by 10% at Block

Jack Dorsey has announced sweeping changes to his tech venture including doing away with performance improvement plans and appointing a new CTO.

06/11 Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block to slash headcount as much as 10%: report

Block, which powers the point-of-sale software — and seemingly ubiquitous request for tips — seen on many iPad checkout screens told staffers this week that as many as 10% are going to …

29/10 Musk: X Users Won’t Make Money Off Corrected Tweets

Any posts that have been corrected by the community notes features on X, formerly called Twitter, won't be eligible for monetization, Elon Musk said Sunday.

10/10 Twitter probed over security lapse before Elon Musk takeover

The agency has been scrutinizing whether the former top executives failed to adequately disclose those privacy issues to shareholders or put in place proper controls.

09/10 UK neobank Monzo names Walsh as US boss

Irishman hired to lead Monzo’s second attempt at US expansion

18/09 Opinion | I Was Attacked by Trump and Musk. It Was a Strategy to Change What You See Online.

Yoel Roth argues that his experiences being attacked by Trump and Musk were part of a greater strategy — one that is changing what all of us see online.

17/08 Opinion | We Need More Say in What We See on Social Media

We have no control of what we see on social media. This needs to end.

15/08 After the Twitter storm, is Bluesky the future of microblogging?

Bluesky is the new social network backed by one of the founders of Twitter - but is it a viable alternative to X?

25/07 Did the Simpsons predict Twitter’s new X logo?

Elon Musk’s controversial decision to rebrand Twitter has been hit with backlash as eagle-eyed readers spot an eerie coincidence.

24/07 Musk rebrands Twitter, replacing bird logo with X

Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on Monday, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with a white X as the tycoon accelerates his efforts to transform the floundering social media giant.

17/07 Jack Dorsey swipes at Mark Zuckerberg over ‘Threads’ follow request: ‘Too soon’

Dorsey, who is backing his own Twitter alternative called Bluesky, has been critical of Threads.

16/07 Jack Dorsey unimpressed by Zuckerberg request to follow him on Threads

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey was left unmoved by a follow request from Mark Zuckerberg Sunday - days after slamming the Facebook creator's brand-social media app as a copy of his own.

06/07 30 million sign up to ‘Twitter killer’

Spare a thought for multi-billionaire Elon Musk this morning.

27/06 Jack Dorsey-Backed Damus Removed From App Store Over Bitcoin Tipping Dispute

Apple followed through on threats from earlier in the month to remove Damus from its App Store.

15/06 VR headsets will have people ‘drinking their food out of straws,’ Jack Dorsey fears

“I’m super worried and concerned with how out of touch it might make people and how it distances us even further,” Dorsey said during a podcast appearance this week.

13/06 India threatened to shut Twitter down, co-founder Jack Dorsey says

Narendra Modi’s government calls accusation by social media firm’s former CEO an ‘outright lie’

05/06 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey endorses Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in 2024 presidential race

The endorsement came in a Twitter post from Dorsey, who shared a clip of Fox News’ Harris Faulkner interviewing Kennedy titled: “Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. argues he can beat Trump and DeSantis i…

05/06 Jack Dorsey backs RFK - says 'he will' beat Trump and DeSantis

Aired in the form of a tweet Sunday evening, the endorsement was accompanied with a reshared clip featuring the 2024 candidate - in which he tore into the two tabbed as frontrunners in the race.

28/05 How Jack Dorsey could be responsible for out of control tipflation

The tech firm which powers loathed iPad transactions - that famously ask for tips - saw its profits shoot up by 30 percent to $3bn last year.

24/05 Eccentric billionaire Jack Dorsey spotted on rare outing with friends

Jack Dorsey, the billionaire co-founder of Twitter, has been spotted on a rare outing in New York City having launched a rival social media platform to challenge Elon Musk, despite taking a half-a-billion dollar hit to his net worth.

23/05 Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is seen on an outing in New York City

Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey was seen in New York City on Monday on a rare outing for the tech mogul, who spends most of his time in San Francisco.

16/05 TechScape: Can Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky really take over from Twitter?

The spinoff app is trying to do what Mastodon couldn’t and take a piece of Elon Musk’s pie. Plus: the race to save 1bn NSFW images on Imgur

04/05 Jack Dorsey’s exclusive Bluesky social network angles to compete with Twitter

Unlike Twitter and Instagram, users on Bluesky have to be invited or apply, be vetted, and accepted to the platform. That barrier has created buzz in recent weeks. 

04/05 Elon Musk fires almost everyone at Twitter

There are now reportedly just 1000 full-time employees at Twitter.

18/04 How Substack, YouTube, Jack Dorsey and more plan to pick Twitter’s bones

Six months after Elon Musk took over the social network, traffic is dropping – can the spinoffs and copycats take advantage?

14/04 Bob Lee And Nima Momeni Reportedly Fought Over Suspect's Sister

Momeni had reportedly asked a neighbor for alcohol hours after police say he fatally stabbed Bob Lee, and days later asked that neighbor to go on a vacation to Colombia.

13/04 Who Is Nima Momeni—Suspect Arrested In Killing Of Cash App Founder Bob Lee

San Francisco Police reportedly believe Lee’s murder was not a random attack, though they have not released a motive.

12/04 Twitter ‘no longer exists’

Twitter “no longer exists” and has merged into a company named X Corp, according to a court filing in the United States.

23/03 Block Vows To Fight ‘Factually Inaccurate’ Claims From Short-Seller Hindenburg

The statement from billionaire Jack Dorsey’s firm did little to calm investors, as Block stock continued to spiral.

23/03 Billionaires Dorsey, McKelvey Profited From Block’s ‘Rampant’ Fraud, Hindenburg Alleges

The report caused Block to nearly instantly lose about a fifth of its market value.

10/02 Elon Musk’s Twitter Tenure Draws Criticism From Jack Dorsey

The platform’s co-founder, Jack Dorsey, used a new social network to criticize Twitter’s current owner, Elon Musk.

19/01 Elon Musk has ‘more to lose’ if he tries to skip Twitter debt payment - Times of India

International Business News: Twitter is scheduled to make its first interest payment on January 27. There is some anxiety over what Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Twitter, migh

09/01 Musk drops major Twitter bombshell

Elon Musk has announced one of – if not the most – well-known characteristics of Twitter will change next month.

04/01 Elon Musk’s Twitter Says It Plans to Expand Political Ads Allowed on Platform

Political advertising was largely banned in 2019 under then-Chief Executive Jack Dorsey.