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It took over 40 hours, but Elon Musk has finally acknowledged the results of a public poll he ran calling for him to step down as CEO of Twitter. “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” Musk tweeted on Tuesday night. “After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.” The admission comes after a poll Musk himself launched, in which some 17 million Twitter users — or 57.5 percent of those polled — said they were in favor of Musk resigning. Musk did not immediately accept the results publicly, which he said he’d do but rather cast doubt on the validity of the poll. It wasn’t just anonymous Twitter users who wanted Musk to step down. Outside investors also called for Musk to focus less on Twitter and more on Tesla. They’ve seen the Twitter drama as something that distracted Musk from his more lucrative business at Tesla, which saw its stock price fall precipitously in recent weeks. Musk has long said he eventually wanted to step down as Twitter CEO, so it’s unclear why he seemed so unwilling to accept the results of the poll calling

Musk polled Twitter users and said he would abide by the results.After polling Twitter users, Elon Musk on Tuesday night said he will resign as head of the social media platform."I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams," he tweeted.Musk polled Twitter users Sunday night on whether he should step down as head of the company.The poll ended Monday morning, with 57.5% of voters saying he should step down and 42.5% saying he shouldn't."I will abide by the results of this poll," Musk had pledged Sunday night."As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it," he also tweeted Sunday, later adding: "Those who want power are the ones who least deserve it."Musk, who acquired Twitter in October, helms electric carmaker Tesla and spacecraft company SpaceX. He said on Sunday that he has not selected a successor for the top position at the social media platform."No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive," Musk said.ABC News' Max Zahn contributed to this report.

CNN  —  Twitter owner Elon Musk confirmed Tuesday evening he will step down as the company’s CEO, but only when he identifies a successor, directly addressing for the first time a Twitter poll he created this week in which millions of users voted for his ouster. In a tweet, Musk said he would resign “as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” He added that following his resignation as CEO, Musk would “run the software & servers teams” at Twitter, indicating he may continue to exercise significant influence on the company’s decision-making. The announcement comes after more than a day of silence about the poll following its outcome. On Monday, after more than 17 million users had voted — 57.5% of whom said Musk should resign — the billionaire executive addressed the results only indirectly. He suggested that future Twitter polls could be restricted to paid users of Twitter Blue, the company’s subscription service. Musk’s poll asking users whether he should resign as CEO came after a massive backlash to Twitter’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover him, as well as Twitter’s decision to ban, and then un-ban, links to other social media platforms including

Elon Musk said he would step down from the CEO role at Twitter — just as soon as he finds someone else “foolish enough to take the job.”Still, Musk plans to keep control of the software and servers teams at the social media company, key areas that will allow him to control product decisions.Musk tweeted his decision Tuesday night in response to an unscientific and unrepresentative poll he launched two days ago, which asked users whether he should step down as head of the company. More than 10 million people, or 57.5 percent of respondents, voted that he should leave the position.Musk had previously said he would abide by the results of the informal poll, which he launched after even some of his own allies criticized some of Twitter’s recent policies. The poll was one in a string of public blows to his image since he took on the role. This month, he was booed by the crowd when he went onstage at comedian Dave Chappelle’s San Francisco show.The entrepreneur, who also leads Tesla and SpaceX, took control of the social media company in October in a $44 billion deal. Musk previously indicated he didn’t intend to remain in Twitter’s

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Twitter has officially announced Blue for Business, a subscription geared toward companies that want to “verify and distinguish themselves on Twitter,” as its press release says. The service will let companies link their main accounts with those of their employees to make it easier to show that someone actually does work for them.The company is testing the service with “a select group of businesses,” including its own employees. Esther Crawford, director of product management at Twitter, has a little bird badge next to her blue checkmark that verifies her as an employee at the company, as you can see in this tweet of her announcing Blue for Business. Craft Ventures, a venture capital firm, also appears to have some employees marked as affiliates, using a badge with its logo.Twitter’s Esther Crawford shared some details about the new service. Screenshot by Mitchell Clark / The VergeSo far, Twitter hasn’t shared a lot of details about the service. We don’t know how much Blue for Business will cost, who will be eligible, or how it’ll go about actually verifying that a business controls an account; Twitter’s Esther Crawford didn’t immediately reply to an inquiry over Twitter. The company’s press release does say

Buy Chiefs TicketsThe Kansas City Chiefs held off a pesky Houston Texans team in overtime with a 30-24 road victory in Week 15. The Chiefs continue to keep pace with the conference-leading Buffalo Bills but clinch their seventh consecutive AFC West division title. Here are some of the best Twitter reactions from the Week 15 victory on Sunday in Houston: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The mighty force of Chiefs Kingdom has flexed its power again by filling the Texans’ home stadium with Kansas City fans. The crowd can be seen clearly on television to favor mostly Chiefs fans in Houston, creating another home-field feel for Patrick Mahomes and company. Spectators and commentators from the Houston area didn’t hold back this observation on Twitter. With 90 minutes til kickoff, about 97.6% of the small number of fans inside NRG Stadium are Chiefs’ supporters. #Texans pic.twitter.com/qmLkv2kJ8Y — Adam Wexler (@AdamJWexler) December 18, 2022 Chiefs fans have turned NRG Stadium into a Sea of Red! — John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) December 18, 2022 While you are busy watching the World Cup final, the #Texans are ready to host the Chiefs… in name only. Lots of KC fans in NRG Stadium today as their team tries

Jared Kushner and Elon Musk look on from a luxury box during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on Sunday. Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images Just days after Elon Musk’s Twitter began suspending the accounts of multiple journalists under questionable pretenses, the company announced that it would begin censoring and suspending Twitter users who share details about their profiles on other social-media platforms. Then, following widespread backlash over the policy, Musk indicated it would be adjusted. Amid the endless tumult since Musk acquired the social network, countless Twitter users have been flirting with various alternatives like Mastodon or Post, then sharing the links to those accounts in tweets and their bios. The practice has become particularly common among people who have been critical of Musk’s regularly outlandish behavior and/or the new direction of Twitter under his leadership. But even for users who have not fully fled the platform, posting “where else you can find me” details has emerged as a kind of insurance policy in the event of Twitter’s demise, either due to technical issues following the gutting of the company’s workforce, or any kind of sudden departure of users en masse

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