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New York CNN Business  —  Elon Musk is officially set to buy Twitter, and the company’s employees have questions. At an all-hands meeting Monday afternoon with CEO Parag Agrawal and Board Chair Bret Taylor, Twitter employees raised questions about everything from what the deal would mean for their compensation to whether former US President Donald Trump would be let back on the platform, according to audio of the call obtained by CNN. The call comes after Twitter’s board announced on Monday that it had reached a deal to sell the company to Musk for $54.20 per share. The deal caps off a stunning news cycle in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became one of Twitter’s largest shareholders, was offered and turned down a seat on its board and bid to buy the company — all in less than a month — and puts the world’s richest man in charge of one of the most influential social networks. It also raises big questions about how Musk’s proposed changes for the platform, including loosening content restrictions, will take shape. Agrawal, who has been in charge of Twitter for only four months, told employees not to expect big changes before the deal…

Twitter on Monday agreed to be acquired by Elon Musk for around $44 billion in cash. The news came just weeks after the tech mogul launched his unsolicited, take-it-or-leave-it offer.State of play: Before he announced he had made an offer for Twitter, Musk had talked about the things he would want to change about the social media platform, from adding an edit button to limiting content moderation.Here's a look at everything Musk said he wants to change about Twitter:An edit buttonMusk noted the social media platform's lack of an edit button back in a 2019 tweet: "Where’s the edit function when you really need it!?" he wrote.At the TED2022 conference in April 2022, Musk said he wants Twitter to have an “edit” button and believes the problems critics raise can be resolved. “I think you only have the edit capability for a short period of time, and zero out all retweets and favorites” after an edit.In April 2022, Musk polled his followers on whether they'd want an edit button. About 74% of more than 4.4 million respondents voted yes.Worth noting: Twitter confirmed after the poll it is working on an edit button, adding, "No, we didn't get the idea from…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is one of Twitter's largest shareholders. Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants the world to know change is coming to Twitter.Twitter said Monday it has reached a deal with Musk, who will buy Twitter for $54.20 a share in cash, valuing the influential social media site at about $44 billion. The announcement came after Musk rejected a seat on Twitter's board. With a 9.2% stake in Twitter, Musk is one of the company's largest shareholders.Twitter's deal with Musk has fueled speculation about what this could mean for the social media site's future. The sale initially seemed unlikely, but Twitter's board then reportedly began to take the offer more seriously after Musk revealed more details about how he would finance the potential purchase."Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated," Musk said in a statement. "I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential -- I look forward to working with the company and…

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Initially hostile to the idea of Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking over Twitter, the company is reportedly warming up to the idea after the billionaire said last week he had secured the necessary $43 billion in funding. Sources familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that Twitter is taking another look at the deal and may be closer to negotiating, given how quickly Musk was able to secure financing.  FILE: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin.  (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File / AP Newsroom)Still, any final deal is far from conclusive. Both sides were expected to meet Sunday to discuss the situation in more detail.  Musk announced an offer last week to buy the social media platform for $54.20 per share, but did not say how he would finance the acquisition.Stocks in this Article Musk said Thursday in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that the money would come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in the electric carmaker.ELON MUSK CONFIRMS HE TURNED DOWN BILL GATES ON CLIMATE CHANGE COLLABORATION OVER SHORTING TESLATwitter has enacted an…

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Infinity Ward's Twitter header image also appears to feature Ghost hiding in the shadows.By Adam BankhurstUpdated: 23 Apr 2022 6:20 pmPosted: 23 Apr 2022 6:09 pmThe official reveal of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 appears to be imminent as Infinity Ward's Twitter has gone dark. Furthermore, its header image appears to feature Ghost lurking in the shadows.If you head to Infinity Ward's Twitter, you will notice that its profile picture is all black, which companies have done before ahead of a big reveal. IW's header image also appears to be a black image, but you can see the faintest image if you look close enough.After IGN brightened up the image, it sure looks like fan-favorite Ghost is hiding in the dark waiting for his next move. You can see the brightened-up image below and compare it to Ghost and his iconic skull mask in light.Infinity Ward working on Modern Warfare 2 is no secret as it all but confirmed the news back in February when it shared what its teams were working on."COD 2022 is a sequel to MW 2019, and being designed with a new Warzone experience (both led by @InfinityWard)," IW wrote on Twitter.This new game will…

Elon Musk has registered three companies in Delaware under the name "X Holdings" to support his bid to buy Twitter and take the social media giant private.  Ticker Security Last Change Change % TWTR TWITTER INC. 48.93 +1.89 +4.02% According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, X Holdings I would serve as the parent company overseeing a potential transaction, while X Holdings II would merge with Twitter and be used to purchase its outstanding common stock. A separate SEC filing adds that X Holdings III would be used to help fund the transaction. HOUSE REPUBLICANS CALL ON TWITTER TO PRESERVE ELON MUSK'S TAKEOVER BID RECORDS Musk is exploring whether to commence a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Twitter's common stock, citing the board's lack of response to his $54.20 per share offer. Musk says he has received commitments of approximately $46.5 billion to help finance a potential deal, including roughly $21 billion in equity financing and around $25.5 billion in debt financing through Morgan Stanley Senior Funding and other firms, including Bank of America, Mizuho Bank, Barclays, MUFG, Société Générale and BNP Paribas. Twitter headquarters in San Francisco Oct. 27, 2021.  (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency…

Back in October 2021, Stripe announced that it would be re-entering the cryptocurrency market — ending a four-year hiatus with hype around crypto definitely not abating. Today, some six months later, it’s rolling out a new service — initially with one partner, Twitter — to get some activity going on its network. The payments giant is adding crypto payouts to Connect, its programmatic (API-based) payouts platform; and Twitter will be the first platform to let people get payouts in crypto using it. For some background… Twitter already uses Connect to power various monetization services aimed at creators that it’s already offering or testing out in limited release, which include things like Tips, Super Follows and ticketed Spaces events. Connect is available in local currencies already in 70 countries. Twitter’s monetizing service is not, but this gives it the potential to expand at some point. Added to this, Stripe last month released a series of APIs and other tools for developers to start integrating Stripe’s crypto features. Support to use fiat currencies to buy more than varieties of 135 crypto tokens (not a fragmented market at all!), cash-out facilities, NFT trading and compliance features like Know Your Customer (KYC) were among…