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Ex-Andreessen Horowitz VC says Twitter helped build his career but he's leaving because of Elon Musk's chaotic leadership: 'It turns out that social networks are harder than rocket science'

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Benedict Evans speaking about "What matters in tech?" at Web Summit on November 02, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Elon Musk's former trust and safety chief at X says Musk had 'more emotion behind his decisions' than she expected

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Elon Musk's biographer has said he can be reckless and have a "dark streak," which Musk's ex, Grimes, has dubbed "demon mode."

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Elon Musk's vision for X risks turning free speech into a pay-to-play game

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Elon Musk is experimenting with a subscription feature for new X users in New Zealand and the Philippines.

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Slack is the latest company to cut back on Elon Musk's X

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Slack retired its @SlackStatus account on X, implying customers weren't using it much anymore.

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Musk adds yet more complexity to X with new paid tiers

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Elon Musk said that the new X premium tiers would be launching "soon."

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Elon Musk's next headache after Tesla's earnings flop could be users ditching X over Israel-Hamas misinformation, Nobel economist Paul Krugman says

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Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk.

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Video shows man walk into San Francisco coffee shop wearing Meta's new headset and ordering: 'Someone had to do it'

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The Quest 3 is quickly becoming a part of everyday life for some tech enthusiasts.

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The Israel-Hamas war shows how social media has given up on facts

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Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Elon Musk (right).

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A man exploited a glitch in the CIA's X account to redirect Russian informants to his own Telegram channel

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A flag of the CIA made using computer binary code.

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New X users will have to pay $1 a year just to post on the platform

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X owner Elon Musk (left) said last month that he might be rolling out a paywall to all users.
X owner Elon Musk (left) said last month that he might be rolling out a paywall to all users.

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