Checkmarks and labels: How to navigate Twitter’s latest tools

Blue checks? Gold checks? Twitter’s new CEO Elon Musk is rolling out multiple tools to help verify accounts and protect against fraud.

Musk's Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council

Elon Musk's Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of nearly 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform.

Elon Musk booed at Dave Chappelle show in San Francisco

The comedian invited Musk onstage after discussing the need to get along and communicate with people with different viewpoints.. The billionaire obliged and loud boos filled the arena – along with some cheers, too.

Twitter layoffs hit women hardest, federal discrimination lawsuit claims

Twitter is facing mounting legal troubles after Elon Musk took over the communications platform, with a new lawsuit filed alleging sexual discrimination in the layoffs after he acquired the company.

Women sue Musk’s Twitter alleging discriminatory layoffs

Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in federal court, claiming that last month’s abrupt mass layoffs disproportionately affected female employees.

Santa Clara County DA office to quit Twitter amid rise in hate speech on platform

The Santa Clara County district attorney on Monday announced his office will be leaving Twitter, saying the move was part of "a moral obligation" to combat hate speech. 

Tesla delivers its first electric Semi trucks promising 500 miles of range

Tesla has started production of its electric Semi, which has a range of up to 500 miles per charge and the ability to recharge to 70% in a half-hour.

Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate

A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence in a country already experiencing a sharp increase in antisemitism.

Tesla delivers electric semis to PepsiCo at Nevada factory

Tesla delivered its first electric semis to PepsiCo Thursday, more than three years after Elon Musk said his company would start making the trucks.

Elon Musk tours Apple headquarters after blasting tech giant

Twitter head honcho Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook appear to have cooled tensions between the two tech giants.

Elon Musk takes Twitter on attack against Apple

Elon Musk is going to war with Apple. "Do they hate free speech in America," he said about his new tech rival.

Elon Musk GOAT statue delivered to Tesla's Austin headquarters

The large statue was delivered Saturday to Tesla's Austin headquarters in an event dubbed “Goatsgiving" by the creators of the cryptocurrency Elon GOAT.

Elon Musk plans to relaunch Twitter premium service, again

Twitter previously suspended the premium service, which under Elon Musk granted blue-check labels to people paying $8 a month, because of a wave of imposter accounts.

Elon Musk granting 'amnesty' to suspended Twitter accounts

Elon Musk asked in a poll to vote on reinstatements for accounts that have not “broken the law or engaged in egregious spam.” The yes vote was 72%.