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  • A blue verification check on the page of Twitter Inc. on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Elon Musks agreement to buy Twitter Inc. is sending some users searching for alternative platforms with mixed success. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Twitter adds a gray new twist to chaotic verification overhaul

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga TexasFinance

    Elon Musk dumps $4 billion of Tesla shares as he looks to fund Twitter purchase

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • The Twitter logoTech

    As the dust settles on Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter, his murky plans raise alarms about the future

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Baron Capital Group Chairman and CEO Ron Baron interviews Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the 29th Annual Baron Investment Conference in New York City on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. ( Baron Capital via AP)Tech

    Elon Musk defends Twitter layoffs as critics see a ‘lack of care and thoughtfulness’

    By Barbara Ortutay and Matt O'Brien
  • Elon MuskTech

    How Elon Musk hopes to monetize Twitter’s ultimate status symbol: The blue checkmark

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk fires Twitter’s board and names himself sole director as he looks to revamp verification and layoffs loom

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Twitter headquarters is shown in San FranciscoTech

    Musk takes over Twitter, fires content moderation chief and now policing hate speech is his job

    By Barbara Ortutay, Tom Krisher, and others
  • Elon Musk entering Twitter headquarters carrying a sink through the lobby area on Oct. 26, 2022 in San Francisco.Leadership

    ‘The bird has been freed’: Musk ushers in the new Twitter era after taking control and firing 3 top execs

    By Barbara Ortutay, Tom Krisher, and others
  • Photo illustration a TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphoneTech

    TikTok let through 90% of ads spreading baseless claims around U.S. midterms, new report finds

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • YeTech

    Ye comes to parley with Parler a week after Twitter booted him for explicit antisemitism

    By Michelle Chapman, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk wants to offer Americans an ‘everything app’ like China’s WeChat. One hurdle? Habits

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., demonstrates the Meta Quest ProTech

    Meta positions new $1,500 VR headset as a laptop alternative — but expert says operating in the metaverse for businesses is still ‘quite a stretch’

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Amnesty report on Meta finds Facebook algorithm ‘proactively amplified and promoted’ anti-Rohingya hate speech in Myanmar

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Students participate in a demonstration in defense of democracy and justice and against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao PauloTech

    Facebook failed to catch blatant misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election — for the fourth time

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Politics

    Companies from Amazon to JPMorgan pledged to cover abortion travel costs. But it’s not clear how and if they’ll be able to do so

    By Barbara Ortutay, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others