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The Latest Breaking News from Elon Musk

Elon Musk Confirms Report About LeBron James’s Unique Twitter Verification Situation

The Lakers star has a unique reason for why he was able to retain his Twitter verification.

Sports Illustrated

Elon Musk admits paying Twitter blue tick fees for celebrities who boycotted controversial levy

LeBron James and Stephen King appear to be among those who’ve had a subscription paid for

The Independent UK

Break out your tiny violins: The Twitter blue check purge is here

Celebrities and other VIPS across the world— including Bill Gates, the pope and Hillary Clinton — were devoid of official checkmarks Thursday afternoon as self-dubbed Twitter chief twit Elon Musk's promised purge of legacy Twitter verifications came to fruition.

Los Angeles Times

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Thanks to Twitter changes, you can say goodbye to this Xbox DVR feature

Twitter has updated its APIs from "free" to costing over $42,000 per month. As such, some services that integrate Twitter will no longer work. Xbox is the latest casualty.

Windows Central

‘Legacy blue checks’ disappear from Twitter as Musk’s changes take effect

Checkmark denoted accounts verified for authenticity, which can now be bought for an $8 a month subscription called Twitter Blue

The Guardian - US

Tesla sinks as Musk eyes more price cuts despite margin squeeze

Tesla Inc. shares slid the most in more than three months after Elon Musk indicated his company will keep cutting prices to stoke demand even after markdowns early this year took a significant toll on profitability.

Tribune News Service

Twitter finally purges blue checks from formerly 'verified' accounts, including many game studios and developers

The likes of Final Fantasy 16, Tim Schafer, Warframe, and others have been de-checked. Oh, and the Pope.

PC Gamer

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Piers Morgan LOSES Twitter tick as Susanna Reid and Holly Willoughby pay to keep theirs

Piers Morgan, known for being an outspoken profilic Twitter user, has lost his Twitter blue tick, while fellow TV presenters Holly Willoughby and Susanna Reid have kept theirs by subscribing to a new service introduced after Elon Musk's takeover of the site

Daily Mirror

LeBron James' Twitter Blue vow backfires as check mark remains for LA Lakers All-Star

Mass change has been made to Twitter as all formerly verified accounts that haven't paid have lost their blue tick, which has sparked question marks over LeBron James

Daily Mirror

Twitter reacts as Elon Musk strips legacy 'Blue Ticks' from celebrities, politicians, royals and sports stars

The CEO of Twitter warned that anyone who had a legacy checkmark on the social media platform would lose it on April 20 unless they subscribed to new service Twitter Blue

Chronicle Live

Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber among stars who lost Twitter tick in Musk's axing

Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Ant and Dec are only some of the many public figures who are no longer verified on Twitter

Daily Mirror

Watching SpaceX's Starship launch as the world's largest rocket felt simply unreal (video)

Here's what it was like to see (and hear) SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, lift off for the first time.

Space

Morning Mail: NSW left behind on drug policy, Gorgon carbon capture fail, SpaceX rocket blows up

Queensland’s move to three-strike system for minor drug possession leave NSW isolated; emissions shoot up 50% at huge gas project; Elon Musk says spacecraft test was ‘exciting’

The Guardian - AU

Is Pierre Poilievre deliberately muddying the waters on the CBC's Twitter label?

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, is attempting to mislead Canadians into believing that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is an untrustworthy news source after it was labelled “government-funded media” by Elon Musk’s Twitter.

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The New Daily

Musk hails ‘success’ after world’s biggest rocket lifts off – then explodes

Elon Musk is celebrating "success" after his SpaceX rocket blasted off on its maiden flight, but dramatically exploded just minutes later.

The Independent UK

Twitter reacts to Elon Musk getting rid of legacy blue checks: ‘Oh thank god i am free’

To keep their verification, Twitter users will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue

TechRadar

Twitter removes Legacy Blue Checks and sparks anger, confusion, ennui

Twitter and Elon Musk carry out the promise to remove all verified Blue check for those who refuse to pay.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester City ace Aymeric Laporte pokes fun at Elon Musk after major Twitter change

Man City defender Aymeric Laporte was quick to react after the social media platform changed its account verification requirements to remove check marks on non-Twitter Blue subscribers

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Fortune

Tesla’s stock is plummeting. Here’s why one analyst thinks it’s ‘one of the most overvalued’ on the market and could drop another 80%

David Trainer, CEO of investment research firm New Constructs, warns that Tesla stock is “highly overvalued” and could sink to $28 per share.

USA Today Sports Media Group

LeBron James wouldn’t pay to keep his blue check on Twitter so Elon Musk is doing it for him

Last month, LeBron tweeted “If you know me, I ain’t paying the 5 [dollars].”

USA Today Sports Media Group

OG Verified Twitter users finally lost their blue check marks and, of course, everyone joked about it

So long, verification status.

The Independent UK

Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don't pay

This time it’s for real

Fortune

Tesla’s coming crash: As 7 analysts lower their price targets, one predicts the stock is heading to $28

David Trainer of New Constructs believes the selloff in Tesla shares isn’t remotely big enough to bring the EV king’s stock in line with its fundamentals.

Wales Online

Twitter finally removes legacy blue ticks almost three weeks after plan first announced

Owner Elon Musk had said legacy verified Twitter users would see the verification mark taken away on April 1 unless they signed up to Twitter Blue

The Independent UK

Succession fans troll Elon Musk’s Starship explosion with ‘funniest’ Roman Roy scene

‘When I heard the news of the rocket launch today, I flashed back to this scene in my head,’ one said

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