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Twitter reaches deal to sell to Elon Musk for about $44 billion

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Twitter reaches deal to sell to Elon Musk for about $44 billion

The sale caps a dizzying saga for Twitter and Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a prolific user of the social media platform.

Twitter reaches deal to sell to Elon Musk for about $44 billion

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'Love Me Tender' and poison pills: Unpacking the Elon Musk-Twitter saga

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party in Austin, Texas, on April 7, 2022. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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'Love Me Tender' and poison pills: Unpacking the Elon Musk-Twitter saga

Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter in a $43 billion takeover, which the company's board is attempting to resist. What's at stake, and where is all this going?

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Elon Musk wants to change Twitter

Elon Musk says Twitter should be an arena for free speech. What changes does he want to bring to the social network, and how are Twitter board members trying stop his takeover bid?

Elon Musk wants to change Twitter

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Twitter CEO addresses employees worried about Elon Musk's hostile takeover bid

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Twitter CEO addresses employees worried about Elon Musk's hostile takeover bid

Musk's offer comes after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became Twitter's largest shareholder. Musk says he will unlock Twitter's potential.

Twitter CEO addresses employees worried about Elon Musk's hostile takeover bid

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Is adding an edit button on Twitter a good thing?

Twitter users have long asked for an edit button and now the company says it's finally coming. But skeptics warn it could change Twitter — and not for the better.

Is adding an edit button on Twitter a good thing?

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Elon Musk takes a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is one of Twitter's most outspoken voices. Now he's also the social media company's largest shareholder.

Elon Musk takes a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder

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That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake

Some of the likely AI-generated faces from fake LinkedIn profiles identified by Stanford University researchers. The central positioning of the eyes is a telltale sign of a computer-created face. onnie Hanzhang Jin//NPR hide caption

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That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake

Stanford researchers uncovered more than 1,000 of these LinkedIn profiles. A technology that has been used to promote misinformation online has now entered the corporate world.

That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake

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Russia plans to limit Instagram and could label Meta an extremist group

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Russia plans to limit Instagram and could label Meta an extremist group

Russia's top prosecutor called for Facebook and Instagram's parent company to be labeled an extremist group after Meta said it would permit some calls for violence against "Russian invaders."

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