Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has created an NFT for the first tweet

Posted on 06/03/2021 by Engadget

If you've used social media much, then you've seen the first tweet ever. Sent on March 21st, 2006 by Twitter co-founder and current CEO Jack Dorsey, it didn't say very much: "just setting up my twttr." But now, thanks to the wil...

Square is buying a majority stake in Tidal

Posted on 04/03/2021 by Engadget

The rumors of Square buying Tidal proved true. Square has bought a majority stake in Tidal for the equivalent of $297 million in cash and stock. Jack Dorsey, Square's CEO (and Twitter's, for that matter), explained the deal as a bid to find...

The Cash app’s parent company is now running its own bank

Posted on 02/03/2021 by Engadget

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter and Square, tweeted today that the "Bank now open." What he's referring to is that now, about a year after receiving FDIC approval, Square Financial Services has begun operations. Operating as a subs...

Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs agree to testify about misinformation

Posted on 18/02/2021 by Engadget

The CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google will soon make another appearance in front of Congress. Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai have agreed to testify at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on March 25. The hearing will cove...

Jay Z and Jack Dorsey launch a Bitcoin development fund

Posted on 12/02/2021 by Engadget

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has teamed up with rapper and Tidal chief Jay Z on a new endowment to fund Bitcoin development starting in Africa and India, Dorsey tweeted. They’re launching the project, called ₿trust, with an injection of 500 Bit...

Square could be trying to buy Tidal from Jay-Z

Posted on 24/12/2020 by Engadget

Could a Tidal buyout be in the offing? Maybe, according to Bloomberg. The outlet is reporting that Square, the payments company run by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has discussed a potential acquisition with Jay-Z, the rapper and entreprene...

The Senate’s section 230 hearing was partisan and predictable

Posted on 28/10/2020 by Engadget

Vital debate on the future of the internet or pure political theatre? Today's Senate Commerce Committee hearing featured Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, and addressed the very law that's foundational t...

Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter CEO over blocked Biden story

Posted on 15/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote next week on whether to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after the company blocked a New York Post story on Joe Biden. Twitter said the article violated its rules on doxxing and hacked materials, as it contain...

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