diff --git a/journals/2023_04_03.md b/journals/2023_04_03.md index 7c255d15..5bc7d256 100644 --- a/journals/2023_04_03.md +++ b/journals/2023_04_03.md @@ -13,4 +13,12 @@ - The company's board of directors is committed to rooting out any instances of **money laundering** (=the concealment of the origins of illegally obtained money) within the organization and has implemented strict measures to prevent such activities in the future (moving / going forward). - Sunday night('s = saxon genitive) **announcement** (=news) of the company's quarterly earnings was met with disappointment by investors, who had expected stronger growth in the current economic climate. - **[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65156216](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65156216) ** + - Twitter's blue ticks disappear as Musk attacks NY Times + - The New York Times has lost its blue tick on Twitter after it said it would not pay to remain verified. + - Twitter has started removing verification badges from accounts which already had a blue tick, after announcing they would be part of a paid subscription from 1 April. + - The New York Times, along with several other organisations and celebrities, said they would not pay for the tick. + - It prompted Elon Musk to launch a volley of insults at the newspaper. + - "The real tragedy of @NYTimes is that their propaganda isn't even interesting", Mr Musk, who owns Twitter, wrote on the platform. + - "Also, their feed is the Twitter equivalent of diarrhea. It's unreadable," he added. + - There has been no official comment from Twitter and the New York Times has not responded to Mr Musk's comments. - \ No newline at end of file