TECH - When Elon Musk Started Firing Twitter Staff Everybody Said 'That's Enough' But… | Benzinga
In October last year, when Elon Musk acquired Twitter, now rebranded as X, for a staggering $44 billion, few could have foreseen the storm that would follow: the controversial firing of 85% of the social media giant’s staff, leaving many questioning whether the tech billionaire had gone too far in reshaping the platform.
What Happened: Walter Isaacson, the renowned author and journalist known for his biographies of iconic figures like Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein, who is currently in the news for writing the tech billionaire’s bibliography, shed light on the situation during a podcast interview with Lex Fridman.
During the interview, Isaacson said Musk believed that the team working on Twitter’s software was disproportionately large compared to other endeavors he was involved in, particularly Tesla’s full self-driving autopilot.
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