National Twitter threatens to sue its new rival, Threads, claiming Meta stole trade secrets An attorney for Twitter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees with the intention of creating a "copycat" platform, implying a lawsuit could come next. Emily Olson
Technology Elon Musk picks NBC advertising executive as next Twitter CEO Musk confirmed Yaccarino will succeed him as chief executive of Twitter, which has seen advertising plummet. The two appeared in a marketing conference in April. Mary Yang
Business Tucker Carlson says he'll take his show to Twitter The fired Fox News host announced he is bringing his show to Twitter, owned by Elon Musk, "soon." His lawyers reportedly have sent threatening letters to Fox to let him out of his contract. Mary Yang David Folkenflik
Business SpaceX wants this supersized rocket to fly. But will investors send it to the Moon? Getting Starship off the ground is costing the commercial spaceflight company billions of dollars at a time when money is tight. Some analysts think more funding will be needed. Geoff Brumfiel
Technology Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now The company used "visibility filtering rules" in order to curtail propaganda and misinformation. Under Elon Musk, those guidelines have been discarded. Dara Kerr
National Twitter erases state-affiliated, government-funded labels from NPR and other accounts The social media platform also dropped the "state-affiliated" label from propaganda outlets in Russia and China. Mary Yang
Science SpaceX prepares to launch its mammoth rocket 'Starship' Starship is the largest rocket ever built. The company hopes it will one day take people to the moon and Mars. But first it has to fly. Geoff Brumfiel
Technology The Dogecoin price spikes after Elon Musk changes Twitter logo to the Shiba Inu dog Elon Musk is currently facing a $258 billion class-action federal lawsuit accusing him of engaging in a pyramid scheme for voicing his support for Dogecoin in several tweets. Ayana Archie
Technology Got a question for Twitter's press team? The answer will be a poop emoji Twitter's communications email went dark after mass layoffs late last year. CEO Elon Musk announced this weekend (and NPR confirmed) that it now responds to press inquiries with a single poop emoji. Rachel Treisman
Technology Elon Musk apologizes after mocking laid-off Twitter employee with disability The billionaire owner of Twitter apologized after publicly questioning a Twitter employee's query about whether he had been laid off and speaking dismissively of that employee's disability. The Associated Press
