Elon Musk Twitter web page seen on cellular along with his ballot to step down as head of Twitter
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Twitter is auctioning off espresso machines, kegerators, computer systems, and even outsized neon shows with the corporate’s emblem because the social messaging service reportedly has fallen behind on workplace lease funds.
Interested patrons can peruse an assortment of products that Twitter needs to promote by way of the website of Heritage Global Partners, which is conducting the public sale.
Among the quite a few kitchen provides that Twitter is promoting features a rotisserie cooker, a number of fridges and pizza ovens. Some of the workplace tools embrace quite a few televisions, desks, and conferencing gear.
The firm is even promoting a neon electrical signal that prominently shows the corporate’s company chicken emblem. As of Monday afternoon, somebody has positioned a bid of $17,500 for the neon signal.
The gear comes from the corporate’s San Francisco workplace and seems to be one other signal that new proprietor Elon Musk is trying to slash prices amid quite a few monetary difficulties, as quite a few corporations have halted their promoting campaigns on Twitter.
Multiple civil rights teams have urged companies to cease advertising on Twitter over allegations that the corporate is failing to stop the unfold of hate speech and different offensive content material on its platform.
Musk himself has alluded to the corporate’s dire monetary straits, though in late December he reportedly stated it is no longer in the “fast lane” to bankruptcy. In December, The New York Times reported that Twitter had stopped paying for lease in all the firm’s workplace area.