to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . our north america technology reporterjames clayton has the latest. when elon musk made a surprise entrance into twitter this week, he was carrying a bathroom sink. i am in twitter hq, let that sink in, he said. it s been a long road to get here, an unbelievably topsy turvy deal. it s worth reflecting on it. when elon musk had an offer accepted to buy twitter in april, he could barely contain his excitement. but that initial enthusiasm soon began to wane. mr musk tried to pull out of the deal, twitter though wasn t having any of it. the two sides were due to face a judge who would decide if elon musk had to legally buy the company. but then, another reversal, suddenly elon musk did want to buy twitter. officially he said he was buying the company to create the everything app called x, the details of which are still sketchy.
the bbc s technology reporterjames clayton is in san francisco with the latest. elon musk has spent the last few months saying twitter has a way to many fake accounts than it acknowledges. it was pretty surprising when we learn to today that elon musk in fact doesn t want to buy twitter and for the price agreed. twitter have had their fingers for the price agreed. twitter have had theirfingers burnt for the price agreed. twitter have had their fingers burnt by elon musk before. you can see from the statement they have put out that they are nervous. they pretty much said that they are going to force elon musk to buy the company whether he likes it or not and if there was nothing particularly celebratory about the statement. elon musk said he wants to create an app called x. i have no idea what that means and perhaps only elon
in my tum-tum. anyway, concerned about nsa surveillance continues to mount. this week after new leaks revealed another secret program called x key score which collects data from e-mails, social media and browser history. while these leaks continue to stoke characterizations of the agency as big brother, here is a parody from wired magazine s youtube channel depicting what it s really like inside the nsa. special projects, nicole. we have a situation. what you doing? i m analyzing glenn greenwald s meta data. ofollow my instructions. are you ready? turn on your computer. it s already on. oh, you re a good kid. now, listen to me very carefully. i need you to hack a website. yes! i ve been wait thorg moment. thank you so much. your youthful exuberance is wasting precious time. now, i ll give you the information. all right, where are we? jeez.