The Verge's Nilay Patel, Liz Lopatto, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Elon Musk officially becoming the owner of Twitter, and what that means for the future of the company.Further reading:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/27/23184519/elon-musk-twitter-acquisition-deal-complete-agreement">Twitter is now an Elon Musk company</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/28/23428103/twitter-morale-weak-leadership-elon-musk-parag-agrawal">How weak leadership cratered Twitter’s morale</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/27/23424880/twitter-elon-musk-tesla-risks-spacex-empire-hellsite">The Twitter deal is all downside risk for Elon Musk</a></li>
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The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.