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X's Grok chatbot is misleading voters about the presidential election
Grok's AI chatbot claims that President Biden's name must stay on the ballot in nine states, a claim that is categorically false.
Danny Gallagher07.25.2024
X is working on a way to block links in replies
X is developing a new feature that could help address spam posts on its website.
Mariella Moon07.20.2024
Meta rolls back restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Meta announced it removed all of its extra guardrails on President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Danny Gallagher07.12.2024
X is in hot water in the EU over blue checkmarks and ads
The EU has accused X of violating the Digital Services Act over its handling of blue checkmarks, ads and public data for researchers. If found guilty, the company faces a fine of up to six percent of its global annual revenue.
Kris Holt07.12.2024
Elon Musk escapes paying $500 million to former Twitter employees
X Corp won a dismissal in a class-action lawsuit that sought $500 million in unpaid severance for thousands of former Twitter employees.
Anna Washenko07.10.2024
X is making live streaming a premium feature
X will soon be moving the ability to live stream behind its premium paywall, the company announced.
Karissa Bell06.21.2024
X is officially making likes (mostly) private for everyone
In a new tweet, X's Engineering account has revealed that the social network is making likes private for everyone this week.
Mariella Moon06.11.2024
Twitter has officially moved to X.com
Twitter officially went through a rebranding almost a year ago, but most of its pages still used Twitter in their URL until now.
Mariella Moon05.17.2024
X now treats the term cisgender as a slur
X now considers the term “cisgender” a slur. On Tuesday, the platform reportedly began posting an official warning that the LGBTQ-inclusive terms could result in a ban from the platform.
Will Shanklin05.14.2024
Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter
Just in case there was any doubt about how Jack Dorsey really feels about Bluesky, the former Twitter CEO has offered new details on why he left the board and deleted his account.
Karissa Bell05.09.2024
Nintendo is done paying Elon Musk for X integration
Nintendo has had enough of X’s (Twitter’s) API fees. The Mario maker said on Wednesday that starting on June 10, direct integration from the Switch’s album to Elon Musk’s Nazi-curious platform will no longer work.
Will Shanklin05.09.2024
X is using Grok to publish AI-generated news summaries
X is using Grok to publish AI-generated summaries of news and other topics that trend on the platform.
Karissa Bell05.03.2024
X is changing how the block button works
X is changing how blocks work on its platform, though it’s (for now) stopping short of Elon Musk’s wish of nuking the feature entirely.
Karissa Bell05.02.2024
The US Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk’s appeal in ‘funding secured’ tweet ruling
On Monday, the US Supreme Court dismissed Elon Musk’s appeal about a 2018 SEC settlement regarding a “funding secured” tweet. The conservative-majority court passed on Musk’s attempt to throw out the agreement.
Will Shanklin04.29.2024
Elon Musk says it's his turn to have the remote
X just announced a smart TV app for streaming video content. X TV may or may not launch at some point in the near or far future.
Lawrence Bonk04.23.2024
X’s AI bot is so dumb it can’t tell the difference between a bad game and vandalism
After misinterpreting user posts about Klay Thompson's poor shooting during an NBA game, X's AI bot Grok created a fictitious story on the social media platform's trending section.
Sam Rutherford04.17.2024
X won’t let users hide their blue checks anymore
X will no longer allow users to hide their blue checks, regardless of whether they paid for premium or not.
Karissa Bell04.11.2024
X makes passkey logins available to iOS users worldwide
X has expanded its support for passkey logins and has made the option available to users around the world, as long as they're accessing the app on an iPhone.
Mariella Moon04.09.2024
X is giving blue checks to people with more than 2,500 Premium followers
Last night, several prominent journalists posted (complained in many cases) about unexpectedly regaining their verified blue checks on Elon Musk's X platform.
Steve Dent04.04.2024
X names its third head of safety in less than two years
X has named a new head of safety nearly a year after the last executive in the position resigned.
Karissa Bell04.02.2024