Elon Musk is removing the ability for X Premium users to hide their blue checkmarks, once a Twitter status symbol turned into a shameful receipt of payment for boosted posts, according to a notification sent to users on Thursday. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet “The hide your checkmark feature of X Premium is going … Read more
Elon Musk spent the weekend embroiled in a war of words with the government of Brazil, which has reportedly opened an investigation into the X owner’s refusal to police misinformation on the social media site. And while Musk insists the battle is all about “free speech,” that argument falls apart pretty quickly when you remember … Read more
Elon Musk shared a tweet Sunday claiming the recent murder of a college student in Georgia was being subjected to a “media blackout.” But the killing, allegedly committed by a 26-year-old Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally, has been covered extensively by just about every media outlet in the country. The Elon Musk Twitter Saga, … Read more
Half a decade after he was kicked off Twitter by the platform’s safety team, professional conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been welcomed back to the site, which is now called X. Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI Unlocked You can thank Elon Musk for that. This weekend, Musk passed around … Read more
Elon Musk has been on a mission to transform X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) from what was once the world’s most successful microblogging platform into an “everything app”—a sort of one-stop shop of web services. In the course of this attempted transformation, Musk can brag of two primary accomplishments: A), losing the company … Read more