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‘Unprepared’ Twitter among tech firms to face tough new EU digital rules

Designation as ‘very large online platform’ along with 16 other major names means big penalties for breaches

The Guardian - UK

Twitter's muddled blue checkpocalypse

Elon Musk's concept of democracy is forcing unwanted blue checks on random celebs, Muppets and dead folks

Salon

Jack Dorsey's Bluesky is like Twitter without Musk – and that's good enough for me

Jack Dorsey's Bluesky is a lot like Twitter, and also nothing like it at all.

TechRadar

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Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

After months of chaotic policies, backtracks on said policies and mass layoffs, Elon Musk has made good on his vow to fully replace Twitter’s “blue tick” verification with a paid subscription service.

The Conversation

Twitter now prioritising tweets of people who pay up

Owner Elon Musk says ‘verified accounts are now prioritised’, something he promised in November

Evening Standard

Every time a SpaceX rocket explodes, I wonder if we should tax the rich more

The enormous expense of these rockets could have been spent on addressing the many crises that we face on our fragile planet

The Guardian - US

What’s that going up in flames? Why, it’s Elon Musk’s reputation

Just as SpaceX’s Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly this month, Musk is a mess, too, thanks to Twitter’s blue ticks, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

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Elon Musk may have burner Twitter accounts, with one posing as his son

Twitter sleuths track down @Ermnmusk as one likely profile

Evening Standard

Tesla Cybertruck Looks Like It's "A Hundred Years In The Future": Joe Rogan

In a recent podcast with comedian Jim Breuer, Rogan made some flattering comments to the Cybertruck, focusing on the electric pickup's capabilities and looks.

InsideEVs

China planning to bring Elon Musk’s Hyperloop dream to reality by 2035

Building hyperloop train line ‘is of strategic significance’ to China, scientists say

The Independent UK

Singer Grimes Says AI Can Use Her Voice for Songs

Canadian singer Grimes put the word out Monday that she is fine with her voice being used for AI-generated songs, as long as she gets half the royalties. The 35-year-old songwriter, producer and performer said in an Instagram post that she would treat an artificial intelligence hit using her voice…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Musk's fake blue checks may be violation

"False endorsements violate FTC rules, legally exposing Musk," expert says

Salon

Epic Games boss defends Twitter, calls #BlocktheBlue supporters 'losers and goons'

Tim Sweeney weighed in on the furor over Twitter's blue checkmarks this weekend.

PC Gamer

Tucker Carlson’s final days at Fox News: Dominion bombshells, Elon Musk and eating bugs

A nightly lineup of furious monologues and conspiracy theories dominated the most-watched programme on the most-watched network, which came to an end with a desk full of pizza, Alex Woodward reports

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Daily Mirror

Elon Musk verifies DEAD celebrities Twitter accounts in latest bizarre blue tick move

Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Bourdain, and Paul Walker have all been added to the membership, despite no longer being with us

Space

Why did SpaceX Starship's debut launch cause so much damage to the pad?

SpaceX thought Starship's orbital launch mount could handle the vehicle's tremendous thrust during its debut launch last week. But that wasn't the case.

The Conversation

Much wow, very meme: what the revival of the ancient doge meme tells us about the lifecycle of the internet

In early April, when Elon Musk randomly and very briefly replaced the Twitter bird logo with the face of the “doge” meme, the value of the dogecoin both rose and fell by a matter of billions of dollars in value on the cryptomarket.

The Independent UK

Twitter changes stoke Russian, Chinese propaganda surge

Russia, China and Iran are exploiting recent changes at Twitter to spread disinformation faster and farther

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The Guardian - UK

Far-right Britain First party given Twitter gold tick

Verification mark granted to account that was suspended in 2017 but reinstated following takeover by Elon Musk last year

Asharq Al-Awsat

Twitter Verification Reappears, but Some Disavow Musk’s Mark

Celebrities and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don't know why the blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it. Twitter removed the blue marks last week from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee.…

Fortune

Twitter gave a gold check to a bogus, racial-slur-spewing Disney Junior account

Twitter’s paid verification scheme becomes a full-blown liability.

iMore

Twitter's blue checkmark farce is hilarious (and borderline illegal)

Twitter’s handing out blue checkmarks like they’re candy right now, upsetting just about everyone — including those in receipt of them.

Evening Standard

Meat bans and milk obsessions: are real-life CEOs as weird as Succession’s Lukas Matsson?

Succession’s Lukas Matsson isn’t the first kooky CEO, nor will he be the last

Daily Mirror

Xbox Twitter share disabled as Microsoft sidesteps Elon Musk's new API pricing

Microsoft drops Twitter support as the platform's new pricing comes into effect, and Musk looks set to retaliate

InsideEVs

Tesla's Elon Musk Offers Tunnel To Help Japan With Busiest Intersection

In a recent post, Musk suggested that Japan should use The Boring Company’s services, which could potentially cut down on the chaos in one notable urban center.

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