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Beginning of the end: how Elon Musk’s removal of the block function on X could trigger its hellish demise

On Saturday, X (formerly Twitter) chairman Elon Musk tweeted he would be removing the microblogging platform’s block function. It would remain intact for direct messages, but would otherwise become obsolete.

The Conversation · Aug 22, 2023

Elon Musk wants to get rid of this headline

X, formerly Twitter, plans to remove metadata like this very sentence from appearing below articles on the platform in an effort to compress the timeline.

Fortune · Aug 22, 2023

Why people are talking about Starfield's start screen: Gaming's latest Twitter dust-up, explained

Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines defended the Starfield team after a former game dev criticized the startup menu.

PC Gamer · Aug 21, 2023

Musk admitted X 'might fail'—then the social network accidentally removed swathes of historic content

“We may fail, as so many have predicted, but we will try our best to make there be at least one.”

Fortune · Aug 21, 2023

The web version of Threads could launch this week, and it can't come fast enough

Threads is suffering from a post-launch slump. A web-based version would see engagement go through the roof

T3 · Aug 21, 2023

Elon Musk admits X ‘may fail’ after glitch deletes Twitter photos

Platform’s users voice concern as it removes pictures and links on posts made before December 2014

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

A Twitter glitch briefly wiped out a history of images including viral photos

Shortly after the issue came to light, Elon Musk tweeted that X, formerly known as Twitter, ‘may fail’

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023

‘Very wonderful, very toxic’: how AI became the culture war’s new frontier

While the far right claims artificial intelligence has become too ‘woke’, experts argue it’s not a sentient being with its own viewpoints

The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2023

X Blue users will need to send selfie, data to Israeli software company

Subscription users of X, formerly Twitter, will need to send a selfie and copy of ID to an Israeli verification company.

Al Jazeera · Aug 21, 2023

Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates

Former President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and likely others as well

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023