Elon Musk takes the stand in ongoing Twitter shareholder trial Once his stake became public, Twitter's stock surged by 27% in a single day. ‘That sounds high,’ Musk responded The Independent UK · Mar 4
Middle East travellers warned about scammers impersonating airline support accounts Passengers requesting information about scheduled flights from airlines such as Emirates and Etihad are being approached by users asking for their contact details. Euronews · Mar 2
Watch: Iranian anchor sobs on state TV as he announces Khamenei killed in ‘criminal’ US-Israeli airstrikes In a clip posted on X, formerly Twitter, the presenter declared Khamenei was ‘martyred’ on Saturday Evening Standard · Mar 1
Agorapulse review Agorapulse is a feature-rich social media tool for teams and agencies, offering a unified inbox, strong reporting, and AI on every plan. TechRadar · Feb 28
What Is Pizzagate? The Viral Conspiracy Theory and Why Hillary Clinton Was Dragged Into It Dive into the origins and impact of Pizzagate, a viral conspiracy theory that falsely linked senior Democrats to a child sex ring during the 2016 US election. International Business Times UK · Feb 27
Tampa International Airport shares it wants to ban pajamas. It was a joke, the airport says An airport in Florida has sparked a social media debate about proper travel attire by claiming it wanted to ban people from wearing pajamas there The Independent UK · Feb 26
91 Chaotic And Hilarious X Posts From People Who Chose To Cope With Humor This February Scrolling through social media can feel overwhelming, but every now and then, a tweet stops you mid-scroll and makes you laugh out loud. February delivered plenty of those moments, with users sharing sharp observations, chaotic thoughts, and painfully relatable jokes. We’ve gathered some of the funniest tweets people loved this… Bored Panda · Feb 26
Stardew Valley creator announces 10-year anniversary video airing tomorrow with "pre-release footage" and "new 1.7 marriage candidates," reminds fans they "never" pay for updates Who could it be? GamesRadar · Feb 25
Is social media addictive by design and can you beat the algorithm? Social media features such as infinite scroll and personalised feeds can drive compulsive use. Experts argue that Big Tech should change its business models for meaningful change. Euronews · Feb 25
Does Section 230 Immunize Twitter's Knowing Possession of Child Sex Abuse Materials? A recently filed cert petition presents this important issue to the U.S. Supreme Court. Reason · Feb 24
"Don't judge the resume, judge the K/D": Ex Activision Blizzard exec defends new Xbox CEO with absolutely zero gaming experience, says "it IS learnable" "I hope you'll give Asha that opportunity to load in, learn, and show what she can do" GamesRadar · Feb 24
John Oliver on Elon Musk’s X: ‘Now worse than useless’ Last Week Tonight host delved into the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in relation to the Epstein files and Musk’s poisonous ownership of X The Guardian - US · Feb 23
Baldur's Gate 3 somehow delays Grok update on Twitter, and Larian feels the same way about that as you: "Can I have just one normal week" Elon Musk is a noted RPG fan GamesRadar · Feb 23
Newly named Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has shared her gamertag — so what is she playing and why does it matter? New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has shared her top three favorite games of all time and her gamertag, which looks to be little more than a month old, in hopes of earning some street cred among the Xbox community. Windows Central · Feb 21
The Independent UK · Feb 21 Dozens of jurors dismissed from Elon Musk Twitter takeover trial after his own lawyer admits so many ‘hate him’ A group of investors is suing Musk for allegedly making misleading statements about bot accounts on Twitter during his drama-filled acquisition
Fortune · Feb 17 Exclusive: Crypto venture firm Dragonfly closes $650 million fourth fund—even as blockchain VCs face ‘mass extinction’ An inside look at the fast-rising firm, from its early Polymarket bet to its mysterious founding partner.
The Times of India · Feb 17 Thousands report access issues as X hit by major outage NEW DELHI: Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a major outage Monday evening, with users in the US and India reporting difficulties accessing the service.
The Conversation · Feb 16 A history of assassination reveals how ‘targeted killings’ became an extension of state power In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took to Twitter – as it was then – to announce it had killed Ahmed al-Jabari, chief of the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing in Gaza.
Evening Standard · Feb 16 X outage hits thousands of social media platform users The platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk was hit by a global outage early in the afternoon but was restored after around two hours.
Evening Standard · Feb 16 X down: Elon Musk’s social media platform suffers worldwide outage affecting millions of users The social media platform formally known as Twitter went down at 1pm UK time
The Independent UK · Feb 16 X down: Twitter not working in major outage X has stopped working in what appears to be a major outage.
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Daniel Radcliffe gives candid response when asked why he doesn’t have social media Actor admitted that even though he doesn’t have an Instagram account, he ‘never’ feels like he’s missing out on anything
The Conversation · Feb 12 Swarms of AI bots can sway people’s beliefs – threatening democracy In mid-2023, around the time Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X but before he discontinued free academic access to the platform’s data, my colleagues and I looked for signs of social bot accounts posting content generated by artificial intelligence. Social bots are AI software that produce content and interact with…
GamesRadar · Feb 10 Arc Raiders devs rush to fix duplication exploit, threaten "possible penalties" after infinite Trigger Nades rain from the sky as TheBurntPeanut shows the glitch to over 140,000 people Embark is "still investigating the full impact of the issue"
The Mary Sue · Feb 9 Bravo Stars Are Divided. Jill Zarin Posted a Single Deleted Rant Over Bad Bunny. Then There’s Lisa Rinna Good to know Jill Zarin still sucks.