Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Twitter Inc.

What's happening with Twitter blue check marks?

Elon Musk had promised to take away all of Twitter’s blue check marks doled out to Hollywood stars, professional athletes, business leaders, authors and journalists unless they start buying a monthly subscription to the social media service

The Independent UK

Musk Announces Tesla Safety Upgrade After Twitter Exchange With Owner

He also revealed something all Teslas do you probably didn't know about.

InsideEVs

Victoria bans TikTok on government devices, NASA names astronauts for Artemis II Moon mission, and WWE to merge with UFC — as it happened

This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Twitter logo changed to 'Dogecoin' meme as Elon Musk fights lawsuit over cryptocurrency

Since his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, Musk has repeatedly hit the headlines and now the company has changed its logo to that of a cryptocurrency at the heart of a billion dollar lawsuit

Daily Mirror

William Shatner Called Out Elon Musk Over Blue Check Marks Going Away For Celebrities On Twitter

Captain Kirk took on Elon Musk over Twitter's verified status changes.

Cinemablend

Elon Musk’s Twitter changes logo to Doge, pushing the memecoin up 20%

Elon Musk has long been a booster of the infamous memecoin.

Fortune

‘I’m too ghetto’: College basketball star slams racial hypocrisy over hand gesture outrage

Angel Reese performed the “you can’t see me” hand gesture to Caitlin Clark during the NCAA championship game and sparked controversy

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Elon Musk fulfills Twitter code and blue check promises—but only partly

Only a handful of legacy blue checks have been removed.

Fortune

'General Hospital' turns 60: A behind-the-scenes look

ABC’s “General Hospital” marks its 60th anniversary this week, making it the longest-running scripted show currently in production in the United States

The Independent UK

Rand Paul Is Right: Banning TikTok Would Be Idiotic

Three reasons not to ban the popular social media app

Reason

Martin Lewis issues warning as he is target of Twitter blue tick scam as users hit out at 'disgraceful' policy

Martin's followers criticised the new system after a fraudster with a blue tick posed as the MoneySavingExpert founder to promote cryptocurrency

Chronicle Live

Twitter verification confusion reigns — and even Elon Musk seems lost

Twitter's legacy blue checkmarks remain for some, while telling who paid for theirs just got harder.

iMore

Jack Black calls 'Elon's bluff’ as Twitter's blue checkmark deadline passes

Jack Black said he would call Elon Musk's bluff over verification marks, while co-stars Chris Pratt and Seth Rogen had other takes.

Fortune

Legacy Twitter blue ticks stay in place with users confused over verifications

Users of the social media platform are now unable to distinguish between legacy blue ticks and those who subscribed to the service

Manchester Evening News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Axios

At Elon Musk's Twitter, speech is anything but free

Capricious rule changes and fingers on the scales mark the platform's new regime.

The Independent UK

Jack Black says he will ‘call Elon Musk’s bluff’ over Twitter blue tick removal

‘I’m a little embarrassed to be honest with you,’ the ‘Super Mario Bros Movie’ actor said

Al Jazeera

Twitter strips check mark from New York Times

Move comes after Twitter owner Elon Musk posted disparaging remarks about the newspaper.

The Guardian - AU

Twitter legacy blue ticks remain despite Elon Musk’s subscription threat

Removal of verification badges reportedly could take a long time as it may involve many manual elements

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Zenger

Elon Musk Reveals Twitter’s Source Code As Promised, Says ‘Initial Release Is Going To Be Embarrassing’

On Friday, Elon Musk-owned Twitter released the source code for its recommendation algorithm that allows to peak into its workings

Zenger

Twitter’s Revenue Drops As Advertisers Voice Major Concerns

Twitter has been bleeding advertisers since Elon Musk took over, with high-profile companies pausing promotions on the platform

ABC News

Review ordered after fans invade Melbourne F1 track, Donald Trump 'gearing up for a battle', and a 'cruel' prank against an Oscar winner — as it happened

This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

The Independent UK

Twitter pulls check mark from main New York Times account

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk’s most despised news organizations

The Independent UK

New York Times loses Twitter ‘verified’ tick as Musk’s changes take effect

Twitter started removing its ‘legacy’ verification ticks from 1 April

The Guardian - UK

This crackdown on antisocial behaviour puts us at the mercy of curtain twitchers

Going after minor misdeeds will add to police workloads and likely fuel vigilantism

The Guardian - UK

Catherine Lacey: ‘That constant nervous Twitter energy repels me’

The American novelist, whose latest work is a fake biography of an avant-garde artist, on growing up in Mississippi and why her fiction has ‘never actively involved cellphones or the internet’

1 … 184 185 186 187

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.