Labour MPs turn against Starmer as they condemn ‘brutal’ Sunak attack ads Exclusive: Senior Labour MP Barry Gardiner lashes out at ‘descent into gutter’ ahead of PLP contfrontation The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023
Elon Musk planning to launch ChatGPT AI rival The Twitter owner and Tesla CEO could be looking to challenge OpenAI's wildly popular AI-powered chatbot Tom’s Guide · Apr 15, 2023
Elon Musk hates journalists but journalists love Twitter. Where does that leave us? The billionaire’s hamfisted handling of his new toy won’t much matter as long as politicians and media types remain bewitched The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023
Deepfakes leading to social problems Experts explain how deepfakes became so easy to make, and how to distinguish them from real videos Salon · Apr 15, 2023
Elon Musk reportedly planning to launch AI rival to ChatGPT maker Tesla and Twitter boss said to be bringing together team, weeks after co-signing letter demanding pause in AI research The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2023
How the Boston Marathon bombings changed Twitter, media and how we process tragedy In the aftermath of the explosions, Americans were glued to their screens, waiting for the chaos to unfurl into a narrative. Ten years later, we still process tragedies in similar ways. WEKU · Apr 15, 2023
Deceptive video of Biden wasn’t a diplomatic gaffe, just more viral Twitter trash I almost fell for the viral video that falsely shows President Joe Biden walk away from British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak without addressing him. Too many of us are getting duped on social media. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 15, 2023
Bitter feuds and toxic obsessions: Netflix’s Beef is the perfect metaphor for social media The 10-part series depicts a road rage altercation that rapidly spirals into something dangerous and deranged. There could hardly be a sharper analogy for our fraught online interactions, writes Louis Chilton The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023
Silicon valediction? Our road trip to tech industry hotspots as the sector cools Tables may have freed up at Silicon Valley’s Coupa Cafe, but ‘scalability’ is still on the menu as tech workers look forward The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2023
Musk incorporates X.AI, suggesting plans for OpenAI rival Elon Musk has incorporated an entity called X.AI in the state of Nevada, potentially laying the groundwork for a startup that could pursue his artificial intelligence ambitions. Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2023
Donald Trump’s ballyhooed move into social media with Truth Social earns him a paltry $201 Donald Trump said his Truth Social platform would challenge Twitter, but now the results are in and things haven't gone quite how he planned The New Daily · Apr 15, 2023
Elon Musk calls to "defund" NPR Musk’s attacks on the outlet serve not only as an attack on journalists, but on public goods as a whole Salon · Apr 14, 2023
Doctors demand probe as ‘misleading’ NHS tweet is fact-checked by Twitter A doctors’ leader behind the worst strike in NHS history has written to the Cabinet Secretary about a “misleading” official tweet that had to be fact-checked by Twitter. Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023
Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood slams troll who claimed he was 'unfriendly' after meeting The person claimed they met Craig Revel Horwood while going to see The SpongeBob Musical and took to Twitter to complain about the star Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2023
Fortune · Apr 14, 2023 Money guru Dave Ramsey was floored by the millennial couple with nearly $1 million in debt “So are you both on this, or [has] just one of you completely lost your mind?” Ramsey asked the HENRY—high earner not rich yet—couple.
TechRadar · Apr 14, 2023 Twitter's new 10,000-character tweet ceiling could ruin the platform 10,000-character tweets are exactly what Twitter doesn't need right now
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2023 Pentagon leaks: how Discord video game chat platform landed in the spotlight Users explain the way top-secret documents were able slowly to spread across the internet unnoticed
The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2023 PBS quits Twitter after being labeled ‘government-funded media’ Broadcaster leaves platform a day after NPR’s exit over concerns labels undermine credibility as independent news outlets
Fortune · Apr 14, 2023 Social media site Parler goes offline after acquisition New deal comes after agreement with Kanye West fell apart.
The Conversation · Apr 14, 2023 Labour's attack ads on Rishi Sunak: gutter politics or smart election campaigning? I feel this is a sign that Labour is serious about winning, rather than a sign that they have lost their moral compass.
InsideEVs · Apr 14, 2023 Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Most Followed Account Elon Musk has been a regular Twitter user since first using the platform in 2010, sometimes firing off several hundreds of tweets per month.
The Conversation · Apr 14, 2023 'Effective altruism' has caught on with billionaire donors – but is the world's most headline-making one on board? One of the ways tech billionaire Elon Musk attracts supporters is the vision he seems to have for the future: people driving fully autonomous electric vehicles, colonizing other planets and even merging their brains with artificial intelligence.
iMore · Apr 14, 2023 Your tweets can now be longer than our blog posts Elon Musk will let people who pay for Twitter Blue send tweets of up to 10,000 characters
France 24 · Apr 14, 2023 AI, lawsuits and media spats: Elon Musk back in the headlines This week, Twitter owner Elon Musk was back in the headlines with lawsuits, media rows and a secret plan to develop new artificial intelligence, after he said he wouldn't. Our Tech Editor Peter O'Brien breaks it all down for us.
Los Angeles Times · Apr 14, 2023 Tech consultant charged in SF murder of Cash App founder knew victim, but motive unclear The fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee last week reignited a debate over crime in San Francisco, with some high-profile figures decrying the killing as yet another example of rampant, wanton violence.