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Elon Musk to strip headlines off news links on Twitter in latest overhaul

Move by the billionaire owner of the social media site may be an attempt to drive up subscription of the app’s premium service

The Guardian - US

The costs of extreme heat, at least $100B a year, will rise to staggering levels, says the former Fed economist who’s so influential they named a recession indicator after her

The cost of heat to the U.S. economy could more than triple in less than 20 years, hitting manual laborers hardest.

Fortune

X, formerly Twitter, plans to hide headlines from news stories on its feeds

Elon Musk said the removal of text from news links ‘will greatly improve’ the platform’s aesthetic

Evening Standard

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Glitch On Musk’s X Temporarily Wipes Out Iconic Internet Images

Some X users found that numerous images shared between 2011 and 2014, vanished from the platform

Zenger

Musk’s Next X Overhaul: News Link Headlines Axed, ‘Subscribers’ Reimagined

He intends to launch two new features after announcing the contentious removal of the "Block" tool and the "Tweepcred" system.

Zenger

A California man spewed anti-LGBT+ hate online. Then he murdered a mom-of-nine over a Pride flag

Before a 27-year-old California man murdered a mother-of-nine over a Pride flag, he had been spewing anti-LGBT content on social media for some time. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

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.

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'Elon Musk told Pentagon he spoke to Putin directly'

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk told Pentagon officials during a call about the satellite-based internet that SpaceX supplies to Ukraine’s military that he’d spoken personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the New Yorker reported.

The Times of India

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

What's going on with the X-Men in the post-Krakoa era?

The X-Men have been through a lot of changes in 'Fall of X'

GamesRadar

Ted Cruz duped by fake image of shark on flooded LA highway

Texas senator falls for one of the oldest internet hoaxes after sharing image online that has ‘been circulated several times over’

The Guardian - US

Meta is bringing Threads to the web - is this the final nail in the coffin for X?

Threads could be coming to your desktop this week - so get ready to scroll!

TechRadar

Elon Musk says blocking, a feature both Apple and Google require on social apps, 'makes no sense'

X gonn' remove basic functionality.

PC Gamer

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.”

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The Guardian - UK

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

Al Jazeera

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

Pakistan rights activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir, ex-lawmaker Ali Wazir arrested

Police in Islamabad say both were ‘wanted for investigation’, following overnight arrest.

Dynamite News

Elon Musk removes blocking option on X except for DMs

Responding to a tweet foreshadowing the potential removal of the block feature, X chief Elon Musk on Friday announced a mercurial plan to remove the feature of blocking on its social media platform. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Fortune

I just got $25 from Elon Musk for some reason

X, formerly Twitter, may struggling to grow its ad revenue, but it's doing great at giving money away.

The Independent UK

Musk vows to remove blocking function from X/Twitter as new logo debuted

Critics say removal of feature will allow harassment

Fortune

Elon Musk wants to get rid of the ability to block users on X

Many users rely on the blocking function to shield themselves from harassment and spam on Twitter. Musk says “it makes no sense.”

Zenger

If You Invested $1,000 In Tesla Stock When Elon Musk Acquired X.com, Here’s How Much You’d Have Today

Over the years, billionaire Elon Musk has been instrumental in the founding and funding of many well-known companies

TechRadar

X (Twitter) may implement ID verification to fight impersonators, but will it work?

X may soon give Premium users the chance to upload their ID, a selfie, and biometric data to officially verify their identity.

Fortune

Major brands are pulling ads on Musk's X after posts appeared beside pro-Nazi content

"If trust is lost it's like a house of cards—and currently X lacks trust from both its audiences and its B2B partners."

The Times of India

'Match against India...': Pakistan's star batter urges Elon Musk, X to ban account 'spreading hate'

NEW DELHI: Highlighting a fake post and misuse of verified accounts, Pakistan middle-order batter Iftikhar Ahmad tagged social media platform X, formally known as Twitter, and its owner Elon Musk, urging a ban against the user.

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