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X still offline in Brazil as company pays fine to wrong account
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X to cover legal fees of ‘unfairly treated’ users

Elon Musk has stated that X social media platform will cover the legal fees of a lawsuit on behalf of those who have suffered unfair treatment at the hands of employers as a result of something they posted or liked on the website formerly known as Twitter. “If you were unfairly treated by your employer […]

Elon Musk’s xAI in talks to raise $10bn at $75bn valuation
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X: Elon Musk lunches live video on Twitter

The CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk on Friday morning tested Twitter live to millions of his followers and users. The live video feature is the newest from the tech billionaire who has been introducing many features to the microblogging platform. A report from Semafor on Thursday stated that Elon Musk is planning to add a […]

SpaceX’s Starlink hit 4m subscribers
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Starlink, ‘low-priority’ South Africa’s rift deepens

SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink has classified South Africa as a low-priority area for a potential launch. This classification became necessary for Starlink as regulatory rift continue between the Elon Musk-led company and the South African government. SpaceX clarified the situation by claiming that it had a method for prioritising nations before a Starlink rollout. […]

Brazil lifts ban on Starlink, X accounts after fine payment
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X: Paid Twitter users can hide verification badges

Verified users on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, can now hide their verification checkmarks. “As a subscriber, you can choose to hide your checkmark on your account. The check mark will be hidden on your profile and posts. The checkmark may still appear in some places and some features could still reveal […]

Elon Musk's X fights Indian court's content-removal ruling
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Elon Musk’s X fights Indian court’s content-removal ruling

Social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, is taking a stand against a recent Karnataka High Court decision that deemed it non-compliant with content removal orders. X argues that the ruling could set a dangerous precedent, enabling the government to impose more extensive content blocks in the future. Last year, in July 2022, X […]

Elon Musk takes down glowing X logo at Twitter HQ
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Elon Musk takes down glowing X logo at Twitter HQ

The ‘X’ logo that once adorned Elon Musk’s Twitter, headquarters in downtown San Francisco has been taken down, leaving behind a trail of complaints and controversy. Over the weekend, the city building department received 24 complaints regarding the massive ‘X’ installed on the rooftop of the high-rise on Market Street. Neighbors expressed frustration about the […]

Elon Musk’s xAI in talks to raise $10bn at $75bn valuation
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X rolls out creators’ ads revenue sharing programme

X, formerly known as Twitter, has announced its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program from now open to all qualified creators worldwide. Elon Musk, the owner of X, stated in posts that the program’s goal is to give $5 million to creators in the first round. From the month of February onward, this would add up. As […]

Tesla grants Elon Musk $29bn in shares
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Elon Musk’s X platform hits milestone

Elon Musk announced on Friday that the number of monthly users of social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, had achieved a “new high” and published a graph displaying the most recent figure of over 540 million. Musk made the user statistics post on X as the firm underwent organisational changes and sought to […]

Elon Musk to remove light mode on 'X' platform
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Elon Musk to remove light mode on ‘X’ platform

Alex Omenye Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday declared that he would introduce “light mode” to X, the app formerly known as Twitter. “This platform will soon only have ‘dark mode.’ Musk tweeted. “It is better in every way.” Over time, the dark mode has gained enormous popularity. In contrast to light mode, which is […]

X still offline in Brazil as company pays fine to wrong account
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Twitter officially dumps bird for X logo

Twitter has officially changed the logo of the microblogging platform. Users who logged in on Monday found out that the logo for Twitter has changed to “X” This follows the move by Elon Musk tweet on Sunday stating that he is changing Twitter logo. Since Elon Musk took over the company, he has changed its […]