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Elon Musk’s xAI in talks to raise $10bn at $75bn valuation
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Musk’s X suffers glitch, deletes tweet from 2014

X, formerly known as Twitter, is experiencing trouble displaying older tweets that had photos attached or any hyperlinks that had been shortened using the URL shortener integrated into Twitter. It’s unclear when the issue began, but Tom Coates brought it out in a post on Saturday after a Brazilian vlogger named @DaniloTakagi had made the […]

X introduces new subscription plans for premium users
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X to remove block feature

Twitter CEO Eon Musk disclosed on Friday that the block feature that’s used to restrict followers will be going away. “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” Elon Musk wrote. “Makes no sense.” He said in response to a Tesla fan account who asked if there was any reason to […]

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board
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Ex-Twitter CEO Jack quits Instagram, puts handle for sale

Jack Dorsey, a former co-founder of Twitter, is offering the Instagram account @jack for sale, and quitting the platform. Jack Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter and current CEO of Block, stated on Friday that he had deactivated his Instagram account, which had the coveted first-name handle. After years of inactivity, Dorsey revealed he erased […]

X still offline in Brazil as company pays fine to wrong account
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X bans business handles from promoting on platform

X, formerly known as Twitter, will no longer permit advertisers to promote their accounts within the timeline of the site in order to get new followers, according to Axios on Tuesday. According to the report, promoted accounts, also known as “Follower Objective” advertisements, bring in more than $100 million in revenue for X globally each […]

Twitter changes URL to X.com across devices
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Twitter changes URL to X.com across devices

The URLs generated from the X app on iOS have changed from twitter.com to X.com signalling a major transformation for the Elon Musk-led microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter. Last month, the billionaire Elon Musk renamed Twitter as X. Twitter’s mobile application icon is now shown as an X on both the Android and iOS […]

X still offline in Brazil as company pays fine to wrong account
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X lowers qualification for creators’ payout

Microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced that it is lowering the criteria for its creators’ payout programme. A third of the prior criterion of 15 million impressions will now be met by creators who have 5 million impressions in the last three months, according to X. Instead of $50, creators will be able […]

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 […]

X still offline in Brazil as company pays fine to wrong account
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X to develop trading hub inside app – Report

The social media network X, formerly known as Twitter, is looking to develop a trading hub inside the app, according to a Thursday report from Semafor. In recent weeks, request plans for bids for financial information, real-time stock data, and other services were issued to major providers. It was unclear which companies, if any, submitted […]