Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007
Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him “some merch” Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chris Delmas) Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as "X" wouldn't be complete without a change to the company.....»»
Twitter URLs redirect to x.com as Musk gets closer to killing the Twitter name
X.com stops redirecting to Twitter.com over a year after company name change. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Kirill Kudryavtsev) Twitter.com links are now redirecting to the x.com domain as Elon Musk gets closer to wipi.....»»
This app brings Dashboard-style web clip widgets to Apple Vision Pro
With Mac OS X Leopard, which was released in 2007, Apple added a feature called “Web Clip” to Dashboard. This allowed users to turn any part of a website into a live widget that could then be added to Dashboard and would update in real-time. W.....»»
Jack Dorsey Leaves BlueSky Board and Calls X ‘Freedom Technology’
The Twitter founder’s moves suggest an apparent warming of relations between him and Elon Musk. Jack Dorsey has left the board of social networking service Bluesky, which he helped fund and popularize a year ago in the wake of reg.....»»
Under-screen Face ID allegedly pushed back to 2026 iPhone 18 Pro
Under-screen Face ID always seems to be a year away, and the latest rumor now pins it to the 2026 iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models.iPhone 15 always-on displayWriting on X/Twitter in April, Display Supply Consultants' Ross Young's original r.....»»
Study shows a tale of two social media platforms for Donald Trump
Truth Social was more effective at driving news attention toward Donald Trump during the 2022 midterm election cycle than Twitter (now known as X) was during the 2016 primary election season, a pattern driven mostly by partisan media on the left and.....»»
New iPhone 16 leak blows the cover off of screen sizes & camera bump
Frequent leaker Sonny Dickson has revealed a photo purporting to show the forthcoming iPhone 16 lineup, and the screen sizes for each of the four models.Photo on Dickson's Twitter account revealing sizes for each modelThe image, which appears on Dick.....»»
iPhone 16 screen sizes allegedly revealed in new leak
Frequent leaker Sonny Dickson has revealed a photo purporting to show the forthcoming iPhone 16 lineup, and the screen sizes for each of the four models.Photo on Dickson's Twitter account revealing sizes for each modelThe image, which appears on Dick.....»»
Elon Musk apologizes after Tesla layoffs for miscalculated severance
Tesla's CEO, who is facing lawsuits over severance from former Twitter employees, admitted that payouts to some workers being laid off were too low......»»
So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post
The fee, likely $1, is aimed at stopping “relentless” bots, Musk said. Enlarge (credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Contributor | FilmMagic) Elon Musk confirmed Monday that X (formerly Twitter) plans to start charging new.....»»
‘Sleepy Don’: Trump sparks Twitter hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial
‘Sleepy Don’: Trump sparks Twitter hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial.....»»
Elon Musk confirms intentions to charge new X users a temporary fee to let them post
A report last year revealed that Elon Musk had plans to introduce a new charge for users who have just registered on X (formerly Twitter) on the grounds that this would be the only way to make the platform free of bots. Now Musk himself has confirmed.....»»
Uh-oh, X"s Grok AI can now "understand" images
X's new Grok-1.5V can now understand user-uploaded visual information. Elon Musk's AI chatbot can now "understand" images, including information-riddled diagrams and charts. Sorry, doesn't everyone use the platform once known as Twitter for mul.....»»
Fast radio bursts: Research introduces a novel approach to characterize their behavior
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) represent the most intense radio explosions in the universe. Since the first discovery in 2007, FRBs have garnered significant attention, culminating in the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy. With yet unknown origin, these extreme.....»»
Everything you need to know about I Am Legend 2
Will Smith is returning for a sequel to his 2007 film I Am Legend, and we're sharing everything you need to know about I Am Legend 2......»»
Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com”
Automatic text replacement let users spoof URLs ending in x, like netflix.com. Enlarge / An X sign at company headquarters in San Francisco. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Elon Musk's clumsy brand shift from Twitter.....»»
What to Know About Elon Musk’s Battle With a Brazilian Judge Over Speech on Social Media
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil is taking on disinformation—and going toe-to-toe with X owner Elon Musk, who claims to champion free speech. When billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter—now X—in 2022, some feared that t.....»»
X automatically changed "Twitter" to "X" in users" posts, breaking legit URLs
Elon Musk's social media platform is changing references to "Twitter .com" in user's post to "X .com" without their permission. It might be easy to forget at times, but technically, Twitter is no more. Elon Musk changed the name of the com.....»»
Study finds that anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim accounts have grown on Elon Musk"s X
Since the war in Gaza, accounts spreading conspiracy theories and targeted hate speech have grown on Twitter/X. Since the escalation of the ongoing war on Gaza and in the age of Elon Musk's X/Twitter takeover, anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate s.....»»
"Make Sweden Great Again"—the far right found each other on Twitter during the Swedish election
Media researcher Jessica Robinson has looked at the topics that trended on Twitter—now X—during the 2020 US presidential election and the Swedish parliamentary election in 2018. In her research, she has analyzed around 500 million tweets......»»
Research examines tweets during Hurricane María to analyze social media use during disasters
Social media can be a useful tool for communicating during extreme weather events. Omar Pérez Figueroa, an urban and regional planning professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, examined how Twitter (now X) was used when Hurricane Mar.....»»