Twitter Says It"s Experimenting With "Unmentioning"
Twitter is experimenting with an "unmentioning" feature that will allow users to remove themselves from conversations. The Verge reports: It's limited to some users and only on the web version for now but looks like a very useful way to clean up your.....»»
Twitter/X brings back headlines on link previews but now they’re tiny [Gallery]
X, the platform better known as Twitter, removed headlines from posts with links a few months ago, but is now bringing them back in a new format. more….....»»
X valuation now only 28% of price paid, following Musk telling advertisers to f*ck themselves
Fidelity, a major private shareholder in the company formerly known as Twitter, has issued a new X valuation – stating that the company is now worth only 28% of the original $44B purchase price. It further marked down the value of its shares fro.....»»
Apple"s July 2023 in review: Goldman Sachs wants out of Apple Card, Threads, Underdogs and more
July 2023 saw Twitter become X, Threads briefly become a Twitter rival, and Apple's Underdogs return — but none of it mattered because apparently Android was finally better than iOS, so there.Apple launched a new Underdogs video and Meta launched T.....»»
Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from US youth: Study
Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S.-based users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H......»»
Elon Musk will see you in court: The top Twitter and X Corp. lawsuits of 2023
Musk's Twitter ownership began with a lawsuit, and he's been in court ever since. Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks at the Atreju political convention organized by Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) on December 15, 2023 in Rome, Ital.....»»
X (formerly Twitter) returns after global outage
X, formerly Twitter, suffered a global outage for about 90 minutes early on Thursday morning, and the cause has yet to be revealed......»»
Wait, David Lynch directed a commercial for the Sony PlayStation?
17 years since his last movie was released, some Twitter users have re-discovered a "lost" David Lynch film. Find out what it is and why you should watch it......»»
You need to watch this lost David Lynch masterpiece now
17 years since his last movie was released, some Twitter users have re-discovered a "lost" David Lynch film. Find out what it is and why you should watch it......»»
My favorite game of 2023 is a secret Twitter eulogy
While 2023 was full of huge games, no game was more on the pulse of current events than the oddly prophetic Videoverse......»»
Judge rejects Elon Musk’s attempt to avoid testifying in Twitter stock probe
Musk has to testify for SEC probe into whether he violated US securities laws. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bet_Noire) Elon Musk can't avoid testifying in an investigation into whether he violated federal securities l.....»»
Elon Musk told bankers they wouldn’t lose any money on Twitter purchase
Lenders unlikely to get even 60 cents on the dollar for the bonds and loans. Enlarge (credit: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Elon Musk privately told some of the bankers who lent him $13 billion to fund his leveraged.....»»
X rival Threads could be about to get millions of more users
Threads – Meta’s rival to X, formerly Twitter – is hoping to get a big boost after launching in the EU, a market with nearly half a billion people......»»
U.S. judge tentatively rules Musk must testify again in SEC Twitter probe
The federal judge said Elon Musk and the SEC must agree to a date for the world's richest person to provide another day of testimony, or she would set a date......»»
Elon Musk’s X ad revenue reportedly fell $1.5B this year amid boycotts
"We are not Twitter any longer," X exec said. Enlarge (credit: Leon Neal / Staff | Getty Images Europe) It's hard to know exactly how dire the financial situation is at Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter). However, insider.....»»
Elon Musk reverses Twitter ban of Sandy Hook shooting-denier Alex Jones
Musk asked Jones to address "the whole Sandy Hook thing" in interview on X. Enlarge / Infowars-founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court on September 21, 2022 during one of his Sandy Hook defamation.....»»
Musk appeals dispute over "funding secured" consent decree to Supreme Court
Tesla's CEO asked the justices to hear his appeal of a lower court's decision that upheld the decree, which arose from his August 2018 post on Twitter that he had 'funding secured' to take his company private......»»
Mammoth 2 marches onto iOS with curated Mastodon Smart Lists, For You timeline, more
Mammoth is making no bones about it. The Mastodon client for iPhone strives to be good enough to viably replace Twitter/X. Mammoth 2 is taking on the challenge with curated Smart Lists with content to follow based on category, a For You timeline, and.....»»
Ex-Twitter exec sues Musk, says he was fired for objecting to budget cuts
Fired exec suing Musk says he warned that budget cuts would harm FTC compliance. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) A former Twitter security executive sued Elon Musk and X Corp. yesterday, alleging that he was u.....»»
The original iPad beautifully encapsulates legacy Twitter for all eternity
How’s this for a blast from the past? Last night, I fired up the good ol’ iPad 1 and came across this gem of a relic. The original iPad beautifully encapsulates legacy Twitter as if it were written in stone on a cuneiform tablet. more….....»»
GTA 6 trailer leaked on X / Twitter, forcing Rockstar Games to release an official version early
A trailer for GTA 6 leaked a day early on X. This is how everything went down. It's been over a decade since the last Grand Theft Auto game came out so the Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 trailer release date for GTA 6 was a big deal.That is, until an an.....»»