Musk merges startup xAI and Twitter, betting on AI to revitalize social media
X posts will continue fueling xAI's training data
Musk dismisses TikTok acquisition rumors, says he prefers to build companies from scratch
MrBeast expressed relief
Donald Trump quietly drops lawsuit over 2021 Twitter ban after Capitol riot
Meta paid $25 million to settle a similar lawsuit last month
US business giants line up to cut deals with Elon Musk as billionaire expands influence in Washington
Investment in X increases as Musk's DOGE gains access to government funding systems
Elon Musk's X expands lawsuit against advertisers to include Lego, Pinterest, and other major brands
X accuses advertisers of engaging in a coordinated boycott of the platform
Elon Musk's X claims ownership of user accounts in InfoWars sale dispute with The Onion
Who owns your social media account? Not you, according to X
The rise of enshittification: officially the word of the year
Rawdogging came a close second
Editor's take: Remember when today's technology was new and exciting and everyone was talking about how great the internet was, or Facebook, or Twitter? Things aren't so rosy now. And while that may sound like an Abe Simpson-like rant, it's easy to understand why "enshittification" has been crowned word of the year.
What's the biggest tech acquisition in history?
Who spent the big bucks: Microsoft, Dell, Broadcom or was it Elon?
X is changing the block function, allowing blocked users to see public posts
And people are not happy about it
Elon Musk stopped paying millions in server hardware bills after Twitter acquisition, new lawsuit claims
X has breached a business agreement that lasted several years
Elon Musk could sell billions in Tesla stock to plug X's financial holes
Musk's stake in Tesla is one of the few sources for raising emergency funds for X
Ex-Twitter exec awarded $600,000 after being fired for not replying to Musk's "hardcore" email
Agree to Twitter 2.0 or lose your job
In brief: Former Twitter platform X has been ordered to pay an ex-employee in Ireland more than €550,000 ($602,640) in an unfair dismissal case. The one-time senior executive at the company was found to have been dismissed unfairly after he failed to click "yes" on an email from Elon Musk confirming that staff were willing to be part of the new "hardcore" work culture.
YouTube tests Twitter-style community notes to fight misinformation
Using the community to fight YouTube BS
Elon Musk's X sues advertising group over alleged "boycott"
"Now, it is war"
What just happened? Elon Musk's conflict with advertisers took a shocking new turn yesterday when he announced his platform X, formerly Twitter, is suing a group of ad companies, along with individual firms, over an alleged coordinated boycott of the site. The suit claims this broke federal antitrust laws and caused X to lose revenue.
Twitter/X is feeding your data to Grok AI by default – here's how you can opt out
Sparking backlash from users and regulators alike
X struggles to grow daily active users amid stiff competition from Meta's Threads
Musk's actions haven't helped
Game over for Twitter/X as Nintendo follows Microsoft and Sony in removing integration
Blame API prices, porn, or both?
Elon Musk says X will introduce an annual fee for new users to like, post, bookmark, and reply
The cost of keeping bots at bay
Threads appears to be winning the Twitter succession war
Daily downloads have doubled or even tripled X's for three months
Bluesky opens the floodgates, ends invite-only system
Is the platform finally ready to duke it out with Threads?
X/Twitter iPhone app adds passkey support for more secure logins
Passkeys are more secure than passwords, but developer support has so far been limited
X / Twitter is now worth 70% less than what Elon Musk paid for it, says report
Musk recently told X advertisers to "go f*ck yourselves"
X CEO responds to Elon Musk telling departing advertisers to "Go f**k yourself"
"It's a real weakness to be liked"
Big quote: Elon Musk has responded to advertisers rushing to leave former Twitter platform X by telling them to "Go f**k yourself," which is unlikely to appease the companies that were handing over millions for ad space. The owner's outburst has since been addressed by X CEO Linda Yaccarino, who said "X is standing at a unique and amazing intersection of Free Speech and Main Street."
IBM suspends advertising on X after its ads appear next to pro-Nazi content
Musk has also found himself in trouble for endorsing a controversial post
