One week after taking Twitter private in a $44 billion deal, Elon Musk tweeted that the social media giant “needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world,” describing this as “our mission.” Many were quick to point out that just days earlier, he’d shared …
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When you think of brunch, you might imagine the bland French toast, bottomless mimosas, and trying to split a check five ways. But if you hire Miami’s Chef Jay Lyon for a private meal, you’ll get something entirely unique — and decadent. Lyon, you see, isn’t just laying out a …
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Senator Ed Markey has a few questions for Elon Musk. Earlier today, Geoffrey A. Fowler of the Washington Post was able to successfully impersonate the senator and clinch a blue checkmark, putting into question (yet again) the effectiveness of Musk’s latest Twitter verification process. After “a spare iPhone, a credit …
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What do Joe Rogan, a butcher shop, and an onstage performance art piece by the 1975 have in common? Raw meat, baby. In the past three months, online health communities have seen another surge of interest in meat-heavy diets. One of the more popular options is a regimen touted by …
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Debra Messing, Mila Kunis, and Mayim Bialik are among the celebrities who have signed an open letter urging Amazon and Barnes and Noble to stop selling the antisemitic documentary and book pushed by Kyrie Irving. The letter, organized by Creative Community for Peace, calls out the two retail giants — …
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Maxwell Frost doesn’t know if he’d call himself a stan. As the first Gen-Z Democratic Congressman, Frost made headlines on Tuesday night when in addition to winning an election, it was revealed that he was a long-time fan of Harry Styles, Kingdom Hearts, Arian Grande, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Basically, everyone found …
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As Elon Musk‘s second week running Twitter comes to a close, the social network is tilting toward outright anarchy. The most visible problem arose from Musk’s harebrained idea of selling verification badges for $8 a month through the premium subscription Twitter Blue — without a mechanism for confirming the user’s …
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We all saw this one coming, Elon Musk: Twitter users are buying the $8 verified checkmarks for their accounts to spread misinformation. On Wednesday, after Musk rolled out the new paid function for everyone to have access to a blue checkmark, dozens of accounts were suspended for spreading misinformation and …
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What’s more shocking, that Republicans failed to garner a red wave on Tuesday’s election night or that Florida just elected a confirmed Harry Styles stan to the House of Representatives? No, Beto O’Rourke didn’t move to another state. The distinction belongs to Maxwell Frost. On Tuesday night, the former National …
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Elon Musk‘s new vision for Twitter seems to be going swimmingly — if the plan was to immediately roll back his long-awaited double verification scheme and have the few employees he has left spend the past 24 hours battling an increasing tide of misinformation, that is. Twitter Blue is officially …
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