After announcing his intention to offer free blue checkmarks to high profile users on X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk has implemented the plan — but not without some criticism. In March, Musk confirmed that X would be giving free Premium memberships to accounts with a high number of …
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In their long-running quest to sow xenophobia among the American populace, some on the far right have accused migrants of every imaginable crime. Donald Trump declared them rapists and falsely claimed that the violent street gang MS-13 was invading the country on a massive scale. GOP legislators have argued, with …
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Right now, as I write this, it’s clear that something is very, very wrong within the Royal Family. To recap: following a hastily issued announcement back in January that she would be having abdominal surgery, the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has not been seen in public, prompting wild speculation …
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As Elon Musk repeatedly refuses the SEC‘s bid to interview him as part of its investigation over the handling of his Twitter takeover, a new filing accuses the billionaire of attempting to “misrepresent the scope of the SEC’s investigation.” In the SEC’s response to a motion filed by Elon Musk, …
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Former CNN host Don Lemon revealed on Wednesday that just hours after filming an interview with Elon Musk for the premiere of a show to air exclusively on X (formerly Twitter), the platform’s impulsive owner killed the streaming deal altogether. In a statement shared on X, Lemon said Musk unilaterally …
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Champagne Papi is at it again: On March 5, Drake’s Instagram story made the rounds, this time for the news that he’d be remixing viral crooner 4batz’s “act ii: date @ 8.” The song sounds like the sort of late-night-vibe, hip-hop-adjacent, alternative R&B popularized by acts like 6lack, Brent Faiyaz, …
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As a young aspiring artist of minimal talent, Adolf Hitler had difficulty drawing human figures, according to the professors who rejected his application to Vienna’s fine arts academy. Google‘s AI model Gemini has its own issues with generating images of people, and, curiously, some of those angriest about its shortcomings …
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Elon Musk took over Twitter promising to rid the platform of what he described as its biggest problem: bots. In his characteristic fashion, he not only failed to make good on his word, but the paid verification system he claimed would solve the issue pushed more fake accounts into users’ …
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The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was temporarily suspended from X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday after announcing she would continue her dead husband’s fight against Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian government. Since Navalny’s death on Friday, Yulia Navalnaya has led a public campaign to pressure the Russian government for the …
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Anyone active on X (formerly Twitter) since its acquisition by Elon Musk in late 2022 knows that hate speech, misinformation and extremism is rampant on the platform. At this point, such toxic content is simply the price of admission. But a new report from the Tech Transparency Project, a digital …
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