X begins charging $1 a year for new, unverified accounts
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is to start charging some users a $1 annual subscription for the ability to perform certain actions such as posting, reposting, and replying.…
One Year Into Musk’s Takeover, X Is Flopping—Paris Hilton to the Rescue
There’s very little that’s surprising about Elon Musk’s flailing X anymore. Now, a year after he finally purchased the platform, the data is in and the outcome is to be…
TikTok Has a Misinformation Crisis on Its Hands. Or Does It?
Regulators in the EU sent letters to Meta, TikTok, and X/Twitter Thursday, giving the platforms 24 hours to address misinformation and other “illegal” content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It’s…
Threads Edit Button Is Here, No Payment to Zuck Required
Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Threads may not be the place to go for news, but it now has an edit button. And unlike a certain other social media platform,…
People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not to.
When the Arab Spring unfolded just over ten years ago, Twitter played a pivotal role. The site was both a source for up-to-the-minute information and an organizing tool for protestors,…
X CEO Abandons WSJ Tech Conference Following Disastrous Appearance at Code
X CEO linda Yaccarino at Vox Media’s Code Conference in September.Image: Jerod Harris (Getty Images) No one wants to explain away the whims of a megalomaniac, and Linda Yaccarino has been…
X, formerly Twitter, may be about to test three subscription tiers
X owner Elon Musk said last month that the platform formerly known as Twitter would probably introduce a subscription fee for all of its users. In the last few days,…
12 Times Elon Musk’s Headline Decapitation Hilariously Backfired on Him
Image: Win McNamee (Getty Images) Of all the bizarre decisions to come out of Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover last October, removing headlines might be the dumbest. The social media…
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s ‘Canonical’ Cait Sith Pronunciation Raises Messy Questions
The act of already remaking a game as beloved and influential as Final Fantasy VII was always a daunting prospect, even before 2020’s FFVII Remake made an audacious move to…
Instagram Founders’ Artifact News App Adds AI-Generated Images, Gets More Confusing
Image: Artifact There’s always room for more artificial intelligence in your news feed—at least according to Artifact. The news app developed by former Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger…