India Continues Efforts to Rouse Its Sleeping Lunar Lander
The Chandrayaan-3 lander on the Moon.Image: ISRO India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover have been asleep on the surface of the Moon while efforts to revive the pair continue until the…
X/Twitter Is Shutting Down Circles Next Month
Twitter, recently renamed X, is shutting down its Circles feature. Circles allows users to share posts with select people rather than all of their followers but it seems Elon Musk…
Facebook Now Allows Users to Link Separate Profiles
Facebook users can now create multiple personal profiles with unique feeds and relevant content for each one, Meta announced in a press release on Thursday. Historically, users had to create…
Snap Is Doing What Twitter Can’t
Image: ThomasDeco (Shutterstock) As Elon Musk threatens to charge all users with a monthly subscription to access Twitter, Snap is seeing a userbase more willing to pay to use the…
X/Twitter CEO Shares Video Ad That Features Tweets Dunking on Elon Musk
It seems Twitter—the company now calling itself “X” based on one billionaire’s nostalgic whim—can’t escape users’ dissatisfaction with the platform, not even in its own advertising. Did Elon Musk Regret…
Twitter Ranked Dead Last on Climate Misinformation Scorecard
In a new assessment of several major social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, came in dead last in managing climate misinformation. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet Off…
Fortnite Settlement Means You Can Now Get a Refund for Your Unwanted Purchases
Fortnite will pay out millions of users as part of a settlement it reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), it announced on Tuesday. The FTC claimed Fortnite’s parent…
‘Armed But Not Dangerous:’ Gun-Toting Elon Pled With Cyberpunk 2077 Developers for Cameo
Gamers who shoved Elon Musk into a garbage can in Cyberpunk 2077 may have done so at the billionaire’s behest. That’s according to a brief portion of Walter Isaacson’s recent…
X, formerly Twitter, looks set to become subscription-only
Anyone currently using the free tier of X, formerly known as Twitter, may soon be asked to hand over a “small” monthly fee to access the service, X owner Elon…
Space Drugs Factory Denied Reentry to Earth
After manufacturing crystals of an HIV drug in space, the first orbital factory is stuck in orbit after being denied reentry back to Earth due to safety concerns. Taking out…