Tropical Storm Harold Has Swept Into Texas
Bubba Ferguson drags a boat through a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas on September. 14, 2021, in San Luis Pass, Texas.Photo: David J. Phillip (AP) Tropical storm…
X says it’s squashing the bug that deleted Twitter images and links
X, formerly known as Twitter, says it’s working to restore potentially millions of images and links that suddenly and rather mysteriously disappeared from the platform in recent days. “Over the…
Elon Musk’s X is Testing User Verification That Requires Government ID
X (the social media site formerly known as Twitter) is in the process of launching a new identity verification feature that could prove controversial. The feature, which is currently only…
Russia’s Long-Awaited Return to the Moon Crashes and Burns
The Luna-25 mission crashed on the surface of the Moon this weekend, ending Russia’s quest to prove it still has what it takes to land on the lunar surface. China’s…
X seems to have deleted years of old Twitter images
The social media platform formerly known as Twitter and recently rebranded as X appears to be having trouble showing images posted on the site between 2011 and 2014. The issue…
In His Latest Threat to Public Safety, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Remove Option to Block Users
Twitter, (recently rebranded as X) appears to be taking another turn for the worse as Elon Musk claimed on Friday that he is removing the Block feature from the app.…
Twitch Will Finally Let You Ban Users From Your Streams
Twitch is finally letting streamers block out those viewers they’ve already banned from chat. However, these bans won’t be based on any user identifier beyond accounts, so the various kinds…
Threads Gets a Couple More Twitter-Like Features
Image: sdx15 (Shutterstock) Threads is desperately trying to stay relevant by announcing a small update on Thursday to include a repost tab feature to the app. The newest tweaks come…
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Sparked an Exodus of Climate Voices, Researchers Find
Accounts that used to regularly engage and tweet about climate-related issues have been dropping like flies on Twitter, less than a year after Elon Musk’s purchase of the company. A…
Self-Driving Car in San Francisco Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete
A Cruise self-driving car in action on the streets of San Francisco. Image: Michael Vi (Shutterstock) Self-driving cars are one of the funniest broken promises of the modern age. Far…