The xAI–X merger is a good deal — if you’re betting on Musk’s empire

When Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired his social media company, X…

Ireland’s data regulator investigates X’s use of European user data to train Grok

Ireland’s data regulator, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), said Friday that it has opened an investigation…

Bluesky’s latest update adds chat reactions and an Explore page, similar to X

Social network Bluesky is rolling out a new version of its software, which adopts some of…

Threads is testing a feature that lets you follow the same creators you follow on X

Meta is starting to test a new feature in Threads that lets users follow the same…

X may soon start selling inactive usernames to Verified Organizations starting at $10K, code reveals

X’s plan to boost revenue by selling off dormant usernames on its service is starting to…

X users treating Grok like a fact-checker spark concerns over misinformation

Some users on Elon Musk’s X are turning to Musk’s AI bot Grok for fact-checking, raising…

Elon Musk’s X reportedly bounces back to $44B valuation

Social media site X’s valuation has bounced back to $44 billion, according to a new report…

Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead Rumman Chowdhury is worried about Musk’s impact on the federal government

Rumman Chowdhury, a data scientist, nonprofit founder, and former director of Twitter’s machine ethics team, had…

Elon Musk says X is down due to cyberattacks

Elon Musk’s X was inaccessible on Monday morning for thousands of users, including many in the…

X is experiencing outages on Monday morning

Elon Musk’s X was inaccessible on Monday morning for thousands of users, including many in the…

X updates Communities with new filters, sorting options, and a way to see your own posts

X is bringing more attention to Communities, a feature that allows X users to connect and…

X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the…

DOGE staffer steps down after racist posts emerge

A 25-year-old engineer working for the Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) has stepped down over…

X expands lawsuit over advertiser ‘boycott’ to include Lego, Nestlé, Pinterest, and others

X is now suing more advertisers in an antitrust lawsuit focusing on what the company’s CEO…

How to delete X and move on with your life

As Elon Musk’s X sees a decline in daily active users, some people are deciding to…

Threads adds a ‘media’ tab and the ability to tag people in photos

Meta’s newer social network Threads announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a dedicated “media” tab for…

Grok 3 seemingly went live for some users

The next flagship AI model from Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, might be nearing release. Over…

X expands its vertical video feed to global users

Elon Musk’s X has started expanding the rollout of its dedicated vertical video feed to users…

The EU wants to talk to US tech companies ahead of Germany’s upcoming election

The European Union will give tech and social media companies a “stress test” to see how…

X sees a jump in consumer spending on mobile, despite decline in daily active users

Social network X has grown its in-app revenue over the past year, despite a decline in…

Europe orders Elon Musk’s X to submit documents on its recommendation algorithms

The European Commission (EC) says it has requested information from Elon Musk’s X related to the…

Grok may soon get an ‘Unhinged Mode’

Last April, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, teased a mysterious “Unhinged Mode” for X’s…