Israel Elon Musk offers to help rebuild Gaza in chat with Benjamin NetanyahuX owner is meeting Israeli officials despite being receiving criticism for promoting antisemitic content on the platform
Tech With Elon Musk’s X flailing, could it be Bluesky ahead?With the former Twitter taking a nosedive, users are looking for an alternative, and many think the civil, friendly platform is the most serious contender
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Legal Musk’s X sues Media Matters over pro-Nazi content linkX claims Media Matters kick-started a ‘blatant smear campaign’ by publishing almost 20 articles against the social media platform and Musk in November
Tech IBM pulls ads from X after report says they appeared next to antisemitic postsThe European Union’s executive branch said separately on Friday that it is pausing its advertising on X and other social media platforms
Tech IBM suspends ads on X after placement near Nazi postsTech firm said it has “zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination” as it pulls ads on the platform formerly known as Twitter
Artificial Intelligence Elon Musk reveals ‘rebellious’ alternative to ChatGPT Grok is the first product of Musk’s xAI company
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Legal Senior Dublin-based X employee says Elon Musk exposed him to abuse and risk of violenceAaron Rodericks, global co-lead of threat disruption at firm formerly known as Twitter, has secured an injunction stopping the company from taking any more steps in a disciplinary process against him
Social Media X worth $19bn - half of what Elon Musk paid for TwitterMusk’s purchase saddled the company with $13 billion in debt and led to a 60 per cent drop in sales
Israel-Hamas War Ivana Bacik: Deleted tweet from diplomat at Israeli embassy ‘blatant disinformation’The deputy to the Israeli ambassador claimed Ireland funded Hamas tunnels in Gaza in a now deleted post to X
Stock Take ‘Fang’ firms show their teeth with subscription models and price hikesShares in Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google are back up, due largely to significant changes to their business models
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Tech Elon Musk announces X Premium subscription without ads is coming The billionaire did not confirm pricing for the two tiers or when the new subscription tiers will launch
Social Media X trials $1 subscription fee to write posts ‘Not a Bot’ test rolled out in New Zealand and Phillippines for new accounts that want to post or interact with users
Tech X claims it has taken action on Israel-Hamas war disinformationElon Musk-owned platform responds to European Commission call to take quick action over disinformation being spread on the site
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Tech X to test three tiers of paid service in latest Musk overhaulThe business, formerly known as Twitter, said that advertisers have reduced spending on the platform
Books Book review: Shadowing Elon Musk may have softened biographer’s viewpointAt times a note of admiration creeps into Walter Isaacson’s book, but it’s by no means a hagiography – and feathers do fly in the chapters covering Twitter
Tech Former Twitter execs win legal fees of $1.1m from Elon Musk’s X The former executives argued Twitter violated its own bylaws by refusing to cover the sums even though they were tied to investigations of the social-media platform’s operations
