twitter

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has a seemingly never-ending cryptocurrency spam problem. Now, one of the modes being used by these cryptocurrency scammers has been revealed. What Happened: Cryptocurrency scammers are abusing a loophole in the way X surfaces posts by decoding links that users...

Update (2:00 AM EST) : X is back up and working. Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is facing a major outage on Thursday as users from countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and India started complaining about the platform being down on Downdetector.  What Happened...

A leading technology stock analyst is out with 10 predictions about the sector heading into 2024, including some of the most valuable companies worldwide hitting some new market capitalization milestones. Here's a look at the predictions and what investors need to know from Wedbush analyst Daniel...

Amid concerns over X's flailing business, Elon Musk has reportedly been in discussions with bankers who financed his takeover of the social media platform, offering reassurances about their investment. What Happened: Musk attempted to assure certain bankers, who provided him...

Elon Musk will testify in court again as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44-billion takeover of Twitter. Laurel Beeler, federal judge in San Francisco, told lawyers representing the Tesla CEO that Musk will have to endure another day in court. Musk...

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has just made a significant stride towards offering payment services, having obtained a money-transmitter license from Pennsylvania. What Happened: Reuters revealed that X, previously known as Twitter, was granted a license by Pennsylvania, a crucial step...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced that Threads has started to run a test to make posts on the platform available on social media sites using the ActivityPub protocol.  What Happened: On Wednesday, Zuckerberg posted...

After pausing ad spending on Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter), big tech U.S. companies, including The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), have reportedly increased the same on Meta...

Tim Cook-led Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Elon Musk's own company, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) are skipping emails and hiring talent via direct messages on X, formerly Twitter. What Happened: Musk's attempts to turn X into the "everything app", including scouting talent and hiring them, seem to be...

Elon Musk logged on to a chat with several far-right conspiracy theorists like Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec along with Alex Jones. This was after the Tesla Inc. co-founder decided to reinstate Jones' account five years after he was banned from the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. What...

Elon Musk has reinstated the account of right-wing extremist Alex Jones on X, reversing the platform's previous ban on Jones in 2018 for his repeated violations of policies against harassment and hate speech. What Happened: Musk's decision followed an informal poll the...

Elon Musk has been unrelenting against boycotting advertisers, and more so, Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE:DIS) CEO Bob Iger. His latest salvo against Iger is a question he has been repeating for a while. What Happened: Pointing fingers at Iger again, Musk asked the Disney CEO why he advertises on Meta...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), a frontrunner in the electric vehicle industry, has diversified its offerings with various models and price points since launching its initial vehicle. The company has recently expanded into a new category with the introduction of the Cybertruck, a pickup truck. While the...

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has started rolling out to X Premium+ subscribers after testing with a limited set of users throughout November. What Happened: X, formerly Twitter, announced its Premium+ subscribers could start using Grok on the web, iOS, and Android apps. The rollout has started for...

Elon Musk has been mulling over the possibility of reinstating the account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, saying that he will conduct a user poll about the same.  What Happened: On Thursday, a year after the tech billionaire’s...