How to deactivate your X account

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Once upon a time, Twitter — now X — was the place to get your memes, world news, and pop culture. However, even at the time, being an active Twitter user also required sifting through a daily deluge of toxic characters, bots, and deepfakes. Then the Elon Musk circus came to town and began steadily altering the formerly popular social

Is this going to be a Twitter presidency or a TV one?

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are now intertwined. What does that mean for Trump and X, Musk's new version of Twitter?

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  • Donald Trump loved Twitter during his first term. Now he's aligned with Twitter's owner, Elon Musk.
  • Does that mean Twitter will be important in a second Trump administration?
  • Probably! But remember that Trump used Twitter as an output
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Preferred pronouns are more popular than ever on LinkedIn

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More users are sharing their preferred pronouns on LinkedIn.

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  • LinkedIn has seen a 29% increase this year in users who list their preferred pronouns.
  • The platform added a pronoun feature in March 2021, reflecting societal gender shifts.
  • The increased use of preferred pronouns signals the practice is becoming part of office culture.

Detractors might consider it woke

Mattel apologizes for accidentally printing X-rated link on boxes for 'Wicked' dolls

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Mattel fashion dolls appear to be temporarily unavailable as the toy manufacturer corrects a packaging error.

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  • Mattel apologized for including an X-rated site link on "Wicked" doll packaging.
  • The error directed users to an adult site instead of the intended "Wicked" movie page.
  • Retailers removed the dolls while some collectors sought out the misprinted boxes as resale prices soared.

Toy maker

The final season of What If...? storms its way onto Disney Plus this December

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Though it’s going to be a while before X-Men ‘97 returns to Disney Plus, the third and final season of What If…? is about to bring one of Marvel’s mutants to the MCU in the flashiest way possible.

Ahead of What If…?’s season 3 premiere on December 22nd, Disney Plus has dropped a trailer spotlighting some of the new alternate universe stories featuring slightly different versions of

Trump's plan for Social Security would help baby boomers in the short term and cut benefits for anyone younger

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  • Donald Trump wants to cut taxes on Social Security benefits, affecting current and future beneficiaries.
  • Experts in fiscal policy warn the cuts could deplete the Social Security fund earlier than expected.
  • Low-income baby boomers and younger generations would be most hurt by Trump's proposal.

Donald Trump plans to make changes to America's Social Security system

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OpenAI is reportedly struggling to improve its next big AI model. It's a warning for the entire AI industry.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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  • OpenAI's next model is showing a slower rate of improvement, The Information said.
  • It's prompted a Silicon Valley debate about whether AI models are hitting a performance plateau.
  • The AI boom has moved at pace because new releases have wowed users with huge leaps in performance.

OpenAI's next flagship artificial-intelligence model is showing smaller